Test Engineer - Level III

Test Engineer

Augustine Consulting, Inc. is a Woman-Owned Small Business professional services provider of engineering and technical services to the United States Government. We seek an experienced, self-starting Test Engineer to serve at our Systems Integration Facility supporting the Department of War.

Department: NOAP
Location: Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD
Compensation: $71,400 - $159,500 / year

• Plan and manage assignments, progress, and evaluate results.
• Conduct integration and test activities of application software on multiple platforms that include System Drivers, Android devices, Windows, and Linux machines.
• Develop detailed Software Test Plans and prepare Test Reports.
• Participate in software design and development meetings.
• Analyze and identify system level integration issues and resolve issues and dependencies in a team environment.
• Conduct detailed interaction and follow through actions with development teams for issues and requirements.
• Conduct testing on software builds and report functionality and interface issues.
• Understand Apps and functionality of Apps as a complete system.
• Perform initial troubleshooting and classification/characterization of defect findings, then enabling software development teams to investigate/fix further.
• Ensure software builds represent military tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Evaluate test data, assess risks, and develop test result summaries for leadership briefings, Suitability Statements and Milestone Decisions.
• Ensure all Government test planning documents are uploaded to the appropriate databases.
• Interface with customers, vendors, and various stakeholders to identify and resolve problems that cause failures.
• Provide feedback on test trends, returns and vendor performance.

• Dynamic: contributes energy and enthusiasm to our daily tasks, to the team’s interactions, and to the Company’s mission.
• Thorough: possesses an unparalleled work ethic; produces complete, even polished products; persistent; mission-focused; asks “Why?” as often as necessary to get to the root of the matter.
• Mature: respects others’ opinions, beliefs, and culture; listens to ideas, shares thoughts, and works independently and together to contribute insights to the company’s leaders.
• Forthright: speaks with conviction; argues based on understanding, respectfully.
• Inquisitive: seeks deeper explanations of how systems work, not the surface-level description of the actors involved; goes beyond “stick‑fetching” to connect the unconnected.
• Timely: shows up, ready to think, prepared to get on with the day’s assignments; contributes analytical insights that meet time‑sensitive, reasonable requests.
• Honest: knows what’s right, what’s legal, and what’s appropriate; conducts himself/herself accordingly.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Due to the sensitive nature of the work being performed, a candidate must possess or be able to obtain a Department of War (DOW) Secret clearance.
• High School diploma and 14 years of experience, or
• Associate’s degree and 12 years of experience, or
• Bachelor’s degree in a directly related field and five years of experience, or
• Master’s degree in directly related field and zero experience
• Demonstrated lab and hands‑on debugging exposure.
• Ability to support occasional travel (up to 20%).

• Experience with one or more of the following development tools/environments is desired:
  Linux Shell/Bash Scripting, tactical message traffic simulators, Android SDK, and SQLite.
• Domain experience in geospatial systems (i.e., moving map display), tactical networking, GPS devices, tactical messaging, and/or mission planning solutions desired.
• Experience with Linux command‑line interfaces, Android OS, and mobile applications.
• Knowledge and experience with Mission Command and Control Software to include Mounted Mission Command (MMC), Precision Fires Dismounted/Mounted (PF‑D/M), Nett Warrior (NW), Joint Battle Command Platform (JBC‑P), ATAK, Mounted Computing Environment (MCE), Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS), Command Post Computing Environment (CPCE), Blue Force Tracker…