System Verification Manager

Intuitive Machines, LLC; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 271,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance

401(k)

Incentive plan

Job summary

Lanteris Space Systems is seeking a System Verification Manager based in Palo Alto, CA. The role leads cross-program test bed infrastructure and verification activities to protect mission success, schedule milestones, and budget.

It reports to the Senior Director of Systems Engineering and partners with Program Chief Engineers. The position requires a working manager who can drive V&V strategies, manage high-risk items, and collaborate across programs to optimize resources while maintaining

Qualifications

• Must be a US Citizen or permanent resident.
• Minimum of 10 years of related work experience.
• Proven experience managing teams.
• Experience with verification and validation methodologies, practices, and standards for aerospace systems.
• Experience in cross-functional environments with program management and systems engineering teams.
• Ability to support high-risk V&V activities as a working manager.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team coordinating cross-program test bed infrastructure strategy with AIT.
• Ensure programs leverage established testing practices for efficiency and consistency.
• Plan and execute for highest program risk items in new development.
• Identify risks threatening mission success, schedule milestones, and financial runway.
• Support program V&V efforts as a working manager with PCEs and Sr. Director.
• Develop and maintain V&V strategies balancing risk and resources across programs.
• Foster collaboration to maximize shared infrastructure and knowledge transfer.
• Coordinate with AIT groups for non-flight test beds supporting verification requirements.
• Coordinate with PCE to align test program with requirements buy-off.

Skills

US Citizenship or PR

10+ years experience

Team leadership

V&V methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Please review the job details below.

The System Verification Manager is a working manager who leads the team responsible for ensuring consistent application of established testing practices across all programs and owning the test requirements across all platforms required to verify all aspects of the product (AIT, closed loop test, open loop test, etc.). This role is a based in our Palo Alto, CA office. This role focuses on identifying, planning for, and executing verification activities for the highest-risk program elements that could threaten mission success, schedule milestones, and financial performance while ensure low risk verification activities are executed and confirmed as efficiently as possible. This Manager works closely with Program Chief Engineers (PCEs) and the Senior Director of Systems Engineering to directly support program V&V efforts in critical risk areas.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team responsible for coordinating cross-program shared test bed infrastructure strategy in collaboration with Assembly, Integration & Test (AIT)
• Lead the team responsible for ensuring each program leverages established testing practices and methodologies wherever possible to drive efficiency and consistency
• Lead the team that provides focused planning and execution for the highest program risk items related to new development
• Identify and prioritize risks threatening mission success, schedule milestones, and financial runway from a verification perspective for each program
• Serve as a working manager by directly supporting program V&V efforts for the highest risk areas as coordinated with PCEs and the Senior Director of Systems Engineering
• Develop and maintain V&V strategies that balance risk mitigation with resource optimization across multiple programs
• Foster collaboration between programs to maximize shared infrastructure utilization and knowledge transfer
• Coordinate with AIT infrastructure groups to champion a united strategy for non-flight deliverable test beds necessary to support cross-program mission requirement verification (FlatSat, Closed Loop Test environment, Dynamic Satellite Simulators, EAGE, etc.)
• Coordinate with PCE to ensure integrated test program is aligned with program approach to requirements buy-off
  

Required Skills

• Must be a US Citizen or permanent resident
• Minimum of 10 years of related work experience
• Proven experience managing teams
• Experience with verification and validation methodologies, practices, and standards for aerospace systems
• Experience working in cross-functional environments with program management and systems engineering teamsAbility to support high-risk V&V activities as a working manager

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent communication and coordination skills to work effectively with PCEs and senior leadership
• Strong understanding of test infrastructure planning and test bed coordination
• Demonstrated ability to identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks in complex development programs
• Experience with both hardware and simulation-based verification and validation practices
• Experience creating V&V plans to optimize testing across hardware, simulation, and analysis based verification method

In support of pay transparency at Lanteris Space Systems, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.

The base pay for this position within California is: $163,000.00 - $271,000.00 annually.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. More information on our benefits will be shared with candidates as they move forward in the recruitment process.

Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

The date of posting can be found on the Lanteris Space Systems Career page at the top of each job posting.

Lanteris Space Systems values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.