Senior Manager of Test Operations

Join Muon Space as a Senior Manager of Test Operations, where you will lead and scale our Test Operations organization. You will oversee Spacecraft Test Technicians and Subsystems Test Technicians, establish processes and infrastructure, and work closely with various departments to ensure efficient and safe test operations. This position is fully onsite in San Jose, CA.

• Lead and scale the Test Operations organization, overseeing staffing, operational execution, technician development, and production throughput.
• Establish processes, infrastructure, and organizational capabilities to support increasing production volume and evolving spacecraft architectures.
• Drive daily management and continuous improvement across Test Operations, using operational data to identify constraints and prioritize investments.

• Experience with spacecraft, subsystem, avionics, electrical, functional, or environmental test operations
• 5+ years leading technical, production, integration, or test organizations
• Experience directly leading technicians and hands-on technical teams
• 10+ years of experience in aerospace, spacecraft, defense, advanced manufacturing, or complex hardware production and test
• Strong understanding of flight hardware handling, configuration control, quality, safety, and hardware protection
• Demonstrated experience scaling teams, processes, and infrastructure in a growing production environment
• Demonstrated ability to improve throughput, cycle time, utilization, and schedule performance
• Strong cross-functional communication and leadership skills
• Experience with workforce planning, staffing models, shift operations, and technician development
• Spacecraft or launch vehicle I&T operations
• High-rate spacecraft or satellite production
• Experience supporting multiple spacecraft platforms or subsystem families
• Experience scaling contractor and/or contingent workforces
• Multi-shift production operations
• Technician qualification programs, skills matrices, and career ladders
• Test stations, EGSE, tooling, fixtures, and instrumentation
• Environmental test operations including vibration and TVAC
• Digital work instructions, MES, production dashboards, or electronic travelers
• Capacity modeling and infrastructure planning
• MRR, TRR, PRR, and production readiness processes
• Lean/Six Sigma or other continuous improvement methodologies
• Experience industrializing development test processes into repeatable production operations