Test Engineer Manager

Test Engineering Team Lead

We are a stealth-mode Aerospace & Defense startup headquartered in El Segundo, CA. Our founding team hails from SpaceX, Anduril, and Lockheed Martin, and we are backed by Joint Staff-level military leadership and top-tier Silicon Valley firms. We're assembling a high-agency team committed to moving fast, solving hard problems, and defending what matters most. With a world-class business development & leadership team already in place, we are well positioned to capitalize on already overwhelming demand.

Responsibilities :

• Build and lead the Test Engineering team spanning hardware, software, and systems test disciplines.
• Develop and own test strategy and infrastructure : ground test facilities, flight test plans, instrumentation, telemetry, and data pipelines.
• Drive end-to-end test campaigns : from subcomponent validation through integrated system flight tests.
• Partner with propulsion, avionics, GNC, and mechanical teams to define test requirements and accelerate development cycles.
• Establish rapid iteration and feedback loops, ensuring failures become data, and data becomes progress.
• Ensure compliance with aerospace and defense test standards while balancing the need for speed, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Lead mission readiness efforts for live intercept demonstrations and operational deployments.

Qualifications :

Preferred :