Manager, Systems Integration & Test (Aerospace)

Location: El Segundo, CA, United States; onsite

Salary: $193,000–$236,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Lead systems integration, verification, qualification, and acceptance testing across multiple aerospace programs.
• Set departmental objectives, priorities, resource strategies, staffing plans, budgets, and execution plans.
• Manage supervisors, technical leaders, and engineering staff, including hiring, performance management, succession planning, and talent development.
• Coordinate with electrical, mechanical, RF, software, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and program management teams to resolve technical and operational challenges.
• Represent Systems Integration & Test Engineering in executive reviews, customer engagements, Test Readiness Reviews, Failure Review Boards, and design reviews.
• Ensure compliance with configuration management, ESD controls, FOD prevention, laboratory safety, customer requirements, and AS9100 standards while improving engineering and laboratory performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, aerospace, systems, computer engineering, or a related field with 7–9 years of related experience; or a master’s degree with 5–7 years; or a PhD with 3–5 years in systems integration, test engineering, product verification, hardware validation, assembly and integration, or a related 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 knowledge 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 quality standards.
• Experience managing systems integration and test teams, coordinating technical resources, and overseeing execution across multiple programs.
• Proficiency in test planning, verification procedures, technical risk management, equipment utilization, and integration and test process improvement.
• Sound judgment in strategic operational, technical, personnel, and business decisions.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams; experience with test development applications such as LabVIEW, TestStand, MATLAB, Python, or equivalents; requirements tools such as IBM DOORS or Jama Connect; and PLM, configuration management, documentation, and collaboration tools such as Windchill, Jira, or Confluence.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations under applicable space technology export regulations.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, autonomous, dynamic, and cross-functional engineering environment.
• Full-time employment with company stock options.
• Benefits include health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement plans.
• Equal opportunity employment is provided in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law.