Test & Evaluation Engineer (CUAS Software Lab)

TRISTAR

$75K — $95K *
Crane, IN 47522In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
  • 3 years of experience in RF, microwave, or electronic systems engineering.
  • Familiarity with software testing methodologies and environments.
  • Ability to work in a team-oriented and collaborative setting.
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen with eligibility for security clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Support various software testing activities including unit and regression testing.
  • Develop and review test documentation including procedures and reports.
  • Verify compliance of test results with requirements and performance expectations.
  • Perform traceability analysis between requirements and test results.
  • Assist in the evaluation of government and contractor-developed software.
  • Maintain lab environments including software and hardware configurations.
  • Identify and document software-related issues and operational impacts.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional development within the defense sector.
  • Engagement in critical defense technologies such as CUAS.
  • Collaborative team environment with cross-disciplinary interaction.
  • Potential for involvement in innovative test automation initiatives.
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

We are seeking a skilled Test & Evaluation Engineer (CUAS Software Lab) to join our dynamic team. This role will support operational software lab test and evaluation activities for CUAS and EW systems. As well as plan, coordinate, execute, and document software test events in lab, hardware-in-the-loop, and operationally relevant environments.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support software unit testing, software integration testing, system-level testing, regression testing, verification and validation, and acceptance testing.
  • Develop and review test objectives, test procedures, test cases, test scripts, data collection plans, test reports, and software assessment products.
  • Verify that software test results comply with approved test requirements, acceptance criteria, operational needs, and customer-defined performance expectations.
  • Perform traceability analysis between requirements, test cases, test procedures, test execution results, and documented findings.
  • Support evaluation of Government Furnished Code, Government Furnished Information, contractor-developed software, and private software products used in CUAS test environments.
  • Assist with software-based test and evaluation, quality assurance, requirements documentation, lab testing, demonstrations, and improvements to field test software.
  • Assist with standing up and maintaining representative lab environments, including software builds, test tools, data collection systems, interfaces, networked test assets, and hardware-in-the-loop configurations.
  • Support hardware-in-the-loop testing to evaluate software performance, system response, RF characteristics, output timing, mission behavior, and CUAS effectiveness.
  • Identify software anomalies, data gaps, regression issues, integration problems, test limitations, and operational impacts.
  • Document software deficiencies, test observations, corrective actions, retest results, and engineering recommendations.
  • Coordinate with software developers, systems engineers, RF engineers, cybersecurity personnel, test directors, configuration managers, and Government leads to resolve issues and support test readiness.
  • Support test automation efforts to improve test consistency, repeatability, rigor, and efficiency. Participate in test readiness reviews, technical interchange meetings, Integrated Product Teams, daily test briefs, post-test debriefs, and lessons learned reviews.


Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Test Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
  • Three (3) years of professional experience in RF, microwave, or electronic systems engineering. Relevant software test, military, technical, or laboratory test
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance.


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