Engineering Manager, CesiumAstro

• Please Note: To conform with the United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
• Bachelor of Science (BS) or higher degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline from an accredited university
• Minimum of 5 years of industry experience as a test engineer or as a design engineer responsible for test development
• Minimum of 4 years of industry experience as an engineering manager with a track record of success
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

• In this position, you will be responsible for managing the company’s Test Engineering team.
• This highly technical group is responsible for designing test methods, systems, processes, and procedures.
• Technical focus areas on the team include antenna testing, electronics testing, environmental testing (thermal vacuum, vibration, shock), and test software
• The team also conducts many of the tests that they design. You will be a front-line engineering manager at a small company; as such, your success will be dependent on strong technical experience and fundamentals as well as management skills
• The successful candidate will also present engineering design review materials to our customers and executive team, as well as participate in proposal-writing efforts. As such, excellent written and verbal communication skills are required
• Lead a team of test engineers to meet company objectives, milestones, and success metrics
• Provide career guidance to all levels of engineers, helping them find long-term success in the company
• Drive the creation of hardware and software design processes and best practices to enable delivery of high-quality test solutions to our manufacturing team & customers
• Manage organizational alignment on test engineering common design flows, technical guidelines, and standards
• Create test strategies and critical milestones for new product development to enable successful customer deliveries
• Manage the team’s budget and personnel growth, including authorizing and approving job descriptions and making hire/no-hire decisions
• Ensure the quality of engineering outputs from your team
• Distribute workloads to engineering resources on your team
• Provide mentorship to engineers and prospective engineering managers
• Review and approve purchase requests and timesheets
• Evaluate employee performance and compensation
• As needed, delegate day-to-day technical leadership by appointing functional test leads