Senior Engineer

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Full Time Washington, DC, US

3 days ago Requisition

F&A Technologies LLC, an emerging Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, is seeking a Senior Test & Evaluation Engineer in Washington, DC (near Navy Yard) to provide Engineering Support Services to Engineers and Subject Matter Experts in support of the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) Program under the Department of Navy. The position is hybrid, onsite with occasional telework each week. The candidate will be supporting multiple engineering disciplines such as the following, but not limited to:
Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Information Systems, Navigation, Flight Software, Industrial, Re-entry hardware, and Flight Termination Systems. This candidate will provide more strategic support to the engineering team and leadership.

• Understands the purpose of a System Engineering Technical Review (SETR) series (formal, event-driven reviews that assess a system's technical health, design maturity, risks, and readiness to proceed through a program's acquisition lifecycle)
• Understands the purpose of the Test & Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) or Master Test Strategy (MTS)
• Technical support for hardware testing, software testing, modeling and simulation, and flight testing.
• Support the entire test cycle from test planning, security, execution, analysis, and reporting to ensure tests are conducted effectively.
• Support component testing for flight systems, platform systems, and integration testing to ensure components work together for the weapon system.
• Support subsystem and system-level testing, and the development and execution of capability validation plans, to include, reporting on the program's phase of development and status towards verifying achievement of Weapon System Requirements.
• Test engineering services to assist in the planning and execution of government test events, support the oversight of contractor developmental testing, and conduct assessments and provide recommendations regarding test and modeling activities.
• Prepare studies, plans, and analysis in support of government test and engineering efforts.
• Deliver monthly reports to include:
  • Scientific and technical reports
  • Technical reports- study services
  • Revisions to existing government documents

• Understands the purpose of an acquisition program (to develop (or acquire), sufficiently characterize, and sustain a weapon system and provide it to the Fleet so Sailors can employ it successfully)
• Understands the acquisition life cycle (the five phases of the acquisition path)
• Preferably has a DAWIA, INCOSE, or similar certification or is working toward certification
• Can describe the System Engineering “V” (the graphical model of the system development lifecycle that illustrates the relationship between development phases and testing phases, forming a "V" shape)
• Understands the purpose of a System Engineering Technical Review (SETR) series (formal, event-driven reviews that assess a system's technical health, design maturity, risks, and readiness to proceed through a program's acquisition lifecycle)
• General understanding of how the internal codes/offices support one another
• Understands the purpose of the Test and Evaluation group
• Understands the purpose of the Test & Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) or Master Test Strategy (MTS)
• Understands what an Integrated Evaluative Framework is
• Understands what configuration management is
• Has interacted with OPTEVFOR and DOT&E more than just email
• Gener…