Test & Evaluation Engineer 3
Be part of an exciting multi-functional team providing full life-cycle engineering and technical development support to modernize and enhance the operational infrastructure of a specialized customer at Fort Meade, MD. The Test Engineer will conduct unit, subsystem integration, system integration, end-to-end system, and system acceptance testing to ensure customer requirements are met. Ensure that testing processes and capabilities can support the rapidly changing and high paced environment of the customer. Generate discrepancy reports and conduct Test Readiness Reviews (TRR). Work closely with other engineers, technicians, and support staff to ensure that our customer's mission critical needs are met in a creative, efficient, and effective way.
Supports the development and verification of test methods. Develops detailed test procedures, and instrumentation and configuration definition, needed to perform the test and minimize risk within the constraints of the test plan. Develops solutions to calibration systems problems of limited scope and impact. Designs test hardware, software and systems to achieve test requirements. Uses analytical tools to verify the design. Analyzes, processes, and formats data to customer requirements. Reviews test data, including off-nominal data, for accuracy, quality and/or fidelity prior to delivery to customer. Prepares and publishes test reports to document test results and satisfy requirements. Presents test results internally. Archives data and reports. Trains others. Works under general direction.
Competencies
General• Customer Focus
Makes customers and their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops and sustains productive customer relationships; uses information to understand customers' circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs; periodically becomes involved in sharing information with customers to build their understanding of issues and capabilities; considers how actions or plans will affect customers; responds quickly to meet customer needs and resolve problems; assists higher graded employees and/or project team leaders in implementing ways to monitor and evaluate customer concerns, issues, and satisfaction and to anticipate customer needs.
• Decision Making
Recognizes a wide range of potentially difficult issues, problems, or opportunities in own work group, across the organization and occasionally with external customers; determines whether action is needed. Identifies the need for and collects information to better understand difficult issues, problems, and opportunities. Integrates information from a wide variety of sources; detects trends, associations, and cause-effect relationships; creates relevant options for addressing difficult problems/opportunities and achieving desired outcomes. Formulates and/or makes recommendations for decision criteria based on issue complexity; evaluates options by considering implications and consequences; chooses an effective option. Implements decisions or initiates action within a reasonable time. Includes fellow work group members, employees across the organization, and occasionally external customers in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make the most appropriate decisions, and ensure buy-in and understanding of the resulting decisions.
Technical• Automatic Test Equipment
Complete knowledge and is proficient in the operation, integration, installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of automatic test equipment (e.g., Avionics Intermediate Shop [AIS], Tactical Intermediate Support System [TISS], Servocylinder Test Set [STS], Electrical Optical Test Set [EOTS], Hybrid Test Set [HTS], Intermediate Avionics Test Set [IATS]) and associated software, Test Program Sets (TPS), and programming codes.
• EE S/W Test
Comprehensive knowledge across a wide range of electronic, electrical, software engineering disciplines (e.g. analog and digital circuit design, electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) electrical design, embedded software and microprocessor based system designs, radar and electronic countermeasure ECM design, open and closed loop feedback control systems, and associated test instrumentation. Develops solutions to a wide range of complex technical problems, associated with electronic, electrical or software testing, requiring ingenuity and innovation. Works according to established guidelines. Knowledge of mission system/payload, and avionic integration testing principles and techniques, both in the laboratory and """"on aircraft"""". Comprehensive knowledge of test software processes such as requirement analysis, code development, verification and validation, and configuration management. Knowledge of electronic, avionic, and embedded software integration laboratory (SIL) setup, and associated hardware and software test processes. Comprehensive knowledge of programming languages, scripts, hardware and software integration, software configuration and development tools. Comprehensive knowledge of computing security and system and software accreditation.
• Engineering Tests Techniques
Intermediate ability to perform engineering tests techniques, including handling qualities, performance, systems testing, structural loads, weapons separation, propulsion, etc.
• General/Precision Test & Meas
Complete knowledge and proficiency in the use of general and precision measuring devices (e.g., Optical Time Domain Reflectometers (OTDR), multimeters, oscilloscopes, noise/bus/logic/spectrum analyzers, calipers, micrometers, etc.) and associated calibration requirements.
Basic Qualifications For ConsiderationDo you currently have 6 years experience in test engineering or integration of modern hardware/software systems?
Do you currently have 4 years of requirements analysis experience and in particular must be fully trained or have experience in the testing of systems at the component, integration, system, and end-to-end levels?
Typical Education/Experience
Degree and typical experience in engineering classification: Bachelor's and 5 or more years' experience, Master's degree with 3 or more years' experience or PhD degree with experience. Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry. ABET is the preferred, although not required, accreditation standard.
Other Job related information
-Must have strong knowledge of PHP, Perl, VBScript, or Python. -Must have experience working with Virtual Machine-related technologies. -Must have experience with Windows and Linux. -Experience with SQL, Oracle and VMWare is preferred. -Shall have knowledge of test tools to include Hewlett-Packard's (HP) Quality Center. -Experience with Network and System Administration is preferred. -Ability to work in a proactive and efficient manner
- Business Unit Defense, Space&Security
- Division Networks & Space Systems
- Program Electronic & Mission Systems
- Job Type Non-Management
- Experience Level Career/Experienced
- US Person Status Required? Yes
Closing Date: 04/05/2012
