Manager, Development Test

Castelion Corporation•Torrance, CA

About The Position

The Manager, Development Test leads R&D testing in a fast-paced development environment, with the goal of reducing hardware development time and increasing reliability. The role owns the test strategy, builds and operates test systems, leads a growing team, and provides companywide visibility into testing progress. The position involves leading development testing from test-system concept through execution, managing parallel test campaigns, maintaining test infrastructure and lab capabilities, and balancing speed, rigor, and resources. The manager also establishes a safety culture and practice. The role may require access to classified information or restricted U.S. Government sites, systems, or information; if designated, employment may depend on obtaining and maintaining the required clearance or authorization and meeting applicable eligibility requirements. Access to export-controlled information is required, and employment is contingent on being able to access applicable information without additional export licensing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
8+ years of hands-on hardware testing, prototyping, lab-based engineering, and project management experience.
Strong familiarity with instrumentation, sensors, and data acquisition systems.
Demonstrated experience leading and growing engineering and technician teams and driving cross-functional execution.
Experience writing technical reports and procedures, and building test-result capture frameworks.
Demonstrated capability to evaluate system-level risk and develop test strategies aligned with and approved by the customer.
Ability to access applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required.
If designated for classified or restricted government access, ability to obtain and maintain required U.S. Government security clearance or authorization and satisfy applicable citizenship or other eligibility requirements.

Nice To Haves

Background in structural or reliability testing in aerospace, automotive, or related industries.
Comfort in high-rate development or rapid prototyping environments.
Proficiency with automation tools such as Python, LabVIEW, JIRA, and DEWESoft.
Exposure to physics of failure analysis and reliability engineering.

Responsibilities

Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of 4–7 engineers and technicians.
Design, build, train, and operate test systems from concept through execution.
Own the R&D development test strategy across structural, dynamic, functional, and environmental domains.
Maintain a daily updated companywide dashboard showing testing progress and priorities to balance speed, rigor, and resources.
Drive tests to failure and identify primary and secondary failure modes.
Manage multiple parallel test campaigns with effective prioritization and ownership.
Maintain and improve test infrastructure, lab capabilities, and external resources.
Establish a culture and practice of safety.