Test Coordinator 3 - (Systems Engineering, Test Coordination)

Akina, Inc. • $157K — $193K *
Fort George G Meade, MD 20755In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
6 days ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of general system engineering experience with a High School Diploma or GED.
  • 7+ years of systems engineering experience with a Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field.
  • 5+ years of systems engineering experience with a Master's degree in a relevant engineering field.
  • 3+ years of systems engineering experience with a PhD in a relevant engineering field.
  • Strong communicator capable of conveying complex technical info to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate and coordinate various test events across teams and vendors.
  • Manage communication flow and streamline information reception.
  • Monitor test case execution and track progress against the test plan.
  • Escalate issues to government leads when necessary.
  • Provide regular status updates and summarize test results for stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on high-visibility projects
  • Engagement with multiple governmental teams and leading vendors
  • Professional development and training opportunities
  • Collaborative work environment with a focus on continuous improvement
  • Utilization of cutting-edge tools and technologies in systems engineering.
Full Job Description
Test Coordinator 3 - (Systems Engineering, Test Coordination)

Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required
Position ID: 15-TSK-2.10-052-SE3
Location: Fort Meade, Maryland

Description:

The SETA coordinator will serve as the central, active facilitator of contractual and programmatic test events by driving communication, streamlining information reception, and removing dependencies across multiple Government teams and vendors. They will be assigned one or more high-visibility, staggered test events to concurrently coordinate, spanning the full test life cycle of that test event, and will provide timely status update to Government Leads (Agile Release Train (ART) Leads, Project Directors, CORs, etc.).
  • Facilitate regular meetings and communication mechanisms to discuss progress, address issues, and mitigate risks
  • Liaise between vendor, integrator, development and testing teams to ensure effective communication
  • Actively participate in communications from multiple communication channels (chatrooms, emails, verbal, etc.) on unclassified and classified networks
  • Identify and provide recommendations to remove gaps in information or communication
  • Escalate issues to appropriate teams or, if necessary, Government Leads
  • Centralize data presentation of test events across teams and vendors
  • Create SOPs and Templates for government use
  • Maintain a broad view of all testing activities for a given set of equipment across different test phases
  • Actively track and communicate information across multiple teams and stakeholders
  • Monitor test case execution and track progress against the test plan
  • Ensure that defects and issues are properly logged, prioritized, tracked, and resolved
  • Provide periodic messaging on status updates for each test event
  • Coordinate with other teams in the setup of the system/environment under test, including hardware, software, and network configurations
  • Ensure that the environment under each test event meets the criteria per each event
  • Triage, prioritize, and summarize issues reported during testing
  • Facilitate the resolution of issues by working with teams, vendors and stakeholders
  • Summarize regular test status reports for stakeholders
  • Facilitate culmination of multiple test reports summarizing the environment, detailed results, and recommendations
  • Identify, track and help mitigate potential risks that could impact the testing schedule, scope, or quality
  • Provide recommendations on decisions and priorities of test activities
  • Provide recommendations to help define the testing scope, objectives, and criteria for success
  • Facilitate review of detailed test plans, including timelines and milestones
  • Coordinate resources and schedules between the vendor, integrator, and testing teams
  • Coordinate with Government teams to develop test cases that cover all required functionality and edge cases
  • Review test cases to ensure they are well-defined, relevant, and feasible
  • Coordinate test closure activities, including final testing, documentation updates, and messaging
  • Facilitate identification of and instrumentation of lessons learned to continually improve in future testing efforts

Position Required Skills:
  • Strong experience in coordinating scheduled-driven, project-level activities across multiple participants (e.g. roles such as Project Director, Program Manager, Test Lead)
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to accurately synthesize and summarize complex technical information for a diverse audience
  • Experience in working across multiple stakeholders such as government teams, industry vendors, and internal stakeholders; comfortable with escalating to Government Leads (e.g. ART Leads and CORs)
  • Proficiency with supporting requirements validation activities
  • Proficiency with tracking schedules and anticipating logistical challenges
  • Proficiency with tool usage of ticketing systems, collaboration platforms, and dashboard tools
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to identify gaps, assess risks, and recommend prioritization of test activities

SE3 Qualifications:

A High School Diploma or GED plus twelve (12) years of general system engineering experience.

A Bachelor's degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus seven (7) years of systems engineering experience.

A Master's degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus five (5) years of systems engineering experience.

A PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus three (3) years of systems engineering experience.

Salary Range: **$157k-$193k (Annually)

**The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

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