Associate Manager, Integration and Test Engineering

Job Title: Associate Manager Integration and Test Engineering

Job Code: 39066
Job Location:Fort Wayne IN

Job Description:

This is a hands-on test operations leadership position supporting aerospace integration and test activities across submodule module instrument and/or space vehicle test operations. The candidate in this role will provide front-line leadership for technician execution while also supporting technical test engineering responsibilities as needed. This role is primarily focused on afternoon/night shift and 24/7 test operations where additional direct leadership coverage is required; however the candidate must remain flexible to support day-shift activities weekends overtime travel and schedule changes based on workload staffing and business needs. Candidate must be willing to travel up to 25% as required to support customer product testing.

Essential Functions:

• Drive compliance to safety quality test and program requirements.
• Provide front-line leadership supervision coaching and mentorship for approximately 1520 engineering technicians supporting integration and test operations.
• Support daily test execution technician coordination schedule adherence troubleshooting issue escalation and execution continuity across shifts.
• Support technical test engineering activities as needed including test planning procedure development/execution data review requirements verification and coordination with engineering teams.
• Work closely with test engineers manufacturing chamber operations program teams customers and support organizations to resolve issues and maintain execution flow.
• Support development and compliance to test processes standard work procedures and work instructions.
• Support nonconformance documentation troubleshooting activity root cause/corrective action and disposition coordination as required.
• Lead department initiatives to improve safety quality execution standard work and employee engagement.
• Conduct 1-on-1 career counseling performance discussions and mid-year/year-end performance reviews for assigned employees.
• Work with Human Resources to support employee relations and corrective action measures.
• Support non-standard work schedules including afternoon/night shift coverage weekends overtime travel and 24/7 test operations as business needs require.

• Role may involve extended periods of sitting or standing and work may be performed in cleanroom laboratory production floor or test environments.
• Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree with a minimum of 6 years prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 4 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 10 years prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in aerospace integration test manufacturing production operations or other high-reliability technical environments.
• Experience leading supervising mentoring or coordinating technicians operators engineers or cross-functional work teams.
• Experience supporting space-qualified hardware flight hardware or other high-reliability products.
• Technical test experience including troubleshooting data review requirements verification procedure discipline and coordination with engineering teams.
• Familiarity with cleanroom operations ESD safeguards contamination control and controlled test/manufacturing environments.
• Familiarity with hands-on electrical mechanical integration or test operations including bench-top test equipment hand tools torque tools measurement tools and specialized test equipment.
• Experience using Microsoft applications

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