Combat Vehicle Tester IV - ATSS

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Job Code: 2026:

Location:

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD FT/PT Status:
Full Time Business Sector:
Test Range Operations

Job Description

Assignments typically involve planning and conducting a complete project of relatively limited scope or a portion of a larger and more diverse project. Complexity of assignments typically requires considerable creativity and judgment to devise approaches to accomplish work, resolve operational problems, and make decisions in situations where standard methods, procedures, and techniques may not be applicable.

• Works with engineers/testing personnel to set up tests that properly adhere to correct test operating procedures and military standards
• Serves as working leader to include planning, coordinating, and conducting efforts necessary to perform a variety of tasks associated with testing track or wheeled combat vehicles to include operating and maintaining vehicles, weapons, systems, and communication equipment while supporting firing programs and test missions, on and off test courses and firing ranges
• Assigns work and provides technical direction, helps in accomplishing difficult work procedures, observes work in progress to anticipate and resolved problems, and inspects completed work for quality and consistency
• Contacts personnel in related activities to resolve problems and coordinate work
• Tasks may be manual and/or mechanical in nature and support testing combat vehicle systems, weapons, ammunition, armor, and related equipment
• Coordinates efforts necessary to ensure operator level PMCS as well as any other operator level maintenance performed is done in accordance with appropriate/approved test plans, manuals, policies, and regulations
• Works independently and assists/coordinates the efforts of less experienced personnel in accordance with operator level manuals to troubleshoot, diagnose, and appropriately document issues relating to power plants, auxiliary power units, engines, transmissions, suspension components, electrical/electronic systems and components, communications equipment, basic fire control systems, turret traversing mechanisms, hydraulic or pneumatic systems, fire extinguisher/suppression systems, gas particulate systems and any like or related items in accordance with test objectives
• Coordinates efforts necessary to ensure unit level maintenance is accomplished in accordance with appropriate/approved test plans, manuals, policies, and regulations to achieve test objectives
• Works independently and/or coordinates efforts to install and/or operate sensitive data collection instrumentation, vehicle system training simulators/devices, and/or maintain equipment necessary to collect, process, store or obtain test related data in accordance with appropriate test plans, manuals, policies, and regulations
• Works independently and assists less qualified personnel to effectively operate combat vehicle computers, software, and other related technology
• Identifies, documents, and communicates test related and/or abnormal conditions in an appropriate format and timely manner
• Plans, coordinates, and provides on-the-job training, technical advice and assistance to various government agencies, peers, and subordinates as required
• Plans and coordinates development, analysis, and provision of technical input as required for documentation and training
• Reviews, analyzes, and integrates the technical work of others
• Prepares data in designated formats
• Works, coordinates, and collaborates with others in a professional manner to accomplish testing, evaluation, operation, and maintenance of combat vehicles and equipment
• Actively participates to ensure personal safety, team safety, visitor safety, and end user safety in accordance with policy, standard operating procedures, and locally identified hazard mitigation requirements

• Must have 10 years applicable experience or have completed formal training relevant to operating, maintaining, and/or testing combat vehicles and associated relevant weapon components or systems as well as at least 3…