Senior Test Engineer

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

This position is located in Arligton, VA.

The Senior Test Engineer supports the research, development, test and evaluation (T&E) of security systems for components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Test Engineer is primarily responsible for evaluating the holistic system and determining how changes would affect system operation and/or performance. This is a full-time position.

Salary: $/Yr - $/Yr.

Essential

Job Duties:

• Primary responsibilities include leading test engineers in test planning, conduct test execution methodology, data collection/reduction/analysis, and technical report writing. Familiarity with DoD and/or DHS test and evaluation policies, procedures and documentation is required.
• Perform engineering design reviews, and engaging representatives of Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), and working directly with vendors and stakeholders in enhancing technologies and capabilities in developmental lifecycle support.
• Reviews vendor Qualification Data Packages (QDP's) and/or all applicable system design documentation.
• Lead role facilitating the establishment of initial configuration baselines, configuration audits, change management, and so forth for hardware systems entering test.
• Reviews change packages and supports the configuration control board process.
• Serves as the point of contact for technology vendors regarding management of system engineering and configuration.
• Writes and conducts reviews of technical documentation.
• Mentors and supports junior engineers.
• Follows government and industry-level guidance and best practices found in ANSI/EIA 649C (Revised February 2019), INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook (4th Ed.), and/or ISO 10007.
• Required to interact directly with the client on a regular basis and must have strong oral and written communication skills. Additionally, candidate should also have excellent computer skills including expertise in the use of applicable Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Key Responsibilities:

• Ability to have knowledge of industry standards and best practices
• Ability to have a high degree of initiative and creativity
• Average or above computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office and Excel Spreadsheets
• Ability to demonstrates a high degree of attention to detail

Mandatory:

• U.S. Citizenship
• Ability to obtain DoD Secret Security Clearance
• Ability to obtain TSA Suitability.
• The candidate must have a minimum of a bachelor's degree. Degrees in…