Test Engineer Security Clearance

Test Engineer 3 – Annapolis Junction, Maryland – FFPP Team – Full-Time – On-site.

• Assist with Level 1 tasks as constrained by technical training and previous testing experience.
• Conduct research into and apply knowledge of government test and evaluation concepts and related engineering, acquisition, and operations activities as needed to support the T&E activities.
• Plan and execute performance analysis, assess operational and system performance requirements for testability and criticality.
• Review planned acquisition approaches to support T&E schedule alignment with decision‑maker needs.
• Coordinate with program Systems Engineering (SE) and review T&E‑related SE information to leverage functional analysis, system descriptions, parameter selection, dependencies, modeling and simulation, and initial performance risk assessments to inform evaluation planning.
• Assess operational environments and priorities for evaluation attention and scenario selection, and coordinate user participation in T&E.
• Analyze performance risk areas to focus T&E planning.
• Specify, validate, and adapt modeling and simulation for T&E use.
• Plan program and event‑level risk‑tailored performance estimation and analysis of system and operational effectiveness and suitability metrics & conditions; levels of T&E include inspection, demonstration, paper analysis, survey, simulation, and physical test.
• Apply statistical analysis of variations in performance behavior to characterize confidence in performance estimates.
• Design surveys for evaluation of subject‑matter expert (SME) input and user assessments of performance.
• Select, develop, and use analysis tools.
• Participate in the T&E working‑level integrated product team (WIPT) and/or integrated test team for coordination of evaluation plans.
• Execute the evaluation plan on data collected by the testing tasks.
• Produce evaluation plans (metric framework, scenarios/threads, timelines, requirements/T&E cross‑walk), analysis plans, data requirements, risk assessments, evaluation reports, status reports; provide input to government T&E products (e.g., technology readiness assessments, test & evaluation strategy, test & evaluation master plan, T&E plans & procedures, and test readiness reports).
• Plan and execute performance data collection.
• Plan program and event‑level testing for collection of data required for analysis and to sync T&E events with supported decision points.
• Design data sampling schemes to optimize the information/resource balance and to control testing uncertainties.
• Select, coordinate, and calibrate instrumentation, collection and data management tools, targets, and facilities.
• Ensure test readiness including training of test event participants for conduct of the event; equipment readiness, and security, legal, and privacy compliance arrangements.
• Establish and employ data & configuration management capabilities.
• Support data authentication group functions and comply with program discrepancy reporting criteria and processes.
• Participate in T&E WIPT and/or integrated test team for coordination of data collection plans.
• Execute testing and data collection per plan.
• Produce associated test plans, procedures, and reports/briefings, data management plan.
• Define and provide technical direction and guidance for the Level 1 tasks to the Level 0 and Level 1 TEs assigned to the task.
• Recommend draft plans and reports from the Level 1 tasks for approval by the task leader.
• Work directly with the government sponsor to coordinate task implementation.
• Maintain knowledge of current and evolving agency, national, and international standards applicable to the system development of interest.
• Provide overall leadership of the T&E task and serve as primary liaison to the government for supporting contract coordination and task execution.
• Manage T&E resources and tasks; ensure quality assurance of test processes and products.
• Coordinate and integrate evaluation and testing tasks and products.
• Communicate issues and solutions to the broader government and contract management structure as requested by leadership.
• Drive innovation and responsiveness to program changes and evolving T&E status to help manage…