Firefly Aerospace

Environmental Test Lab Manager

Firefly Aerospace

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Cedar Park • Texas • United States

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About the role

  • Directly manage a team of engineers and technicians supporting environmental testing
  • Hire, develop, and retain top talent; conduct performance reviews and support career growth
  • Set clear goals and priorities for the team; foster a culture of safety, ownership, and continuous improvement
  • Manage test scheduling and maintenance; unblock the testing team during daily test operations
  • Identify continuous improvement opportunities for performance aimed at maximizing throughput, reliability, and reducing cost
  • Analyze and review data to ensure that hardware is operating as expected utilizing numerical data analysis tools to interpret test results; author test reports
  • Author and execute test procedures; Perform shock, vibe, thermal, and testing on valves, avionics, COPVs, and other aerospace components
  • Troubleshoot and find root cause of issues in testing; implement corrective actions to resolve
  • Establish and maintain calibration procedures and management of instrumentation, tooling, and test equipment
  • Partner with cross-functional teams in Avionics Engineering, Propulsion and Fluids Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Program Management, Quality, Software, etc

Requirements

  • Bachelors Degree in Electrical, Aerospace, Mechanical, Computer Engineering or related field
  • 5+ years of hands-on hardware testing in aerospace or related field (aviation, military, electronics)
  • 3+ years of engineering team management; 2+ years of project management
  • Experience performing vibe, shock, and thermal testing on aerospace hardware
  • Familiarity with common test equipment (data acquisition, test fixtures, vibe tables, oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc)
  • 1+ years of scripting in a modern language for generating and troubleshooting test scripts (desired)
  • Experience commissioning and troubleshooting test equipment (desired)
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to effectively work across teams and senior leadership
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, multi-task, and remain comfortable with changing priorities
  • Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, LabView software (desired)
Benefits
  • generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles
  • parental leave
  • educational reimbursement
  • short term disability
  • flexible PTO options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
hardware testingdata analysistest proceduresshock testingvibe testingthermal testingcalibration procedurestroubleshootingscriptingproject management
Soft Skills
team managementcommunicationmulti-taskingproblem-solvingleadershipperformance reviewgoal settingcontinuous improvementcollaborationadaptability