Manager, Systems Integration & Test

CesiumAstro•El Segundo, CA

3d•$193,000 - $236,000

About The Position

The Manager, Systems Integration & Test leads an engineering team responsible for integrating, verifying, qualifying, and acceptance-testing aerospace hardware and integrated systems. The role sets team priorities, manages engineering resources and technical execution, develops engineering talent, and oversees test planning, system integration, troubleshooting, verification, and qualification activities across assigned programs. The Manager evaluates technical performance, test readiness, resource requirements, schedule progress, and integration risks to ensure test activities meet system requirements, customer commitments, quality standards, and program objectives. This position requires experience leading systems integration and test engineering, including system-level integration, verification and validation, qualification testing, acceptance testing, and aerospace test environments. The Manager works cross-functionally with electrical, mechanical, RF, software, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program management teams to address complex integration and test challenges, coordinate technical dependencies, and support qualification, production readiness, and product delivery.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, systems, or computer engineering, or a related engineering field, with 7–9 years of related experience; or a master's degree with 5–7 years; or a PhD with 3–5 years. Related experience includes systems integration, test engineering, product verification, hardware validation, assembly and integration, or a related engineering discipline.
1–3 years of leadership or management experience leading engineering teams, technical professionals, or multidisciplinary organizations.
Advanced knowledge of systems integration, verification, qualification, acceptance testing, and aerospace engineering methodologies.
In-depth understanding of laboratory operations, automated test systems, instrumentation, data acquisition, and system-level verification activities.
Comprehensive knowledge of configuration management, electrostatic discharge (ESD) controls, foreign object debris (FOD) prevention, root cause investigations, customer requirements, and AS9100 quality standards.
Experience managing systems integration and test teams, coordinating technical resources, and overseeing test execution, qualification, acceptance, and operational performance across multiple programs.
Proficiency in test planning, verification procedures, technical risk management, equipment utilization, and integration and test process improvement.
Sound judgment in strategic operational, technical, personnel, and business decisions that support organizational objectives.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
Experience with test automation, instrumentation, data acquisition, and test development applications such as LabVIEW, TestStand, MATLAB, Python, or equivalent applications.
Experience with requirements management, verification, and traceability applications such as IBM DOORS, Jama Connect, or equivalent applications.
Experience with product lifecycle management (PLM), configuration management, test documentation, and engineering collaboration applications such as Windchill, Jira, Confluence, or equivalent applications.
Must meet U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations eligibility: be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Responsibilities

Establish departmental objectives, operational priorities, resource strategies, and execution plans that support organizational and business goals.
Direct systems integration, verification, qualification, and acceptance testing across multiple programs, meeting technical, schedule, cost, and quality objectives.
Evaluate department performance, engineering capacity, technical execution, and organizational risks to support business and engineering decisions.
Lead supervisors, technical leaders, and engineering staff; establish organizational priorities and foster employee engagement and accountability.
Oversee workforce planning, organizational design, succession planning, hiring, performance management, and talent development.
Build a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, continuous improvement, and operational discipline.
Partner with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program management to align priorities and resolve technical and operational challenges.
Represent the Systems Integration & Test Engineering organization in executive program reviews, customer engagements, Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), Failure Review Boards (FRBs), design reviews, and strategic planning.
Communicate organizational performance, resource strategies, technical risks, business impacts, and mitigation plans to engineering leadership and executive management.
Manage departmental budgets, staffing plans, laboratory resources, capital equipment, operational metrics, and long-term capability planning.
Ensure compliance with configuration management, ESD controls, FOD prevention, laboratory safety, customer requirements, and AS9100 standards.
Champion continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen engineering execution, laboratory capabilities, and organizational performance.