Logistics and Tool Control Manager

What you'll do

• Manage the tool-control program for maintenance, integration, modification, ground and flight test activities.
• Maintain serialized records for tools, special test equipment, calibrated devices, batteries, ground-support equipment, and other controlled assets.
• Enforce tool and equipment issue, return, reconciliation, accountability, and lost-tool procedures.
• Support FOD prevention through audits, walkdowns, training, trend tracking, corrective actions, and process improvements.
• Maintain calibration schedules and prevent expired, damaged, or suspect measuring and test equipment from being used on flight hardware.
• Build, stage, issue, and reconcile tools, parts, special test equipment, and ground and flight support kits for daily test operations.
• Coordinate with Flight Test, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, Safety, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Range Operations to support test readiness.
• Manage weapon system spares, consumables, support hardware, ground-support equipment, and other support assets.
• Oversee receiving, inspection, quarantine, storage, issuance, and return of parts, materials, and controlled equipment.
• Maintain critical-spares plans, logistics readiness dashboards, shortage reports, and action trackers.
• Support remote test deployments, mobile range operations, and rapid field reconstitution activities.
• Lead cycle counts, inventory audits, tool audits, discrepancy investigations, and corrective actions.
• Provide daily logistics readiness status, risks, and blockers to flight-test leadership.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in aviation, aerospace, defense, manned or unmanned flight test, maintenance, logistics, or production operations.
• Experience managing controlled tools, calibrated equipment, spares, or technical inventory.
• Familiarity with FOD prevention, material traceability, and maintenance support.
• Experience using inventory, ERP, CMMS, QMS, barcode, RFID, or similar asset-management systems.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Test Operations, Supply Chain, Program Leadership, Quality, and Safety.
• Strong documentation, audit, problem-solving, and corrective-action skills.
• Detail-oriented approach with a strong commitment to tool control, logistics discipline, and process compliance.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced ground-test and flight-test environment with rapidly changing priorities.
• Ability to support overtime and weekend coverage as required.

Preferred qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in aviation, aerospace, defense, manned or unmanned flight test, maintenance, logistics, or production operations.
• Knowledge of AS9100, ISO 9001, FAA, DoD/DoW, and other aerospace quality-system requirements.
• Experience supporting defense programs, ITAR/EAR-controlled environments, or security-cleared environments.
• Experience supporting prototype aircraft, weapon systems, or mission-critical aerospace systems.