Senior Systems Test Engineer

Senior Systems Test Engineer
Devens, MA (Hybrid)

Position Overview

The Senior Systems Test Engineer is responsible for logical and systematic assembly of test and evaluation protocols based upon customer and derived system requirements. The successful candidate will work within multidisciplinary teams providing verification, qualification, integration, and developmental test activities across the full design and development life cycle, ensuring that test planning, readiness, execution, and reporting are aligned with system requirements, program risk, and customer needs.

The successful candidate will be a hands-on person that will be comfortable with common test equipment and methods designing and executing a wide range of systems engineering and verification and validation (V&V) test functions in various lab and field environments in support of the product development teams.

This candidate must have a proven track record as a systems engineer working on development programs in Navy, DoD, or maritime systems.

Responsibilities

• Development of product design descriptions, requirements and system test documentation, safety analysis reports, and technical analyses against requirements.
• Provide systems engineering and oversight of test and evaluation activities
• Develop, review, update, test plans, verification approaches, and qualification documentation in alignment with system requirements and program objectives.
• Ensure traceability between system requirements, verification methods, qualification events, and test results.
• Support T&E planning across the full design and development life cycle, including requirements development, design maturation, integration, verification, qualification, and formal program reviews.
• Coordinate with the customer, test centers, laboratories, and partner teams to support test planning, scheduling, resource alignment, and execution.
• Support design and development of test fixtures to validate complex systems, subsystems, and components.
• Evaluate test discrepancies, root cause analyses, corrective action plans, and regression or retest activities.
• Support hands-on integration troubleshooting at system and subsystem levels
• Prepare technical briefings, system assessment inputs, and verification status updates.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors of Science Degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electrical-Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering; MS preferred.
• At least five years of relevant industry experience in systems engineering, test and evaluation, integration and test, or qualification experience supporting defense acquisition programs.
• Experience with fielded DOD systems and/or prior work in Navy or maritime systems
• Experience developing, reviewing, or assessing test plans, procedures, readiness documentation, verification documentation, and test reports for complex defense systems
• Experience with requirements development, management, and traceability
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team environment
• Experience working independently and managing priorities and tasks over multiple projects
• Experience with Military Standards, such as MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-464
• Strong analytical, technical writing, and briefing skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOD Security Clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience with DOD, SAE, IEEE, and/or IPC standards
• Experience supporting U.S. Navy or DoD test and evaluation activities, including coordination with government test organizations, ranges, or laboratories such as ATEC.
• Experience with developmental test, qualification test, system verification, verification cross-reference matrices, and test readiness reviews.
• Working knowledge of ME and/or EE CAD Tools (Creo, Solidworks, Altium, etc.)
• Experience with software programming (C, C++, MATLAB, Python)
• Experience in system reliability analysis using both calculated and measured data
• Familiarity with CMMI Level 3 Processes
• Experience designing test fixtures
• Experience with Windchill and Windchill Quality Solutions
• Familiar with Data Collection and Analysis tools

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