Senior Test Engineer

Job Summary:

Provide support to NSWC Dahlgren H2O for AN/SQQ-89 testing at integrator location (Lockheed Martin/Manassas VA) for domestic and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) systems.

• Write and execute test cases that exercise the SQQ-89 system and its external interfaces, including AWS, VLS, TSP, and Radar.
• Document issues with the SQQ-89 and its interfaces, providing clear descriptions and steps to reproduce.
• Review system documentation and requirements and provide technical input to the Systems Engineering team.
• Re-create issues from the Fleet Support team in the lab for witness installing the SQQ-89 system, ensuring the SVD is followed and providing redlined changes as needed.
• Collaborate with the system Integrator’s automated test team to design automated test scripts.
• Travel approximately 10% of the time.

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering, scientific, or technical discipline and seven (7) years of systems test experience with real‑time weapons systems, combat systems, or fire control systems.
• Or US Naval operational experience in a combat systems rate at the E6 level or higher with four (4) years of systems test experience.
• Or ten (10) years of systems test experience with real‑time weapons systems, combat systems, or fire control systems.

• Experience testing and analyzing surface ship weapons control and C2 systems.
• Developer or capability level testing, functional level testing (FQT/Verification and Validation), software/system integration testing, or AEGIS combat systems integration land‑based testing.
• Use of simulators in a test environment.

• Experience with Agile tools (JIRA, Test Rail, Confluence).
• Experience with ASW fire control system (e.g., AN/SQQ-89).

$80,000 – $100,000 (range based on experience and other factors).

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax‑saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance

Amentum is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, ancestry, U.S. military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low‑income status, mental or physical disability, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

The essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.