Advanced Test Engineer Crypto and Cross Domain Solutions

Position: Advanced Test Engineer for Crypto and Cross Domain Solutions
Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a related Science or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience; or Master's degree, plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position

The responsibility is career-defining. So is the opportunity. At General Dynamics Mission Systems, we invent the technologies, products and services, that help our nation’s heroes keep our nation safe. The work is so advanced, our teams regularly redefine innovation and excellence for the world. If you’re looking for a challenge, you’ve just found it.

We apply advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, AR/VR, Cloud Native and Quantum Physics to solve our customers’ missions in cyber, RF, undersea, interstellar space and everything in between.

As the Advanced Test Engineer, you’ll participate in the planning of technical approaches, resources, schedules, budgets and equipment required for the testing and evaluating of new systems, products and special devices. Utilizing your expert knowledge and understanding of test engineering concepts and principles, you’ll prepare test and diagnostic programs, design test fixtures and equipment, and complete specifications and procedures throughout the engineering development lifecycle.

What you’ll experience:

Participate in or lead test planning and mapping of test cases and test suites to system requirements.

Participate in or lead scheduling of test events and reservation of environmental-laboratory time.

Participate in or lead identification, tracking, and reservation of test resources needed to execute test procedures.

Participate in or lead authoring, dry-running, executing, maintaining, and improving test procedures.

Participate in or lead development and maintenance of automated regression test scripts.

Participate in or lead manual and automated analysis of test data.

Participate in or lead authoring of test reports and presentation of test results.

Participate in or lead construction, configuration, verification, maintenance, and documentation of test environments, networks, test hardware, and laboratory hardware.

Participate in or lead laboratory management, including equipment inventory, resource scheduling, maintenance status, calibration status, and laboratory readiness.

Participate in or lead configuration management of SIT test hardware and laboratory hardware, including hardware configuration, software and firmware baselines, network configurations, instruments, test tools, and test data required to reproduce results.

Participate in or lead test-readiness activities, including test readiness reviews, test-entry and test-exit criteria, safety, and equipment readiness.

Participate in or lead discrepancy and anomaly management, including capture, triage, reproduction, documentation, retest, and closure with engineering.

Participate in or lead collaboration with SE, software, firmware, hardware, and specialty engineering to confirm test-case coverage, requirement verification, and compliance.

Participate in or lead creation of specialty SIT hardware, such as an I/O drawer.

What you bring to the table:

Test planning, test-case design, test-procedure development, execution, and test-report generation.

Traceability between system requirements, test cases, test procedures, test data, and verification evidence.

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