{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"34a14c722842e4fa7acbc320","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/34a14c722842e4fa7acbc320","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/34a14c722842e4fa7acbc320","title":"Test Operations Supervisor","description":"General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems.\n\nWe have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, well-organized leader in the Test Operations department at GA-ASI.\n\nThis position is responsible for planning and managing the daily activities of Test Operations at one of our High Desert Flight Operations Facilities. This includes ground and flight test execution, routine maintenance, modification, troubleshooting and repair of highly complex avionics, airframe and powerplant systems used in air vehicles, ground control stations, ground data terminals, and ground support equipment.\n\nManages and coordinates activities to ensure the safe and effective operation of customer fleets providing a quality test environment to meet customer objectives while maintaining cost and schedule. This includes cross-functional collaboration with internal and external customers.\n\nMay be responsible for decisions that impact the department such as changes to the schedule or allocation of resources.\n\nEnsures regulatory compliance with FAA, US Air Force, and US Army standards and practices.\n\nOversees the daily activities including planning, supervision, and work assignments of Test Operations personnel. Provides oversight and insight to on-the-job training activities.\n\nDUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:\nManage and coordinate the planning, scheduling, and activities of Test Operations personnel to achieve company and customer objectives safely and effectively.\nManage and schedule daily work assignments ensuring consistent personnel are available to support medium-to-long term test programs.\nLeading cross-functional team to ensure unmanned aircraft system software and hardware is properly configured to meet test objectives. This includes collaboration with internal and external customer engineering teams.\nProviding high-level technical assistance to test and sustainment teams in troubleshooting highly complex systems.\nTrack and Document test performance, providing feedback to internal and external customers.\nDevelop processes to improve consistency and reliability of test execution methods employed across multiple customer platforms.\n\nWe recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.\nJob Qualifications\nTypically requires a Bachelors degree in a related technical field and nine or more years of progressive professional experience in manufacturing processes and procedures, planning, scheduling, and budget management with at least three of those years leading manufacturing processes and/or personnel. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.\nMust demonstrate a strong technical understanding of airframe and powerplant or avionics principles and practices.\nMust have proven project management and leadership skills, including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones.\nMust have the ability to identify issues, analyze and interpret data and develop innovative solutions to a variety of complex problems and strong analytical, verbal and written communication skills to accurately document, report, and present findings to a variety of audiences.\nMay be required to represent the company on external projects, work extended hours, and travel as needed.\nAbility to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance is required.\nJob Category\nAvionics/Electronics\nExperience Level\nSupervisory\nWorkstyle\nOnsite\nFull-Time/Part-Time\nFull-Time Salary\nPay Range Low\n89,180\nPay Range High\n155,825\nTravel Percentage Required\n0% - 25%\nRelocation Assistance Provided?\nYes\nUS Citizenship Required?\nYes\nClearance Required?\nDesired\nClearance Level\nSecret\nSearch Jobs at | General Atomics and Affiliated Companies","company":"General Atomics","rawCompany":"general atomics","city":"Palmdale","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-03T17:42:25.568Z","occupations":[{"code":"51-1011.00","title":"First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers","slug":"first-line-supervisors-of-production-and-operating-workers"},{"code":"11-1021.00","title":"General and Operations Managers","slug":"general-and-operations-managers"},{"code":"55-2013.00","title":"First-Line Supervisors of All Other Tactical Operations Specialists","slug":"first-line-supervisors-of-all-other-tactical-operations-specialists"}],"industries":[{"code":"334511","title":"Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing","slug":"search-detection-navigation-guidance-aeronautical-and-nautical-system-and-instrument-manufacturing"},{"code":"336411","title":"Aircraft Manufacturing","slug":"aircraft-manufacturing"},{"code":"336413","title":"Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing","slug":"other-aircraft-parts-and-auxiliary-equipment-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Test Operations Supervisor","description":"General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a world leader in proven, reliable remotely piloted aircraft and tactical reconnaissance radars, as well as advanced high-resolution surveillance systems.\n\nWe have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, well-organized leader in the Test Operations department at GA-ASI.\n\nThis position is responsible for planning and managing the daily activities of Test Operations at one of our High Desert Flight Operations Facilities. This includes ground and flight test execution, routine maintenance, modification, troubleshooting and repair of highly complex avionics, airframe and powerplant systems used in air vehicles, ground control stations, ground data terminals, and ground support equipment.\n\nManages and coordinates activities to ensure the safe and effective operation of customer fleets providing a quality test environment to meet customer objectives while maintaining cost and schedule. This includes cross-functional collaboration with internal and external customers.\n\nMay be responsible for decisions that impact the department such as changes to the schedule or allocation of resources.\n\nEnsures regulatory compliance with FAA, US Air Force, and US Army standards and practices.\n\nOversees the daily activities including planning, supervision, and work assignments of Test Operations personnel. Provides oversight and insight to on-the-job training activities.\n\nDUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:\nManage and coordinate the planning, scheduling, and activities of Test Operations personnel to achieve company and customer objectives safely and effectively.\nManage and schedule daily work assignments ensuring consistent personnel are available to support medium-to-long term test programs.\nLeading cross-functional team to ensure unmanned aircraft system software and hardware is properly configured to meet test objectives. This includes collaboration with internal and external customer engineering teams.\nProviding high-level technical assistance to test and sustainment teams in troubleshooting highly complex systems.\nTrack and Document test performance, providing feedback to internal and external customers.\nDevelop processes to improve consistency and reliability of test execution methods employed across multiple customer platforms.\n\nWe recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.\nJob Qualifications\nTypically requires a Bachelors degree in a related technical field and nine or more years of progressive professional experience in manufacturing processes and procedures, planning, scheduling, and budget management with at least three of those years leading manufacturing processes and/or personnel. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.\nMust demonstrate a strong technical understanding of airframe and powerplant or avionics principles and practices.\nMust have proven project management and leadership skills, including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones.\nMust have the ability to identify issues, analyze and interpret data and develop innovative solutions to a variety of complex problems and strong analytical, verbal and written communication skills to accurately document, report, and present findings to a variety of audiences.\nMay be required to represent the company on external projects, work extended hours, and travel as needed.\nAbility to obtain and maintain a DoD Security Clearance is required.\nJob Category\nAvionics/Electronics\nExperience Level\nSupervisory\nWorkstyle\nOnsite\nFull-Time/Part-Time\nFull-Time Salary\nPay Range Low\n89,180\nPay Range High\n155,825\nTravel Percentage Required\n0% - 25%\nRelocation Assistance Provided?\nYes\nUS Citizenship Required?\nYes\nClearance Required?\nDesired\nClearance Level\nSecret\nSearch Jobs at | General Atomics and Affiliated Companies","datePosted":"2026-08-03T17:42:25.568Z","dateModified":"2026-08-03T17:42:25.568Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"General Atomics","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Palmdale","addressRegion":"CA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"34a14c722842e4fa7acbc320"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/34a14c722842e4fa7acbc320"}}