Hardware and Environments Test Engineering Manager

Space is a warfighting domain. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it. OUR MISSION True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority.

S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground. OUR VALUES Be the offset.

We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity. What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.

It’s the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together. YOUR MISSION As Manager, Hardware and Environments Test Engineering, you will lead the Long Beach-based team of hardware and environmental test engineers to deliver fully tested and qualified components, developmental units, and spacecraft on aggressive timelines.

You will own the test processes, schedules, capacity planning, and the execution outcomes of hardware and environmental test. You will partner closely with Program Management and Engineering to provide inputs to program schedules, align capacity with demand, ensure design for test, and drive disciplined execution against test milestones. You will be accountable for adapting test to program needs, continuously improving efficiency, automation, and process maturity to deliver the required quality at the required time.

This role requires both strategic foresight and hands-on leadership: setting standards, driving automation, solving problems, and developing people to their full potential while ensuring every spacecraft meets mission assurance standards.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead and mentor a high-performing team of test engineers providing distance, direction, and motivation to complete the mission, growing capacity within our most important asset: our people. Manage the team and cross-team test coordination utilizing effective and efficient tools that reduce friction and fuel high-quality, high-rate output Own execution of test to meet program commitments including testing component, subsystem, vehicle-level hardware, and environments for qualification and acceptance. Drive load capacity planning: forecast demand, balance resources, maximize efficiency, and ensure teams are properly staffed and focused.

Provide accurate inputs to the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), engineering reviews, and test reviews, aligning test activities with program needs. Own and continuously improve test processes, ensuring efficiency, repeatability, and compliance.

Requirements

, but can be tested to the qualification

of a program. Champion efficiency and automation initiatives to reduce cycle time, improve first-time test success, and scale acceptance and qualification repeatability. Ensure test facilities and workspaces are clean, organized, and optimized for safety and efficiency.

WHAT SUCESS LOOKS LIKE Test schedules executed with milestones met and acceptance/qualification delivered at required quality. Efficiency and automation efforts measurably reduce turn time and increase throughput each iteration. Capacity plans that maximize utilization, minimize downtime, while preventing bottlenecks.

High first-time yield at quality with reduced anomalies demonstrate process maturity. Team engagement and technical excellence known across the organization. Test processes that are scalable, disciplined, and trusted by stakeholders.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace engineering, or a related discipline. First-principles driven approach to engineering and problem solving backed by ability to scale analytical rigor to meet program risk levels and maturity. 5+ years of experience in space system, developmental system, or complex system test across electrical, mechanical, fluids, and environmental.