Ground System Test Engineer

Test Engineer OpportunityAcuity Innovations LLC is a small, defense contracting company that provides enterprise architecture, solution design, digital engineering, defensive cyberspace operations, system integration, and test and evaluation products and services that improve performance and decrease decision timelines. Our fundamental, repeatable service offering is bound in architecting, designing, securing, integrating, and verifying the operational readiness of data ecosystems.Do you want to be part of a unique, small business that differentiates itself by:Delivering the best products, integrated systems, and mission capabilities for the warfighterBuilding long-term relationships and treating its employees as familyDeploying small but powerful High-Performance Teams, like elite Special Forces teams to each taskCollaborating within and across the Acuity Innovations teams as well as with the customerProviding a growth path to partnership/ownership opportunitiesIf you have this type of passion and desire to be part of a collaborative team environment with the innovation, initiative, and confidence to make things better, then Acuity Innovations may be the right place to realize your personal and professional goals.Package includes:Competitive salary3 weeks paid time off11 Federal HolidaysFlexible HoursBenefitsCareer Development/Mentorship OpportunitiesCompany Sponsored Social EventsWe seek technical individuals who will succeed in a highly collaborative work environment.As a Test Engineer, you'll work with the U.S. Space Force to develop and rapidly deploy the next generation of resilient Missile Warning (MW), Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (TISR), and Environmental Monitoring (EM) capabilities to deter attacks and provide critical information to our warfighters. Your customer will trust you to not only test, analyze, evaluate, verify, and validate these systems, but also identify areas requiring urgent mitigation up-front and early to develop this system with advanced technology solutions. Grow your skills by merging innovative engineering methodologies and cross-disciplinary coordination to create tomorrow's solutions.Required Skills and Experience:6+ years of experience working/planning on test and evaluation, and system integration on Major Defense Acquisition Programs, including complex ground software, and hardware systems6+ years of experience working in a collaborative team environment, developing test strategies, plans, reports, and briefings, and participating in test execution, verification, or analysisExperience supporting overall engineering integration of systems engineering and integration efforts for the DoD, government agencies, or commercial programsKnowledge of systems engineering standards, including IEEE 15288.1 and IEEE 15288.2Ability to define, develop, maintain, and execute large-scale system test plans and overarching test and evaluation strategy documents, including Test and Evaluation Strategy (TES), Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMP), System Integration Test Plans (SITP), Enterprise Verification Plans (EVP), Verification Cross Reference Matrices (VCRM), and Requirements Verification Files (RVFs)Ability to communicate and establish collaborative relationships with government clients, Federally Funded Research and Developmental Centers (FFRDC), and associate contractor teammates to achieve program goalsSecret clearanceBachelor's degree in an Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Technology fieldNice If You Have:Experience performing systems engineering, integration, and testing on ground-based remote sensing systemsExperience with portfolio and program verification, interoperability, validation and certification, and operational acceptanceExperience planning, executing, and reporting testing on behalf of the Lead Developmental Test Organization or the Operational Test Agency.Experience planning and executing program reviews throughout the lifecycle of the systemExperience using Model-Based Systems Engineering tools to manage system definitions and technical baselinesKnowledge of DoD 5000.01, 5000.02, 5000.89, 5000.98 or 5000.100TS/SCI clearanceMaster's degree in an Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Technology fieldCTEP or INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional Certifications such as ASEP, CSEP, or ESEP CertificationCompensation: $86,000-$195,000 based on years of experience, knowledge, education, and contract-specific affordability.