Combat and Strategic Systems Engineer

Description

We are seeking a dedicated professional to serve as a Test & Evaluation Engineer (CUAS Software Lab) supporting the NSWC Crane Expeditionary Electronic Warfare division (MXQ). In this role, you will be instrumental in ensuring the performance, reliability, and mission-readiness of Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (CUAS) and Electronic Warfare (EW) systems.

Job Responsibilities:

• Support operational software lab test and evaluation activities for CUAS and EW systems.
• Plan, coordinate, execute, and document software test events in lab, hardware-in-the-loop, and operationally relevant environments.
• Support software unit testing, software integration testing, system-level testing, regression testing, verification and validation, and acceptance testing.
• Develop and review test objectives, test procedures, test cases, test scripts, data collection plans, test reports, and software assessment products.
• Verify that software test results comply with approved test requirements, acceptance criteria, operational needs, and customer-defined performance expectations.
• Perform traceability analysis between requirements, test cases, test procedures, test execution results, and documented findings.
• Support evaluation of Government Furnished Code, Government Furnished Information, contractor-developed software, and private software products used in CUAS test environments.
• Assist with software-based test and evaluation, quality assurance, requirements documentation, lab testing, demonstrations, and improvements to field test software.
• Support configuration, operation, and maintenance of operational software lab environments used to evaluate CUAS capabilities.
• Assist with standing up and maintaining representative lab environments, including software builds, test tools, data collection systems, interfaces, networked test assets, and hardware-in-the-loop configurations.
• Support hardware-in-the-loop testing to evaluate software performance, system response, RF characteristics, output timing, mission behavior, and CUAS effectiveness.
• Identify software anomalies, data gaps, regression issues, integration problems, test limitations, and operational impacts.
• Document software deficiencies, test observations, corrective actions, retest results, and engineering recommendations.
• Coordinate with software developers, systems engineers, RF engineers, cybersecurity personnel, test directors, configuration managers, and Government leads to resolve issues and support test readiness.
• Support test automation efforts to improve test consistency, repeatability, rigor, and efficiency.
• Participate in test readiness reviews, technical interchange meetings, Integrated Product Teams, daily test briefs, post-test debriefs, and lessons learned reviews.
• Support the development, review, revision, verification, and release of T&E documentation, including test plans, SOPs, schedules, briefs, reports, and technical summaries.
• Ensure software lab test artifacts, test data, and technical documentation are properly marked, controlled, stored, and retained in accordance with applicable security, CUI, OPSEC, and configuration management requirements.

Qualifications

Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline.

Job Requirements:

• Zero (0) to three (3) years of professional experience in RF, microwave, or electronic systems engineering.
•   Relevant software test, military, technical, or laboratory test experience may be considered in lieu of degree depending on customer requirements.
• Experience supporting software test and evaluation, software integration testing, system-level testing, regression testing, or verification and validation.
• Experience developing or executing test procedures, test cases, test scripts, test reports, or software assessment documentation.
• Understanding of software test processes, requirements traceability, defect tracking, configuration control, and test data analysis.
• Ability to support lab-based software testing and coordinate across software, systems, test, and cybersecurity teams.
• Ability to document technical findings, risks, issues, assumptions, and recommendations.
• Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain interim Secret clearance to start. Final Secret Clearance is required.