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For more than 20 years, Iridium has powered mission-critical communications for governments, businesses, aviation, maritime, and the rapidly expanding Internet of Things.\nNow part of Iridium, Aireon is the world’s only space-based air traffic surveillance system, providing real-time visibility of aircraft over oceans, the poles, and remote regions. Together, Iridium and Aireon are helping build a safer, more connected, and more efficient future for global aviation.\nJoin our team and help shape how the world stays connected. We foster a collaborative, inclusive culture where employees are empowered to innovate, grow professionally, and make a meaningful impact.\nWhat We’re Looking For:\nIridium is seeking a Manager, Test Engineering to lead system-level integration and test activities for our ground infrastructure. In this role, you will partner with cross-functional engineering teams to develop and execute test strategies, plans, and procedures that verify system performance and ensure product quality. You will oversee the daily operations of a highly technical test lab, ensuring test readiness, configuration control, and efficient execution of testing activities. You will also lead and develop a team of test engineers while driving continuous improvements in test processes, automation, and lab operations to enhance quality, efficiency, and delivery. The ideal candidate combines strong technical expertise with proven leadership skills and a passion for building high-performing teams.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nLead, coach, and develop a team of test engineers by setting priorities, managing performance, fostering technical growth, and promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing. \nLead cross-functional engineering efforts to translate system requirements into executable test activities and ensuring coordinated execution of verification tasks. \nLead the day-to-day operations of the system integration and test laboratory, ensuring test readiness, configuration control, calibration, safe operation of test assets, and efficient utilization of lab resources. \nPlan, prioritize, and allocate testing resources to support Agile development activities, balancing competing priorities while ensuring timely execution of program milestones. Develop, review, and maintain test plans, procedures, reports, and related documentation in accordance with project, quality, and regulatory requirements. \nDrive continuous improvement initiatives by advancing test automation, improving test methodologies, and optimizing laboratory processes to enhance quality, efficiency, and cycle time. \nCommunicate testing progress, emerging risks, and resource needs through clear, concise updates to leadership and program stakeholders. \nBuild and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders and peer engineering managers to reinforce priorities and ensure testing activities support evolving mission needs. \nMentor and develop engineers, encouraging technical growth, knowledge sharing, and adoption of best practices. \nProvide hands-on technical support for system integration, troubleshooting, and engineering decision-making within your scope. \nFoster a culture of technical excellence, operational discipline, continuous improvement, and accountability, emphasizing data integrity and quality. \nWhat You’ll Need to Succeed:\nBachelor’s degree in engineering or a relevant technical field. \n8+ years of progressive technical experience, preferably within the aerospace, satellite, or telecommunications industries. \nStrong understanding of systems engineering principles such as requirements definition, analysis, verification and validation, and anomaly resolution. \nDemonstrated ability to lead technical teams, solve complex problems, and coordinate interdependent workflows. \nEffective communication skills with the ability to convey technical information across diverse audiences. \nStrong interpersonal skills for building relationships with peers, leadership, and stakeholders. \nAnalytical mindset with ability to think critically and propose practical solutions. \nProactive in sharing knowledge and providing feedback to enhance team performance. \nAbility to prioritize tasks for yourself and your team to meet deadlines and milestones. \nThings That Would be Great if You Brought to the Table:\nStrong project-management skills with experience coordinating cross-functional technical efforts. \nAdvanced degree in engineering or related discipline. \nPrior experience leading a lab engineering team. \nWe’ll also need you to:\nThis position directly performs under, supports, or is exposed to a U.S. government contract. To comply with the requirements of that U.S. government contract, applicants for this position must be U.S. citizens \nBe willing and able to travel up to 15 days annually \nBe willing and able to be on-call to support operational issues \nWork Environment:\nThis position primarily works in an office setting and is largely sedentary with the majority of the position working with a computer. The role typically requires the use of basic office equipment such as a phone, video, computer, keyboard, mouse, and printer.\nWe believe in-person connection drives innovation, strengthens mentorship, and builds culture, while flexibility enables employees to do their best work. Under Iridium’s Hybrid Work Policy, employees are expected to work at least four days per week (approximately 80%) in an Iridium office to support collaboration, relationship-building, and professional growth.\nAdditional Information\nThis job description outlines the general nature and level of work for this role and is not a comprehensive list of duties, responsibilities, or qualifications. Employees may be assigned additional responsibilities as needed.\nBase Pay Range: $115,000 - $150,000\nActual compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors and this range represents an estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Base salary is only one part of our compensation package for this role. You may also be eligible for company stock and annual bonus. 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