Team Lead - Environmental Test

Team Lead - Environmental Test

As our Environmental Test Team Lead you will have the unique challenge of testing our spacecraft and its sub-assemblies and components through the simulated harsh environments of space. You will be responsible for building and leading a world class test team to execute any and all testing required to achieve the mission at Astranis.

The goal of producing 24/year of our next-generation Omega spacecraft relies heavily on our ability to rapidly ramp up our test capability without sacrificing quality. If you are a proven environmental test leader, and thrive in a fast-paced total-ownership environment, and are ready for your next challenge - this role might be for you.

Role:

• Lead a team of test engineers, specialists, and technicians to test spacecraft hardware, including hiring and managing direct reports.
• Manage day-to-day activities of the environmental test lab, and maintain the lab’s operational readiness to support 24/7 operations for critical test campaigns.
• Create and enforce quality standards and processes to ensure proper test and verification of satellite hardware.
• Create and enforce a culture of safety and quality throughout the workplace.
• Work closely with design engineering teams to evaluate and influence hardware designs for test-ability, and implement effective, robust, and efficient test strategies to enable factory output growth targets.
• Develop new processes, GSE, test assets, and tooling to support the test of new hardware designs, as well as continuous improvement of existing processes.
• Lead efforts to automate test assets and processes to enable “lights out” test operations.
• Create, maintain and communicate detailed schedules, ensuring your team and other stakeholders are aware of milestones and deadlines.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering, or equivalent technical degree.
• 5+ years of working experience in testing electronics, electro-mechanical assemblies, or integrated systems.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a lab and/or production facilities, equipment, and operations.
• Experience in thermal, thermal vacuum, vibration, shock, HALT/HASS, or acoustic testing.
• Proven leadership through project management, mentorship, and people management experience.
• Strong communication (written and verbal), organizational skills, and attention to detail.
• Strong mechanical systems engineering intuition and critical thinking. Comfort with ambiguity and turning high-level requirements into clear design/test objectives.
• Strong sense of accountability, integrity, and team focus with extensive multitasking and organizational experience.
• Must be onsite 5 days a week and have the ability to support 24/7 operations when needed for critical test campaigns.

Bonus:

• Direct management experience of engineers, specialists, and/or technicians.
• Experience with space flight components and spacecraft environmental testing.
• Experience with designing and building electrical harnesses and connectors.
• Experience in a fast-paced, iterative design or manufacturing environment within the aerospace, automotive, or consumer electronics industries.