We are looking to add a Manager, Systems Integration & Test to our team. In this role you will lead an engineering team responsible for the integration, verification, qualification, and acceptance testing of aerospace hardware and integrated systems. This role establishes 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 an experienced systems integration and test engineering leader with expertise in system-level integration, verification and validation, qualification testing, acceptance testing, and aerospace test environments. The Manager partners cross-functionally with electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, RF engineering, software, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program management to resolve complex integration and test challenges, coordinate technical dependencies, and support successful qualification, production readiness, and product delivery.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Establish departmental objectives, operational priorities, resource strategies, and execution plans supporting organizational and business goals.
- Direct systems integration, verification, qualification, and acceptance testing activities across multiple programs while ensuring technical, schedule, cost, and quality objectives are achieved.
- Evaluate department performance, engineering capacity, technical execution, and organizational risks to support informed business and engineering decisions.
- Lead supervisors, technical leaders, and engineering staff, establishing organizational priorities and fostering employee engagement and accountability.
- Oversee workforce planning, organizational design, succession planning, hiring, performance management, and talent development to ensure long-term organizational capability.
- Build a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, continuous improvement, and operational discipline throughout the department.
- Partner with engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program management to align departmental priorities and resolve complex technical and operational challenges.
- Represent the Systems Integration & Test Engineering organization during executive program reviews, customer engagements, Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), Failure Review Boards (FRBs), design reviews, and strategic planning activities.
- 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 departmental 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.
JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, systems engineering, computer engineering, or a related engineering field with 7–9 years of related experience, Master's degree with 5–7 years of related experience, or PhD with 3–5 years of related experience in 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.
- Exercises sound judgment when making strategic operational, technical, personnel, and business decisions that support organizational objectives.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
- Test automation, instrumentation, data acquisition, and test development applications, e.g. LabVIEW, TestStand, MATLAB, Python, or equivalent applications.
- Requirements management, verification, and traceability applications, e.g. IBM DOORS, Jama Connect, or equivalent applications.
- Product lifecycle management (PLM), configuration management, test documentation, and engineering collaboration applications, e.g. Windchill, Jira, Confluence, or equivalent applications.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, systems, computer engineering, or a related engineering field, plus 7–9 years of related experience
- Alternatively, a master’s degree plus 5–7 years of related experience
- Alternatively, a PhD plus 3–5 years of related experience
- Experience in 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
- Understanding of laboratory operations, automated test systems, instrumentation, data acquisition, and system-level verification
- Knowledge of configuration management, ESD controls, FOD prevention, root cause investigations, customer requirements, and AS9100 standards
- Experience managing systems integration and test teams across multiple programs
- Proficiency in test planning, verification procedures, technical risk management, equipment utilization, and integration and test process improvement
- 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, or Python
- Experience with requirements management, verification, and traceability applications such as IBM DOORS or Jama Connect
- Experience with PLM, configuration management, test documentation, and engineering collaboration applications such as Windchill, Jira, or Confluence
- U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, conditional residency, asylee/refugee status, or eligibility to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations
CesiumAstro Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, plus FSAs and mental health benefits. Feedback suggests the health package is comprehensive for a growth-stage aerospace firm.
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Retirement Support — Offerings include a 401(k) with company matching and other retirement-plan elements. Feedback suggests core retirement mechanisms are in place alongside standard financial benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, paid holidays, paid sick days, and bereavement leave are included. Feedback suggests time-off options are broad on paper across multiple leave types.
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What We Do
We build high-throughput, plug-and-play phased array communication payloads for space and airborne platforms. CesiumAstro’s full-stack, multi-mission hardware and software products enable a diverse range of commercial and defense objectives. Full-system engineering design is at the heart of every CesiumAstro product. We deliver high-performance solutions under rapid development timelines.
Why Work With Us
At CesiumAstro, we’re a team. We’re passionate, respectful, and determined colleagues ready to help at a moment’s notice. We’re mentors excited to enable our peers with the knowledge they need to succeed. Together, we’re visionaries committing to building memories that will last a lifetime.
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