Junior Test Engineer

Junior Test Engineer

LOCATION:Joint Base San Antonio, TX  

JOB STATUS: Full-time

CLEARANCE: Must have an active TS/SCI clearance

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Junior Test Engineer to directly support the USAF Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division, which is within the USAF Cyber and Networks Directorate and located at Lackland AFB, Texas.

QUALIFICATIONS/ SKILLS:

• US Citizen
• Must have and be able to maintain an Active TS/SCI 
• ​Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or Mathematics 
• ​Minimum 4 years of experience in technical engineering 
• ​Technical Experience:
  • Ability to Integrate with other organizations/teams. 
  • ​Experience working with Agile Methodologies 
  • ​Experience working in secured environments. 
  • ​Excellent customer service, communication, and interface skills 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide technical and engineering support for major IT Test and Evaluation (T&E)  
• ​Document the review, test concept development, test methodology development, test plan development, test execution, and test reporting, data reduction and analysis, and end-user operational testing. 
•  ​Use Design of Experiments methods to plan and conduct test programs.  
• ​Independently prepare (or direct others in the preparation of) criteria, computation/analyses, specifications, cost estimates test plans, and technical reports in the specific area of technical expertise.  
• ​Select and apply engineering techniques and procedures to analyze and evaluate specific problem, data, or other features of the work which are broad in scope and complexity.  
• ​Review and evaluate the quantity, quality, and overall adequacy of results and conclusions drawn from accomplishment of test engineering tasks.  
• ​Devise new and innovative approaches to problems encountered, and accomplish assigned tasks with efficiency, timeliness, and thoroughness. 
• ​Evaluate the configuration, capability, and operational relevance of test environments and ensure they are properly available for the thorough testing of software releases (e.g. fault insertion/fault identification). 
• ​Deconflict schedule conflicts between multiple releases, providing high quality analysis and recommendations to the program test lead. 
• ​Operate with general instructions; but select portions of work are reviewed in detail to measure adequacy of approach, execution, and presentation. 
• ​Perform and/or support capability analyses and COTS/GOTS evaluation, select components, and develop system interfaces to ensure compliance with DoD and commercially accepted standards and requirements. 
• ​Constructs models and simulations of systems to demonstrate the ability to meet user requirements. 
• ​Conducts engineering performance, cost-effectiveness, reliability, technical and schedule risk assessment, and scheduling trade-off studies and document this information in a technical report as directed by the task order. 
• ​Provide aid or guidance as necessary in the accomplishment of other engineering tasks. 
• ​Other duties as assigned.