Test and Evaluation Support Engineer, Senior

Test And Evaluation Support Engineer, Senior

Torch Technologies has an exciting opportunity for a Test and Evaluation Support Engineer, Senior located Kettering, OH (Dayton/WPAFB area) to support our EPASS GB contract. As part of the AFLCMC/GB Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate (BES), the Depot Maintenance Systems Integration (DMSI) is six software applications integrated by a consolidated database. DMSI manages programmed and un-programmed repair, upgrade, or modification of major weapon systems.

It identifies materials for pre-positioning and initiates cost-control measures for material usage. It establishes and maintains labor standards for planning and pricing. It supports depot capacity simulations to determine capability for surge planning and normal operation tempos. DMSI assigns item-tracking numbers to all parts and tracks through disassembly, repair, and assembly activities. It provides the capability to plan, induct workload, control inventory, and track repair operations to completion.

It documents standard labor hours earned by depot level maintenance activities. DMSI provides command-level data for mission capability assessments by the Air Force Materiel Command.

As a Test and Evaluation Support Engineer, Senior your duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide Test and Evaluation (T&E) support for product lines, capability delivery teams, and development and delivery of BES Test Services accomplished in accordance with DoW, AF, AFMC, AFLCMC, BES, product line, and/or capability delivery team, Acquisition and T&E policy, guidance processes and procedures, and standard tools and services.
• Prepare, coordinate review and approval, and manage execution of test strategy, concepts, methodology, plans, processes and procedures;
• Provide T&E-related expertise in various DoW Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) and System/Software Development Life Cycles (SDLCs); advise, advocate, and/or incorporate; optimal combinations within test strategies, plans, policy & guidance, and/or procedures
• Apply Scientific Test and Analysis Techniques (STAT) and Design of Experiments (DoE) methods;
• Provide support to plan, implement, and execute test automation leveraging Dev Sec Ops ;
• Manage and support test execution, data gathering. data reduction and analysis, and reporting;
• Review, analyze, report, and recommend updates to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Critical Technical Parameters (CTPs), and/or measures (of effectiveness, suitability, performance, and survivability);
• Support implementation and management of system/software quality reporting, e.g., cumulative tracking and management of software problem reports and/or defects;
• Support capability delivery team Integrated Test Team (ITT) formation, organization, and operations;
• Independently prepare (or advise others in the preparation of) test criteria, computation/analyses, specifications, cost estimates, and technical reports;
• Select and apply T&E techniques and procedures to analyze and evaluate specific problems, data, or other features of the work which are broad in scope and complexity;
• Review and evaluate the quantity, quality, and overall adequacy of results and conclusions drawn from accomplishment of T&E tasks;
• Devise new and innovative approaches to problems encountered, and accomplish assigned tasks with efficiency, timeliness, and thoroughness;
• Evaluate the configuration, capability, and operational relevance of test environments and ensure they are properly available for the thorough testing of software releases, e.g., fault insertion/fault identification;
• Prepare T&E segments of Acquisition documentation;
• Support T&E-related certification test activities, e.g., Joint Interoperability Test Center (JITC);
• Support T&E-related audit and/or inspection activities;
• Provide and/or support T&E-related training required to execute test activities;
• Support planning, execution, and reporting of Cybersecurity Test and Evaluation (CSTE)
• Support FCAs/PCAs;
• Support review and recommendations for higher-level DoW, AF, AFMC, AFLCMC, and BES T&E related policy, guidance, processes, and procedures;
• Participate in DoW and/or AF T&E-related summits, conferences, and/or meetings to deliver or receive presentations on T&E project/program status, accomplishments, challenges encountered and/or lessons learned, support requirements, technical developments, program changes, and the interpretation and advocacy of program and project objectives relative to T&E and/or,
• Provide test report support services by way of the documentation of test events and shall conduct technical reviews of engineering documentation (CORL A003) associated with T&E that includes but is not limited to:
• Engineering drawings
• Specifications
• Technical reports
• Design documentation
• Diagrams
• Test reports

Required Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship
• Advanced Degree (MA/MS) or Doctorate from an ABET accredited program in Computer Science, Information Technology or other Engineering Discipline and 10 years of experience, 5 of which…