Associate Manager, Integration and Test Engineering

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Job Title: Associate Manager, Integration and Test Engineering Job Code: 43495 Job Location: Fort Wayne, IN Job Description: This is a hands-on test operations leadership position supporting aerospace integration and test activities across submodule, module, instrument, and/or space vehicle test operations. The candidate in this role will provide front-line leadership for technician execution while also supporting technical test engineering responsibilities as needed. This role is primarily focused on afternoon/night shift and 24/7 test operations where additional direct leadership coverage is required; however, the candidate must remain flexible to support day-shift activities, weekends, overtime, travel, and schedule changes based on workload, staffing, and business needs. Candidate must be willing to travel up to 25%, as required, to support customer product testing. Essential Functions: Drive compliance to safety, quality, test, and program requirements. Provide front-line leadership, supervision, coaching, and mentorship for approximately 15–20 engineering technicians supporting integration and test operations. Support daily test execution, technician coordination, schedule adherence, troubleshooting, issue escalation, and execution continuity across shifts. Support technical test engineering activities as needed, including test planning, procedure development/execution, data review, requirements verification, and coordination with engineering teams. Work closely with test engineers, manufacturing, chamber operations, program teams, customers, and support organizations to resolve issues and maintain execution flow. Support development and compliance to test processes, standard work, procedures, and work instructions. Support nonconformance documentation, troubleshooting activity, root cause/corrective action, and disposition coordination as required. Lead department initiatives to improve safety, quality, execution, standard work, and employee engagement. Conduct 1-on-1 career counseling, performance discussions, and mid-year/year-end performance reviews for assigned employees. Work with Human Resources to support employee relations and corrective action measures. Support non-standard work schedules, including afternoon/night shift coverage, weekends, overtime, travel, and 24/7 test operations as business needs require. Role may involve extended periods of sitting or standing, and work may be performed in cleanroom, laboratory, production floor, or test environments. Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance. Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 6 years prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years prior related experience. Preferred Additional Skills: Experience in aerospace integration, test, manufacturing, production operations, or other high-reliability technical environments. Experience leading, supervising, mentoring, or coordinating technicians, operators, engineers, or cross-functional work teams. Experience supporting space-qualified hardware, flight hardware, or other high-reliability products. Technical test experience, including troubleshooting, data review, requirements verification, procedure discipline, and coordination with engineering teams. Familiarity with cleanroom operations, ESD safeguards, contamination control, and controlled test/manufacturing environments. Familiarity with hands-on electrical, mechanical, integration, or test operations, including bench-top test equipment, hand tools, torque tools, measurement tools, and specialized test equipment. Experience using Microsoft applications #LI-KB1