Senior Space System – Test Manager

Palski & Associates, Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

Palski & Associates, Inc. is seeking an experienced space system test engineer or technical program manager to synchronize test portfolios, schedules, resources, and dependencies to keep complex campaigns aligned and ready to support mission objectives.

You will provide integrated test-program management support to assigned USSF capability test team, develop test-resource packages, and maintain integrated program/test plans across multiple test venues, coordinating with government and contractor

Qualifications

• Experience developing and managing integrated schedules, resources, risks, milestones, and execution plans.
• Experience coordinating across Government, contractor, program office, technical, security, infrastructure, range, and test organizations.
• Experience supporting space systems, developmental test, or related DoD environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide integrated test-program management support to a USSF Capability Test Team including technical and management assistance to test directors in developing integrated test campaign planning, execution, and reporting.
• Develop, coordinate, and track Program Introduction Document and Statement of Capability packages to define test support requirements and secure test resources.
• Develop and maintain an integrated program/test plan and schedules across test venues.
• Synchronize test schedules with program-office milestones, test events, and resources for test execution.
• Support planning and coordination of funding, personnel, facilities, equipment, and other resources.
• Identify and communicate risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and cross-organizational commitments.
• Manage and coordinate test team requirements and logistics with internal and external stakeholders; track deadlines and actions to closure.

Skills

Integrated test scheduling

Stakeholder communication

Documentation & reporting

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in management, engineering, operations, science, information systems, or a related discipline

Job description

An experienced space system test engineer or technical program manager who synchronizes space capability test portfolios, schedules, resources, technical dependencies, and stakeholders to keep complex test campaigns aligned, executable, and ready to support test mission objectives.

You will

• Provide integrated test-program management support to an assigned USSF Capability Test Team including technical and management assistance to test directors in developing integrated test campaign planning, execution, and reporting.
• Develop, coordinate, and track Program Introduction Document and Statement of Capability packages to define test support requirements, secure required test resources and capabilities, and support execution of USSF integrated test campaigns across contractor V&V testing, government led developmental test (DT), Operational Test (OT), and related activities
• Develop and maintain an integrated program/test plan and schedules at component, system, and system of system levels and across various test venues including lab, chamber, digital, and live.
• Synchronize test schedules with program-office milestones, test events, technical activities, security actions, facilities, infrastructure, ranges, mission partners, and resources required for test execution
• Support planning and coordination of funding, personnel, facilities, equipment, technical support, milestones, deliverables, and other resources required for assigned test activities
• Identify, assess, track, and communicate risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and cross-organizational commitments while coordinating Government, contractor, program-office, technical, security, infrastructure, range, and test organizations
• Manage and coordinate test team requirements and logistics support with internal USSF test squadron and test delta stakeholders and external USSF and DoW stakeholders. Track deadlines, support readiness reviews, support leadership briefings, status campaign execution, and track post-test actions to closure

You have

• Bachelor’s degree in management, engineering, operations, science, information systems, or a related discipline
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing integrated schedules, resources, risks, dependencies, milestones, and execution plans
• Experience coordinating across Government, contractor, program-office, technical, security, infrastructure, range, and test organizations
• Knowledge of DoD management policies and practices and familiarity with test and evaluation or acquisition processes – Desired
• Experience supporting space systems, developmental test, operational test, or related DoD technical environments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work directly with senior Government and technical leadership
• Ability to identify and communicate integrated test requirements to technical integration teams
• Ideal candidate will have 10+ years of test engineering or technical program management experience supporting complex technical, acquisition, operational, or other test efforts involving multiple stakeholders

Compensation: Base Salary of $130,000 – $190,000, however this is commensurate with experience. Annual bonuses can be significant because they are based on the extent to which the employee drives profitability for the company.

Benefits:
Palski & Associates offers full time employees Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, 3 weeks of accrued PTO, Paid Holidays, PFML, Dependent Care Assistance, and a generous HRA105.

Palski & Associates accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline to apply.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Palski and Associates, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.