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Director, Systems Test Engineering

Terran Orbital Corporation

Terran Orbital Corporation

Quality Assurance
Irvine, CA, USA
Posted on Sep 11, 2024

Be more than just an employee number! Join Terran Orbital, a leader in innovation, manufacturing, and operations in the satellite industry. We are a pioneer in the miniaturization of space technologies and the delivery of responsive space solutions. We are a unique, fast-growing, and trusted team focused on quickly and economically designing, building, launching, and operating state-of-the-art satellites for advanced mission constellations.

Terran Orbital is seeking an experienced Director, Systems Test Engineering to join our growing team. Reporting to the VP of Manufacturing, the Director of Systems Test Engineering will lead Test Engineers, processes and procedures, electrical ground support equipment, and facility development to support module and vehicle production. This must be a transformational leader, moving Terran Orbital into the future of streamlined efficiency and digital execution. The Director will identify organizational staffing and capital requirements, develop technical/cost proposals, drive affordability, standardize procedures and processes, and work closely with other functional leadership. The Director's organization supports Manufacturing and Vehicle Systems Integration and Testing operations. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated success in influencing the direction of Digital Transformation efforts in a production environment or production engineering discriminators, including identifying and championing organizational change to achieve a more competitive advantage for the business.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

  • Direct and manage teams that design, build, and deploy RF, GPS, electrical, power, GNC, communications, command, and data handling subsystems equipment that is forward and backward-compatible with current and future test systems.
  • Direct and manage teams that write, develop, debug, and provide floor support for current and next-generation power and test systems software.
  • Manage consistency across the discipline, ensuring reuse, standard tools, and training/skill development through all levels of the organization.
  • Develop metrics and performance calculations using production schedule metrics and inputs
  • Ability to identify gaps, forecast potential issues to module delivery plans and schedules, and the ability to apply root cause analysis skills
  • Must be capable of solid partnership to ensure lockstep coordination with adjacent functions
  • Coordinate and execute site-level initiatives with other members of the Operations Senior Leadership Team