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A new space race has begun. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build innovative technology that solves the next generation of engineering, manufacturing, and operational challenges for space security and sustainability.

The peaceful use of space is essential for continued prosperity on Earth—from communications and finance to navigation and logistics. True Anomaly builds innovative technology at the intersection of spacecraft, software, and AI to enhance the capabilities of the U.S., its allies, and commercial partners. We safeguard global security by ensuring space access and sustainability for all.

• Be the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity
• What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results
• It’s the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together

As Manager, Hardware and Environments Test Engineering, you will lead the Colorado -based team of hardware and environmental test engineers to deliver fully tested and qualified components, developmental units, and spacecraft on aggressive timelines. You will own the test processes, schedules, capacity planning, and the execution outcomes of hardware and environmental test.

You will partner closely with Program Management and Engineering to provide inputs to program schedules, align capacity with demand, ensure design for test, and drive disciplined execution against test milestones. You will be accountable for adapting test to program needs, continuously improving efficiency, automation, and process maturity to deliver the required quality at the required time.

This role requires both strategic foresight and hands‑on leadership: setting standards, driving automation, solving problems, and developing people to their full potential while ensuring every spacecraft meets mission assurance standards.

• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of test engineers providing direction and motivation to complete the mission, growing capacity within our most important asset: our people.
• Manage the team and cross-team test coordination utilizing effective and efficient tools that reduce friction and fuel high-quality, high-rate output
• Own execution of test to meet program commitments including testing component, subsystem, vehicle‑level hardware, and environments for qualification and acceptance.
• Drive load capacity planning: forecast demand, balance resources, maximize efficiency, and ensure teams are properly staffed and focused.
• Provide accurate inputs to the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), engineering reviews, and test reviews, aligning test activities with program needs.
• Own and continuously improve test processes, ensuring efficiency, repeatability, and compliance.
• Drive partnership with design teams to ensure high quality design that not only meets requirements, but can be tested to the qualification requirements of a program.
• Champion efficiency and automation initiatives to reduce cycle time, improve first‑time test success, and scale acceptance and qualification repeatability.
• Ensure test facilities and workspaces are clean, organized, and optimized for safety and efficiency.

• Test schedules executed with milestones met and acceptance/qualification delivered at required quality.
• Efficiency and automation efforts measurably reduce turn time and increase throughput each iteration.
• Capacity plans that maximize utilization, minimize downtime, while preventing bottlenecks.
• High first‑time yield at quality with reduced anomalies demonstrate process maturity.
• Team engagement and technical excellence known across the organization.
• Test processes that are scalable, disciplined, and trusted by stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace engineering, or a related discipline.
• First-principles driven approach to engineering and problem solving backed by ability to scale analytical rigor to meet program risk levels and maturity.
• 5+ years of experience in space system, developmental system, or complex system test across electrical, mechanical, fluids, and environmental. Environmental test experience in thermal, vacuum, vibration, electromagnetic interference / electromagnetic compatibility environments.
• Mastered use of test processes, tools, and practices including test plans, test equipment design, development, and implementation, and the integration of automation components across these systems.
• Experience setting up test architecture in manufacturing and test execution system (epsilon 3 or equivalent)
• Experience with space‑grade and ESD sensitive component and assembly testing.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and maintain test equipment and facilities including environmental, structural or mechanical, fluids, and electrical test.

• Master’s degree in mechanical, aerospace engineering or equivalent discipline.
• Extensive experience with test ground support equipment and electrical ground support equipment design, development, and implementation in test.
• Demonstrated ability to stand up spacecraft/component test and environmental test facilities including vibration, thermal, vacuum, EMI/EMC, fluids and pressure.
• Active DoD clearance or ability to obtain one.

• Base Salary: $145,000 to $160,000
• Equity + Benefits: including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case‑by‑case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job‑related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience.

• Work Location — this is a fully onsite position based out of our Centennial, CO office.
• Work environment — the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
• Physical demands — the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

True Anomaly is committed to equal employment opportunity on any basis protected by applicable state and federal laws. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us.