Test Operations Associate Manager - Level 4

The Engineering Propulsion Laboratory (EPL) is seeking a Test Operations Associate Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team of test operations and Ordnance technicians that support hazardous test operations with pneumatics, ordnance, propulsion systems, mechanisms, cryogenics, and hydraulics. The laboratory supports multiple programs, each with differing levels of requirements definition, while operating under tight schedule and cost constraints. The incumbent continuously evaluates workload, staffing levels, and resource allocation to ensure safe, on time, and on budget delivery of test data and hardware validation. In addition to overseeing test operations, the incumbent will implement training, mentoring, and onboarding programs for both new hires and experienced technicians, ensuring a highly skilled, safety conscious workforce capable of meeting mission critical objectives. Perform duties as the EPL Drop Mitigation, PPE, and FOE/FOD Representative. Perform propellant management duties for EPL and the Waterton campus. Manage primary EPL test equipment readiness including spares management.