Systems Test Engineer

About CFD Research:

Since its inception in 1987, CFD Research has delivered innovative technology solutions within the Aerospace & Defense, Biomedical & Life Sciences, Intelligence & Sensing, and Energy & Materials industries. CFD Research has earned multiple national awards for successful application and commercialization of innovative component/system technology prototypes, multi-physics simulation software, multi-disciplinary analyses, and expert support services. Based in Huntsville, Alabama where laboratory facilities and headquarters are located, CFD Research also has office and laboratory facilities in Dayton, Ohio, prototyping test and evaluation facilities in Hollywood, Alabama, and office facilities in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

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CFD Research is seeking a full-time Systems Test Engineer to support the continued development, verification, and qualification of a complex multidisciplinary aerospace and defense hardware system.

The Systems Test Engineer will serve as a primary technical integrator for formal system verification testing and will work closely with systems engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering, controls, software, modeling and simulation, manufacturing, quality, reliability, maintainability, test operations, external test facilities, and program leadership.

The position will support a mature requirements-based verification program with a large number of requirements verified through formal testing. The Systems Test Engineer will organize those requirements into efficient test activities, develop and integrate formal test documentation, coordinate test readiness and execution, and ensure that test results provide objective evidence supporting system verification.

The Systems Test Engineer will be responsible for planning and integrating the system verification test program from verification planning through final test reporting.

The role requires strong technical breadth and the ability to translate system requirements into executable test activities while coordinating the specialized knowledge of multiple engineering disciplines. The engineer is not expected to independently replace the technical expertise of the organizations responsible for the systems being tested. Detailed technical content will be developed collaboratively with the applicable subject matter experts.

The engineer will work closely with the Verification, Compliance and MBSE Systems Engineer and Lead Systems Engineer to maintain traceability between system requirements, test activities, test configuration, test evidence, and final verification status.

• Develop and maintain the integrated system verification test strategy and associated test planning.
• Organize requirements assigned to verification by test into logical and efficient test events to minimize unnecessary duplication of testing.
• Develop formal verification test plans identifying test objectives, applicable requirements, system configuration, operating conditions, resources, instrumentation, required evidence, and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and integrate formal test procedures using technical content provided by applicable engineering subject matter experts.
• Review internally and externally generated test procedures to confirm that planned testing adequately addresses assigned verification requirements.
• Coordinate internal and offsite verification testing with engineering teams, test organizations, customer or government…