Principal Test Conductor/Senior Principal Test Conductor - 2nd/3rd Shift Lead
Quick Summary
Directly support Thermal Test Management to plan and perform test operations with limited oversight, across disciplines and departments. Define and manage team tasking,
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Space Systems Thermal Test Department has an opening for a Principal Test Conductor/Senior Principal Test Conductor - 2nd/3rd Shift Lead (Thermal Test Lab Operations). In this role, the selected candidate will be responsible for leading the 2nd/3rd shift Thermal Test Team in the setup and execution of Thermal Vacuum and Thermal Cycle testing of flight and development hardware.
Candidate will be a self-starter that needs little to no direction from leadership to operate in a dynamic test environment.
This position is 100% located in Redondo Beach, CA. This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
Responsibilities
~1 min read- →Directly support Thermal Test Management to plan and perform test operations with limited oversight, across disciplines and departments.
- →Define and manage team tasking, supervise and mentor technicians during assembly and test of hardware.
- →Provide training to junior personnel in procedure execution, technical concepts, test setup and equipment maintenance.
- →Provides feedback to management for individual performance of assigned Thermal Technicians.
- →Review testing requirements and provide hardware/test recommendations to procedures or components to achieve testing specifications.
- →Lead advanced troubleshooting activities to assess anomalies and develop resolutions in conjunction with Test and Quality Engineering
- →Lead the configuration, maintenance, and operation of Thermal Test equipment.
- →Ability to perform touch labor when required.
- →Ability to work off hours and weekends.
- →Execute special assignments in support of the functional home room.
What We Offer
~1 min readRequirements
~3 min read- Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum 5 years’ of combined experience supporting integration, test or assembly of mechanical hardware; OR Master’s Degree with a minimum 3 years’ of combined experience supporting integration, test or assembly of mechanical hardware; OR High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (G.E.D) plus 9 years’ of combined experience supporting integration, test or assembly of mechanical hardware
- Leadership experience on a project and/or team
- Demonstrated experience in executing procedures and setting up tests.
- Ability to obtain and maintain active in-scope SCI clearance access.
- Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum 9 years’ of combined experience supporting integration, test or assembly of mechanical hardware; OR Master’s Degree with a minimum 7 years’ of combined experience supporting integration, test or assembly of mechanical hardware; OR High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (G.E.D) plus 13 years’ of combined experience supporting integration, test or assembly of mechanical hardware
- Leadership experience on a project and/or team
- Demonstrated experience in executing procedures and setting up tests.
- Ability to obtain and maintain active in-scope SCI clearance access.
- Experience handling space flight hardware
- Experience with Thermal Testing, including operating and maintaining thermal vacuum chambers, thermal cycle chambers and support equipment
- Active in-scope SCI clearance access.
Location & Eligibility
Listing Details
- Posted
- September 30, 2026
- First seen
- October 5, 2026
- Last seen
- October 5, 2026
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- 28%
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- October 5, 2026
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