Manager, Test Engineering

Test Engineering Manager

Mercury Systems is seeking a Test Engineering Manager to lead a team of test engineers in developing and executing testing strategies for mission critical aerospace and defense electronics. This role plays a pivotal part in ensuring product reliability, performance, and security across the full engineering lifecycle from concept to sustainment.

Job Responsibilities :

• Define roles and staffing needs to build and scale the system test organization in alignment with program demand.
• Lead the standardization of system testing practices across Mercury's ruggedized servers and secure software product lines.
• Design and implement robust test methodologies that meet military standards and cybersecurity requirements.
• Oversee functional, environmental, stress, and security testing of hardware and software systems, ensuring performance in extreme conditions and mission-critical environments.
• Collaborate with software development teams to integrate and validate secure software solutions.
• Partner with systems engineering, hardware design, and software development teams to align test objectives with product requirements; coordinate with program managers to meet timelines and deliverables.
• Ensure all testing processes comply with strict security protocols and regulatory standards, leveraging active security clearance for classified projects.
• Support the development of tools to streamline test analysis, reporting, and documentation.
• Establish and maintain test requirements for test equipment and working with Test Support to bring test equipment to operational status.
• Prepare comprehensive test documentation including acceptance test plans, test reports, and performance metrics for internal stakeholders and external customers, including government agencies as well as present findings to senior leadership and clients.
• Drive the standardization of systems used to track testing issues and document results.
• Collaborate with Mission Assurance teams to conduct root cause analyses for issues identified during testing and sustainment.

Required Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Mercury considers a variety of factors to determine individual base salary offers to candidates, including : the role and related responsibilities; prior work experience; education, training, skills and certifications; internal equity with others employed by Mercury in similar roles; geographic location; and alignment with market data. In addition to base salary, Mercury provides a variety of benefits for team members including : bonus opportunities; health, life and disability insurance; company-paid holidays and time off; 401(k) retirement plan; discounted employee stock purchase plan; tuition reimbursement; and access to professional development and personal wellness platforms including LinkedIn Learning, Headspace, Aaptiv and Virgin Pulse. Team members at the Director or Vice President level are also eligible to receive annual stock-based awards. Mercury offers a 9 / 80 alternative work schedule that provides employees more opportunity for work / life balance (available based off location). Mercury Systems is a technology company that makes the world a safer, more secure place. We push processing power to the tactical edge, making the latest commercial technologies profoundly more accessible for today's most challenging aerospace and defense missions. From silicon to system scale, Mercury enables customers to accelerate innovation and turn data into decision superiority. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, Mercury employs more than 2,300 people in 24 locations worldwide.