Combat and Strategic Systems Engineer

Location: Crane

** Description*
* We are seeking a dedicated professional to serve as a Test & Evaluation Engineer (CUAS Software Lab) supporting the NSWC Crane Expeditionary Electronic Warfare division (MXQ). In this role, you will be instrumental in ensuring the performance, reliability, and mission-readiness of Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (CUAS) and Electronic Warfare (EW) systems.

Job Responsibilities:

+ Support operational software lab test and evaluation activities for CUAS and EW systems.

+ Plan, coordinate, execute, and document software test events in lab, hardware-in-the-loop, and operationally relevant environments.

+ Support software unit testing, software integration testing, system-level testing, regression testing, verification and validation, and acceptance testing.

+ Develop and review test objectives, test procedures, test cases, test scripts, data collection plans, test reports, and software assessment products.

+ Verify that software test results comply with approved test requirements, acceptance criteria, operational needs, and customer-defined performance expectations.

+ Perform traceability analysis between requirements, test cases, test procedures, test execution results, and documented findings.

+ Support evaluation of Government Furnished Code, Government Furnished Information, contractor-developed software, and private software products used in CUAS test environments.

+ Assist with software-based test and evaluation, quality assurance, requirements documentation, lab testing, demonstrations, and improvements to field test software.

+ Support configuration, operation, and maintenance of operational software lab environments used to evaluate CUAS capabilities.

+ Assist with standing up and maintaining representative lab environments, including software builds, test tools, data collection systems, interfaces, networked test assets, and hardware-in-the-loop configurations.

+ Support hardware-in-the-loop testing to evaluate software performance, system response, RF characteristics, output timing, mission behavior, and CUAS effectiveness.

+ Identify software anomalies, data gaps, regression issues, integration problems, test limitations, and operational impacts.

+ Document software deficiencies, test observations, corrective actions, retest results, and engineering recommendations.

+ Coordinate with software developers, systems engineers, RF engineers, cybersecurity personnel, test directors, configuration managers, and Government leads to resolve issues and support test readiness.

+ Support test automation efforts to improve test consistency, repeatability, rigor, and efficiency.

+ Participate in test readiness reviews, technical interchange meetings, Integrated Product Teams, daily test briefs, post-test debriefs, and lessons learned reviews.

+ Support the development, review, revision, verification, and release of T&E documentation, including test plans, SOPs, schedules, briefs, reports, and technical summaries.

+ Ensure software lab test artifacts, test data, and technical documentation are properly marked, controlled, stored, and retained in accordance with applicable security, CUI, OPSEC, and configuration management requirements.

** Qualifications*
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* Education Requirements:

** Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline.

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* Job Requirements:

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* + Zero (0) to three (3) years of professional experience in RF, microwave, or electronic systems engineering.

+   Relevant software test, military, technical, or laboratory test experience may be considered in lieu of degree depending on customer requirements.

+ Experience supporting software test and evaluation, software integration testing, system-level testing, regression testing, or verification and validation.

+ Experience developing or executing test procedures, test cases, test scripts, test reports, or software assessment documentation.

+ Understanding of software test processes, requirements traceability, defect tracking, configuration control, and test data analysis.

+ Ability to support lab-based software testing and coordinate across software, systems, test, and cybersecurity teams.

+ Ability to document technical findings, risks, issues, assumptions, and recommendations.

+ Security Clearance:
Must be able to obtain interim Secret clearance to start. Final Secret Clearance is required.

REQNUMBER: 2613141

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity.

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