Senior Manager, Test Engineering (Spacecraft)

Location: San Jose, CA; fully onsite five days a week. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, or otherwise eligible to access export-controlled information under applicable U.S. regulations.

Salary: $207,000–$230,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations that deliver mission-critical Earth intelligence data, with a focus on climate monitoring, national security, and scalable spacecraft manufacturing.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, and develop Spacecraft Test Engineers and Environmental Test Engineers.
• Own spacecraft production test strategy, including requirements, procedures, scripts, configurations, limits, acceptance criteria, and traceability.
• Lead spacecraft integrated testing and environmental testing covering vibration, thermal vacuum, thermal cycling, and EMI/EMC.
• Plan and execute customer payload integration testing and translate mission requirements into production test procedures.
• Define requirements for spacecraft testbeds, EGSE, test racks, instrumentation, and automated production test infrastructure.
• Scale test capacity, standardize mature test setups, remove bottlenecks, and improve test time, throughput, repeatability, and production readiness.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, or otherwise eligible to access export-controlled information.
• 8+ years of experience in spacecraft, aerospace, defense, or complex hardware test engineering.
• 3+ years of experience leading or managing test engineers.
• Experience developing and executing spacecraft or system-level test programs, including AIT and integrated system testing.
• Experience with environmental testing, requirements traceability, executable test procedures, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience developing testbeds, EGSE, test racks, or automated test systems, with the ability to scale teams and infrastructure for increasing production volume.

Nice to have

• Spacecraft or launch vehicle integration and test experience.
• Customer-facing payload integration and test engineering experience.
• Experience with automated spacecraft test frameworks, scripts, or test software using Python, LabVIEW, C/C++, or similar environments.
• Familiarity with flight software test interfaces, simulators, hardware-in-the-loop testing, configuration management, and AS9100 quality systems.
• Experience building technical organizations in New Space or high-rate aerospace manufacturing.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with equity compensation.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan, disability insurance, and life insurance.
• Three weeks of paid vacation for new employees, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, and paid parental leave.
• Equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation support for applicants and interview participants.