Senior Manager, Spacecraft Test Ops & Production Scaling

Muon Space, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave

Generous time off

401(k) plan + equity management

Fully stocked kitchen + catered lunch

Dog-friendly office

Job summary

Muon Space seeks a Senior Manager of Test Operations to lead and scale our Test Operations organization supporting growing spacecraft and subsystem production. You will oversee Spacecraft Test Technicians and Subsystems Test Technicians, staffing, shift coverage, operational execution, technician development, test capacity, and production throughput.

Based in San Jose, CA, this on-site role drives process standardization, capacity models, and continuous improvement to ensure safe, repeatable,

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical, production, integration, or test organizations.
• Experience directly leading technicians and hands-on teams.
• Experience in aerospace or complex hardware production and test.
• Strong understanding of flight hardware handling, quality, safety, and configuration control.
• Ability to scale teams, processes, and infrastructure in a growing production environment.
• Experience improving throughput, cycle time, utilization and schedule performance.
• Cross-functional leadership and communication skills.
• Workforce planning, staffing models, and shift operations.
• Spacecraft or launch vehicle I&T operations experience.
• Multi-shift production operations experience.
• Technician qualification programs and career ladders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale the Test Operations organization for spacecraft and subsystem production.
• Staff, plan shifts, and develop technicians and leads.
• Set daily priorities and ensure consistent execution across teams.
• Establish safety, quality, and ownership of flight hardware.
• Industrialize test operations with standardized processes and scalable capacity models.
• Transition new tests from development to production and resolve bottlenecks.
• Develop capacity and labor models for stations, shifts, and future demand.
• Collaborate with Test Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and PM.
• Establish metrics for throughput, cycle time, utilization, and readiness.

Skills

Spacecraft Test Operations

Production leadership

Technician leadership

Aerospace industry experience

Throughput optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Workforce planning

Shift operations

Test infrastructure scaling

Quality and safety

Program readiness (MRR/TRR/PRR)

Tools

Test stations tooling

EGSE

Instrumentation

Job description

Muon Space seeks a Senior Manager of Test Operations to lead and scale our Test Operations organization supporting growing spacecraft and subsystem production. You will oversee Spacecraft Test Technicians and Subsystems Test Technicians, staffing, shift coverage, operational execution, technician development, test capacity, and production throughput.

Based in San Jose, CA, this on-site role drives process standardization, capacity models, and continuous improvement to ensure safe, repeatable,