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Voyager Technologies, a defense and space technology company, seeks a Systems Engineer VI – Test to serve as the principal technical authority for propulsion system integration and testing. This is a Staff/Principal-level individual contributor role reporting to the Systems Engineering Manager within the Strategic Systems Department.
The role establishes strategic vision, technical standards, and long-term roadmaps for test engineering across multiple programs. You will provide executive-level technical leadership for complex development, qualification, production, and flight test campaigns while advising executive leadership and customers on verification strategy, technical risk, and mission assurance.
Key responsibilities include:
- Serving as the organization's principal technical authority for propulsion integration and test engineering
- Defining enterprise test strategies, technical roadmaps, engineering standards, and best practices
- Leading technical planning and execution of complex development, qualification, production, and flight test programs
- Providing technical leadership for SWIL/HWIL, automated test systems, test software, instrumentation, controls, and data acquisition architectures
- Leading resolution of the organization's most complex integration, test, hardware, software, and system performance issues
- Directing root cause investigations, anomaly resolution efforts, and major technical review boards
- Representing the organization during customer reviews, technical interchange meetings, and government program reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, FRR, QRR)
- Driving innovation through advanced simulation, automation, digital engineering, model-based verification, and emerging test technologies
- Guiding development of advanced test facilities, laboratory capabilities, and enterprise test infrastructure
- Providing technical leadership for proposals, IRAD initiatives, technology maturation, and strategic business growth
- Mentoring senior engineers and technical leaders while fostering organizational technical excellence
Required qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or related STEM field
- 15+ years of progressive experience in propulsion system integration and test engineering within aerospace, defense, or related high-reliability industries
- Expert knowledge of propulsion systems, rocket motor testing, qualification, acceptance, production testing, and verification methodologies
- Recognized as a technical authority and SME in propulsion system integration and test with demonstrated impact across multiple major aerospace or defense programs
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and mentoring skills with ability to influence executive leadership, customers, and multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Proven success leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and resolving highly complex integration and test challenges
- Demonstrated commitment to engineering excellence, mission assurance, safety, quality, and continuous improvement
- Proven ability to establish organizational test strategies, technical standards, and long-term engineering roadmaps
- Expertise applying systems engineering and controls engineering principles to verification, integration, and test architecture
- Demonstrated success leading complete test life cycles from architecture and planning through qualification, production, and operational support
This position can be based in either Reno, NV or Folsom, CA.
