Job DescriptionThe ECS Systems Test Solutions Section is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Integration, Verification & Validation (IV&V) Lead Engineer to lead and mentor a team of Integration & Test (I&T) professionals. This critical leadership position is responsible for the successful planning, execution, and oversight of IV&V activities across a program, ensuring the highest standards of quality, reliability, compliance, and safety.
The ideal candidate will bring a strong technical background in systems integration and testing, proven leadership capabilities, and the ability to foster collaboration across multidisciplinary engineering teams. This role will provide independent assessment and verification throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring products meet all customer, contractual, regulatory, and operational requirements and are safe for their intended use.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Program Execution
- Lead, mentor, and develop I&T Leads across the program.
- Provide technical direction and strategic guidance for all program-level IV&V activities.
- Ensure execution of IV&V activities aligns with established processes, standards, schedules, and program objectives.
- Support program staffing, resource planning, and workforce development activities.
Test Strategy & Planning
- Develop and champion the overall Program Test Strategy, including system integration, verification, validation, qualification, environmental testing, and modeling and simulation activities.
- Collaborate with Systems Engineering to ensure requirements are clear, testable, and verifiable.
- Develop and maintain Formal Qualification Test Plans, procedures, and associated test documentation.
- Define system-level test approaches and verification methods to validate system performance and functionality.
Integration, Verification & Validation Oversight
- Lead system verification, validation, qualification, and environmental test activities.
- Review subsystem and lower-level verification results to ensure completeness, traceability, and consistency with program objectives.
- Ensure testing activities provide objective evidence demonstrating compliance with system requirements.
- Oversee independent assessments of product readiness and verification status throughout the development lifecycle.
Test Infrastructure & Resource Management
- Define test tool, instrumentation, and infrastructure requirements necessary to support program execution.
- Partner with the Test Evaluation and Installation organization to ensure adequate test capabilities, lab resources, and facilities are available.
- Develop and manage strategies for efficient utilization of test assets, laboratories, and support facilities.
- Ensure laboratory and field testing activities are conducted in accordance with approved plans, procedures, and contractual requirements.
Program Reporting & Customer Engagement
- Communicate IV&V progress, risks, issues, and corrective actions to program leadership, engineering teams, and customers.
- Generate and present program-level metrics related to test execution, verification status, defect trends, test coverage, and product quality.
- Support customer reviews, program milestone events, audits, and technical interchange meetings.
Compliance, Risk & Safety
- Ensure compliance with BAE Systems policies, engineering processes, and quality standards.
- Enforce safety, security, calibration, and test discipline requirements across all testing activities.
- Ensure adherence to Safety Assessment Reports and associated risk mitigation plans.
- Identify, assess, and proactively manage technical and programmatic risks associated with integration and verification activities.
Desired Qualifications
- Proven experience leading large-scale Integration, Verification & Validation (IV&V) or Systems Test organizations.
- Strong background in systems engineering, systems integration, verification, validation, and qualification testing.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams within complex development programs.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership, customers, and technical stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of risk management, safety-critical systems, and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Strong leadership, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills.
Required Skills and Education- Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science
- Experience: Minimum of 8 years of experience in systems testing, verification, and validation. Minimum 3 years of experience in a leadership or mentoring role, ideally within an IV&V environment. Experience with the development and testing of Electronic Warfare systems
- Strong understanding of testing methodologies, techniques, and tools.
- Experience developing and executing comprehensive test strategies and plans.
- Familiarity with requirements management and testability concepts.
- Knowledge of formal qualification testing processes.
- Experience leading development of Electronic Warfare, RADAR, Communications, and/or Missile systems Experience with EW and/or Radar and Missile System
- Proven ability to lead, mentor, and motivate a team of engineers.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Possess an Active US Government SECRET clearance or higher
Preferred Skills and Education- Bachelor's or Master's of Science degree in electrical engineering or computer science/engineering
- Experience leading integration and verification of Electronic Warfare, RADAR, Communications, and/or Missile systems Experience with EW and/or Radar and Missile Systems
- Experience with rapid, iterative, and agile development processes & tools
- General knowledge of MBSE methodologies to facilitate adoption within agile development environment
- Experience with government contracting and compliance requirements is a plus
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.
