Test Engineering Manager

Location: Culpeper, VA

Job ID: #68134

Pay Range: $68-78 ph (W2)
Duration: Direct

Reporting to Manager, Test Engineering, this position will plan, organize and technically direct test engineering and operations activities and staff.

Types of tests consist of static rocket motor firings, direct-connect ramjet/scramjet testing, altitude simulation test firings, case proof and burst pressure testing, case structural loads testing, aero-heat material testing, and dynamic/environmental testing.

The Test Engineering Manager is responsible for providing engineering analysis and oversight of product test requirements and performance in a safe, environmentally sound, secure, cost effective and timely manner; planning and conducting of all testing including proposal, test procedure, test plan preparation, test conduct and data review; critical reviews to assure that designs, tests and experiments are properly performed to attain test objectives; and maintaining functional integrity in the verification of hardware and/or software performance. In this role, you will function as an advisor on all projects and tasks assigned to the organizational group and results are typically accomplished through experienced, exempt employees.

The Test Engineers under your supervision may either be Electrical, Instrumentation, and Control Test Engineers or Mechanical Test Engineers, depending on your expertise/qualifications. - Electrical, Instrumentation, & Control (ICE) Engineers are responsible for providing technical and operational support for test activities, including selection, procurement, calibration, and installation of instrumentation; planning, integration and operational support of special electrical test equipment; development, implementation, and maintenance of facility and test article control software and hardware. - Mechanical Test Engineers engineers work with customers, program managers and project engineers to define test objectives and identify and select test methods and instrumentation. They then create plans and procedures for safely conducting these tests, utilizing our existing four test facilities and equipment, and/or designing new tools or techniques. This current opening may be filled at this level as posted or at one level higher.

Skills:
Provide assistance to direct reports in meeting established schedules and to resolve complex technical or operational problems, and supervise engineering or analysis activities, developing new concepts, methods or technologies.
Provide direction to direct report engineering staff based on general policies and management guidance, recommend modifications to operating policies and interpret and execute policies that typically affect direct report organizational groups.

Education:
Requires a Bachelor's degree in an appropriate discipline and nine (9) years of progressively responsible experience in a directly related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Must have demonstrated leadership skills, including the ability to plan, organize, coordinate, direct and control the activities of the assigned organization.

Must have experience in one or multiple areas of Electrical, Instrumentation, and Control Test Engineers or Mechanical Test Engineering.