Senior Systems Test Manager, Aerospace & Defense

Cubic Corporation; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Cubic Defense Company in San Diego is seeking a Systems Test Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team of Systems, Integration, Test, and Simulation Engineers responsible for verification, validation, and qualification of complex aerospace and defense systems.

This role provides technical and people leadership across laboratory, simulation, ground, and flight test environments to ensure products meet customer, regulatory, and contractual requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Systems, Aerospace, or related engineering.
• 8+ years leading systems integration, verification, and test teams.
• Experience developing and executing test plans for complex systems.
• Strong requirements traceability and test procedure knowledge.
• Active security clearance.
• Experience with simulation, lab, and integrated test environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 10–20 engineers across systems, integration, test, and simulation.
• Develop and execute test plans for system integration, verification, validation, and qualification.
• Ensure requirements traceability from planning through verification closure.
• Oversee defect investigation and root cause analysis of system-level issues.
• Drive test automation and regression testing to improve coverage.

Skills

Leadership

Test planning

Verification

System integration

Communication

Active security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Systems/Aerospace Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Job description

Cubic Defense Company in San Diego is seeking a Systems Test Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team of Systems, Integration, Test, and Simulation Engineers responsible for verification, validation, and qualification of complex aerospace and defense systems.

This role provides technical and people leadership across laboratory, simulation, ground, and flight test environments to ensure products meet customer, regulatory, and contractual requirements.