Vice President, Test Engineering
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As Vice President of Test Engineering, you will define and lead the organization’s end-to-end test engineering strategy across development, qualification, and production. This senior leadership role is responsible for building and scaling test organizations, infrastructure, and processes that support rapid iteration while maintaining high standards of quality, safety, and reliability. You will partner closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure testing is a strategic enabler of scalability, operational excellence, and business objectives.
Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:
- Define and execute the vision, strategy, and roadmap for test engineering across the full product and manufacturing lifecycle
- Build, lead, and scale multidisciplinary test engineering teams supporting development, integration, qualification, and production
- Establish and continuously improve standardized test methodologies, infrastructure, and best practices
- Oversee the design, deployment, and operation of test systems, facilities, automation, and data pipelines
- Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations leadership to align test strategy with program and business needs
What We’re Looking For:
- Extensive experience in test engineering, integration and test, manufacturing test, or related technical leadership roles
- Demonstrated success leading and scaling test organizations in complex, hardware-focused environments
- Experience with development, qualification, environmental, acceptance, and production testing of complex systems
- Proven ability to build scalable, data-driven test processes and infrastructure
- Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
What will set you apart:
- Experience supporting high-growth or rapidly scaling organizations
- Background partnering closely with manufacturing and operations teams
- Demonstrated ability to use test data to drive design, quality, and process improvements
- Experience mentoring senior technical leaders and developing organizational capability
Compensation
For this role, the target salary range is $300,000 – $350,000 (actual range may vary based on experience).
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