Test Engineer, Lead

Are you seeking an opportunity to leverage your technical skills while engaging in strategic thinking to make a meaningful impact in the Department of Defense (DoD)? You possess a deep understanding of your customer's environment and know how to develop the right systems to achieve their mission. Your expertise in interpreting existing capabilities and translating them into measurable test criteria is essential for ensuring mission needs are met. This capability positions you as a vital part of delivering customer-focused engineering solutions. As a Test Engineer on our team, you will collaborate with major defense partners and the U.S. Space Force to develop and swiftly deploy next-generation Missile Warning (MW), Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (TISR), and Environmental Monitoring (EM) capabilities. These systems are designed to deter attacks and provide crucial information to our warfighters, helping them prevail in battle. Your customers will rely on you to not only test, analyze, evaluate, validate, and verify these systems but also to identify areas requiring urgent intervention early in the process, enabling the development of advanced technological solutions. 12-14 years of experience supporting government developmental test and evaluation 12-14 years of experience working on test and evaluation, and integration on Major Defense Acquisition Programs, including space, ground, software, and hardware systems 12-14 years of experience planning and executing system integration of complex space and ground systems 10+ years of experience working in a collaborative team environment, developing test strategies, plans, reports, and briefings, and participating in test execution, verification, or analysis Experience supporting overall engineering integration of systems engineering and integration efforts for the DoD, government agencies, or commercial programs Knowledge of systems engineering standards, including IEEE 15288.1 and IEEE 15288.2 Ability to define, develop, maintain, and execute large-scale system test plans and overarching test and evaluation strategy documents, including Test and Evaluation Strategy (TES), Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMP), System Integration Test Plans (SITP), Enterprise Verification Plans (EVP), Verification Cross Reference Matrices (VCRM), and Requirements Verification Files (RVFs) Ability to communicate and establish collaborative relationships with government clients, Federally Funded Research and Developmental Centers (FFRDC), and associate contractor teammates to achieve program goals Secret clearance Bachelor’s degree Experience performing systems engineering, integration, and testing on space-based remote sensing systems Experience with portfolio and program verification, interoperability, and certification Experience planning, executing, and reporting on Lead Developmental Test Organization or Operational Test Authority (OTA) organizations and related activities Experience planning and executing program reviews throughout the lifecycle of the system Experience using a Model-Based Systems Engineering approach to manage system definitions and technical baselines Knowledge of DoD 5000.01 or 5000.02 TS/SCI clearance Master’s degree in an Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Technology field INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional Certifications such as ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP Certification Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required. Job Types: Full-time, Contract