U.S. Citizenship Mandatory: Due to our US federal government contract, candidates for this position are required to be a US Citizen and will be subject to a background investigation.
Job Responsibilities:
·Planning, implementing, testing, documenting, and maintaining solutions for the integration and testing of in-house developed and COTS/GOTS components, elements, subsystems, and systems.
·Translate customer contractual needs into test solutions that respect technical, schedule, and cost constraints, establish functional and technical specifications, resolve hardware-software interface issues, and define input/output parameters to ensure full system integration.
·Develop and execute comprehensive test plans, procedures, and schedules; coordinate subsystem and system testing activities with program teams and other organizations.
·Ability to integrate across a complex System of Systems (SoS) to find work arounds, defects, and integrate subsystem components to achieve major system functions.
·Understand Systems engineering tools and can utilize DOORs and/or CAMEO.
·Document procedures, configurations, and troubleshooting steps based on notes and instructions.
·Conduct on-the-job training and informal sessions on system design, data flow, and operational procedures.
·Maintain systems within a customer-owned facility, adhering to security and operational standards.
·Facilitate communications between the operations and engineering groups on system status and operational issues.
·Provide inputs to the collection and reporting of applicable metrics for status briefings to Managers.
·Participates in software version testing and evaluation and provides feedback to the engineering and development test community.
·Support the occasional 24/7 system test event or after-hours operational anomaly support when necessary.
Required Skills:
·Experience in Integration and Test and/or performing system or subsystem level verification.
·Experience with the Space domain (satellite ground systems and orbital platforms).
·Exposure to Linux, Virtualized Environments (Virtual Machines, Containers, etc.), and Hardware/Software Interfaces.
·Familiarity with Systems Engineering Practices (i.e., Requirements, Requirements Decomposition) and Systems Engineering Tools (i.e., DOORS & Cameo).
·Experience with Agile methodology, strong technical writing, and the ability to build relationships and work collaboratively.
·Ability to learn and troubleshoot complex systems.
·Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment.
Desired Skills:
·Familiar with creation of Requirement Verification Plans (RVPs), Requirements Traceability Verification Matrices (RVTM), and other integration strategies and approaches.
·Prior experience on one of the following programs: OPIR, NGG, or SBIRS.
·Familiarity with Integration & Verification Agile tools such as Confluence, Jira, and Zephyr.
·Experience or familiarity with software test practices and tools.
·Experience with 24x7 operations support, to include recall of key personnel.
·Experience with spacecraft anomaly response/resolution.