Assistant Program Manger Test & Evaluation (Journeyman)

Tekla Research

$75K — $95K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical field required
  • 3-10 years relevant experience
  • Master's degree can substitute for 2 years of experience
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Secret/Top Secret DoD clearance
  • U.S. Citizenship required due to sensitive nature of work

Responsibilities

  • Support program and project management through planning and scheduling
  • Identify and recommend testing types and depth for active phases of projects
  • Travel and collaborate with geographically diverse testing teams
  • Communicate effectively with test teams
  • Participate in acquisition and test evaluation functions as needed
  • Assist in writing Test and Evaluation Management Plans
  • Provide technical advice on testing and evaluation
  • Support Test Plan Working Groups and participate in technical reviews
  • Contribute to studies and analyses for refining test verification methods

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on diverse projects in a critical field
  • Travel opportunities that enhance teamwork and collaboration across regions
  • Access to advanced training and career development resources
  • Engagement in high-level technical reviews and strategy planning
  • Involvement in significant defense-related evaluations and testing processes
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Responsibilities
  • Support Program Management or project management services in the form of planning and scheduling
  • Identify and support appropriate types of depth of testing required for the active phase of projects
  • Ability to Travel and work with geographically diverse test teams
  • Communicating and working with test teams
  • Participating in other acquisition/test and evaluation functions as necessary
  • Assist with the writing of Test and Evaluation Management Plans/Master Test & Evaluation Strategy
  • Provide T&E technical advice
  • Assist the APMT&E with Test Plan Working Groups including WIPT and TPWG as needed
  • Participate in program technical reviews, Deficiency Reviews, System Verifications Review and others as necessary
  • Support technical studies, analyses, and planning to refine test verification methods and approaches

Qualifications

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in a technical field
  • 3-10 years of experience (see below)
  • A Master's Degree may substitute for 2 years of work experience
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret/Upgradeable to Top Secret Department of Defense security clearance.
  • Due to the sensitivity of customer-related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.

Desired Experience
  • Previous APMT&E experience or Lead Test Engineer Experience

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