Test Engineer

The Opportunity:
As a Test Engineer, you'll help manage system integration activities, develop and coordinate test plans, track requirements and technical issues, and support system-level verification and validation. You'll work closely with engineering teams to maintain technical documentation, capture system configurations and interfaces, and develop user-facing materials including operating procedures and user manuals.


Responsibilities:
Support the integration, verification, and delivery of advanced technical systems for critical national security missions. You'll coordinate across hardware, software, firmware, and test teams to ensure complex systems are properly integrated, tested, documented, and ready for use.


Qualifications:
Required:

• Must have an active Secret Clearance to start

• Experience supporting systems engineering, system integration, or technical test activities for complex hardware/software systems.

• Experience developing and managing integration plans, test plans, test procedures, and verification activities.

• Ability to coordinate technical work across software, hardware, firmware, and other engineering disciplines.

• Experience documenting system architecture, interfaces, configurations, requirements, and test results.

• Experience tracking technical issues, integration dependencies, risks, and corrective actions through resolution.

• Strong technical writing skills with experience developing clear engineering and operational documentation.

• Ability to translate engineering information into user manuals, operating procedures, installation guides, or training materials.

• Familiarity with requirements management, configuration management, and verification/validation processes.

Desired:

• TS/SCI clearance

• Experience supporting UAS, robotics, embedded systems, communications, sensor systems, or other integrated technical platforms.

• Experience managing hardware/software integration in laboratory, prototype, or rapid-development environments.

• Familiarity with requirements traceability and systems engineering tools such as DOORS, Jira, Confluence, Cameo, or similar.

• Experience planning and executing system-level acceptance, functional, regression, or field testing.

• Experience developing interface control documents, system specifications, test reports, and release documentation.

• Familiarity with configuration baselines, version control, change management, and release processes.

• Experience working directly with end users to capture feedback and improve system usability and documentation.

• Familiarity with MBSE or SysML is beneficial but not required

Level Description:
◦ Seasoned technical individual contributor
◦ Works independently with limited supervision
◦ May manage projects / processes
◦ Coaches and reviews the work of lower level professionals
◦ Problems faced are difficult and sometimes complex
◦ Influences others regarding system design, solutions, and procedures

Organizational Impact:
◦ Works to achieve operational targets with significant impact on departmental results. Works independently under limited supervision. May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area.

Innovation & Complexity:
◦ Responsible for developing technical solutions that may require collaboration with internal expertise and deep analysis of the technical system.
◦ Problems and issues faced are difficult, and may require understanding of broader set of issues. Problems typically involve consideration of multiple issues, job areas or specialties. Problems are typically solved through drawing from prior experience and analysis of issues.

Communication & Influence:
◦ Communicates with parties within and outside of own job function. May have responsibility for communicating with parties external to the organization (e.g., customers, vendors, etc.)
◦ Works to influence parties within and outside of the job function at an operational level regarding policies, practices and procedures.

Leadership & Talent Management:
◦ Typically, responsible for running small technical teams to include providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area. May lead projects at this level, requiring responsibility for the delegation of work and the review of others' work product.

Knowledge & Experience:
◦ Requires advanced understanding and ability to apply standards, principles, theories, and technical concepts obtained through advanced education combined with experience. May have practical knowledge of project management.
◦ Typically has a University Degree (BA/BS) or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years of related work experience.

Financial Responsibility:
◦ N/A

Program Headcount:
◦ N/A