Senior Manager of Test Operations

Muon Space is seeking a Senior Manager of Test Operations to lead and scale our Test Operations organization supporting growing spacecraft and subsystem production

This role oversees Spacecraft Test Technicians and Subsystems Test Technicians, with responsibility for staffing, shift coverage, operational execution, technician development, test capacity, and production throughput

The Senior Manager will establish the processes, infrastructure, and organizational capabilities needed to support increasing production volume and evolving spacecraft architectures

You will work closely with Test Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Program Management to ensure test operations are safe, repeatable, efficient, and aligned with production priorities

This role will also play a key role in industrializing test operations, including standardizing processes, developing scalable capacity models, improving cycle time and utilization, and transitioning new test capabilities from development into repeatable production operations

This position is fully onsite and requires working in our San Jose, CA office five days a week

Lead, mentor, and develop Spacecraft and Subsystems Test Technicians and technical leads

Establish staffing plans, shift coverage, skill matrices, and technician development paths

Set daily operational priorities and drive consistent execution across teams and shifts

Build a culture of safety, accountability, quality, and ownership of flight hardware

Own day-to-day execution of spacecraft and subsystem test operations

Ensure tests are performed using approved procedures, configurations, tooling, and acceptance criteria

Partner with Test Engineering to transition new or immature tests into stable production operations

Identify and resolve operational constraints, bottlenecks, and resource conflicts

Develop and implement the operating model required to scale test operations with production volume

Establish repeatable processes, standard work, training, and qualification requirements

Develop capacity and labor models for stations, equipment, shifts, and future production demand

Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing to design test infrastructure, stations, EGSE, tooling, and facilities for scalable production

Identify opportunities to reduce test cycle time, improve utilization, and increase throughput

Support the transition of new spacecraft platforms, subsystems, and test capabilities into production

Build organizational capability through cross-training, workforce planning, and scalable team structures

Establish and manage metrics for throughput, cycle time, utilization, schedule adherence, rework, and test capacity

Drive daily management and continuous improvement across Test Operations

Use operational data to identify constraints and prioritize investments in people, equipment, and infrastructure

Support MRR, TRR, and production readiness activities

Ensure operational readiness for new programs, facilities, test stations, and production lines

Benefits

100% health, dental, and vision coverage for employees; 50% coverage for dependents (Concierge Medical offered through One Medical where available)

Parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers

Generous time off policy

401(k) plan through Betterment and equity management through Carta

Fully stocked kitchen at our HQ and we cater lunch 3 days per week

Dog-friendly office

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

Multi-shift production operations

Technician qualification programs, skills matrices, and career ladders

Experience scaling contractor and/or contingent workforces

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

Lean/Six Sigma or other continuous improvement methodologies

MRR, TRR, PRR, and production readiness processes

Experience industrializing development test processes into repeatable production operations

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