Test Operations Manager

5+ years of experience in operations management, lab management, or facility management in aerospace, defense, manufacturing, or physical test environments

Demonstrated experience directly managing technical teams including technicians, coordinators, or similar roles

Understanding of physical test laboratory operations, calibration requirements, and test equipment maintenance

Experience developing and implementing standard operating procedures and process documentation

Strong attention to detail with a commitment to compliance, safety, and quality standards

Experience using ticketing systems (e.g., JIRA) to manage operational workflows, maintenance requests, and team task tracking.

We are seeking a Test Operations Manager to provide dedicated operational leadership across ETC's diverse portfolio of physical test laboratories spanning multiple buildings and sites.

The purpose of this role is to achieve excellent operational oversight, solving scheduling bottlenecks, clearing inconsistent equipment readiness, and preventing reactive maintenance cycles.

This person will serve as the single point of accountability for lab operations, directly managing the calibration technicians, lab administrator, and lab coordinators.  They will own the master test schedule across all test domains and ensure that every program team can get the facility time and equipment access they need, when they need it.

Develop staffing plans to support current and projected lab utilization demands across all test domains, including shift coverage and surge capacity

Support the scaling of ETC's physical footprint, assisting with capacity expansion plans, new test facility standup, and ensuring operational readiness as the organization grows across sites.

Own and maintain the master lab schedule across all test facilities spanning multiple buildings and sites, and supporting instrumentation and data acquisition systems

Enterprise Test Capabilities (ETC) develops, operates, and scales the shared physical test infrastructure, technical expertise, and execution systems required to validate Anduril's products across the company. The team provides specialized testing that is capital-intensive, technically complex, safety-critical, or broadly reusable across multiple programs, spanning environmental testing (thermal, vibration, shock, HALT, TVAC), battery testing (cell/module/pack characterization, abuse testing, BMS validation), propulsion testing (engine test cells, thrust/torque measurement, fuel/feed systems), aerodynamic testing (wind tunnel operations, flow visualization, force/moment measurement), and structural testing. We partner with product test teams from early development through qualification and sustainment to identify technical risk, select appropriate test methods, execute testing safely, and generate trusted engineering evidence. The test operations team within ETC owns the lab facilities, equipment fleet, calibration program, and operational support team that keeps this diverse test enterprise running.