Site Test & Launch Engineering Manager

True Anomaly; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K

Paid holidays

Parental Leave

Job summary

True Anomaly seeks a Test and Launch Site Engineering Manager to lead the off-site test operations at our Long Beach facility, overseeing propulsion, fluids, and structures testing and directing a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient campaigns.

You will be the on-site decision-maker, accountable for people, hardware, schedule, and site readiness, while coordinating with engineering, quality, and program management to deliver tests on time and with high quality.

Qualifications

• Technical degree in aerospace, mechanical, chemical, or a relevant engineering or technical field.
• Significant experience in aerospace test operations, including propulsion or fluids system testing
• Proven experience managing a test site, test team, or remote operations facility
• Deep understanding of hazardous materials handling, pressurized systems safety, and high-energy test protocols
• Experience leading test readiness reviews and managing test campaigns end-to-end
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities across multiple concurrent test programs

Responsibilities

• Site Operations: Own day-to-day operations of the test facility, including staffing, scheduling, facility maintenance, and infrastructure readiness.
• Test Campaign Execution: Lead and coordinate propulsion, fluids, and structures test campaigns from setup through data delivery.
• Team Leadership: Hire, develop, and manage a team of engineers, test technicians, and site personnel.
• Safety and Range Safety: Own site safety for all hazardous operations including propellant handling, pressurized systems, high-energy testing, and structural load applications.
• Facility and Ground Support Equipment: Establish and oversee maintenance, calibration, and certification of test stands, ground support equipment, data acquisition systems, and site infrastructure.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as the primary interface between the test site and engineering, quality, and program management teams.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure site operations comply with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations including FAA, EPA, and fire authority requirements.

Skills

Aerospace test ops

Test campaign leadership

Regulatory compliance

Hazardous materials handling

Propulsion/fluids testing

Team leadership

Education

Technical engineering degree (aerospace/mechanical/chemical)

Job description

True Anomaly seeks a Test and Launch Site Engineering Manager to lead the off-site test operations at our Long Beach facility, overseeing propulsion, fluids, and structures testing and directing a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient campaigns.

You will be the on-site decision-maker, accountable for people, hardware, schedule, and site readiness, while coordinating with engineering, quality, and program management to deliver tests on time and with high quality.