Test Operations Manager
Shield AI
What you'll do:
- Lead a team of technicians and specialists in designing, deploying, and maintaining test stands that support production and qualification of our aircraft.
- Build and maintain test stands, which include electrical, mechanical, and software elements. Test stands also include harnessing and other cabling.
- Perform regular 1:1s, provide career guidance, and document performance for all the individuals on your team.
- Respond to emergent issues on the production floor to keep test stands running.
- Contribute to and attend cross-functional design reviews. Advocate for design changes that result in simpler testing processes and test stand maintenance.
- Contribute to the entire employee lifecycle, from candidate identification and interviewing to career growth, promotion, or separation.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required qualifications:
- Experience leading teams of technicians in a high-volume production setting.
- Experience with hands-on technical work in a high-volume production setting.
- Experience building wiring harnesses and assembling circuit boards.
- Demonstrated history of showing ownership of project outcomes and delivering exceptional results.
- Record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others.
Preferred qualifications:
- Certified IPC Specialist (CIS) for PCBA rework (IPC-7711/7721 or similar).
- Ability to make harnesses (IPC/WHMA-A-620 or similar).
- Experience performing rework from engineering redlines.
- Experience with CAD tools such as SolidWorks, NX, CATIA, etc…