NATO BMD Test Engineer

Leidos; Den Haag; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An international engineering firm based in The Hague is seeking a Mid-Test Engineer to support the NATO Ballistic Missile Defence project. The role involves leading test activities, maintaining project schedules, and working closely with various stakeholders. Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and significant experience in systems engineering, along with a NATO Secret level security clearance. Proficiency in English is essential, as the work environment is English-speaking.

Qualifications

• 8 years' experience in systems engineering and integration, or 5 years with a Master's degree.
• Must have current NATO Secret level security clearance.
• Experience in communication requirements verification such as JREAP, DIS, HLA.

Responsibilities

• Support the Engineering Lead to lead and perform project test and exercise related activities.
• Participate and support execution of tests and exercises approved by the NATO customer.
• Interface with stakeholders and maintain project schedules.

Skills

English proficiency

Systems engineering and integration

Analytical skills

Communication requirements verification

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in engineering/technical discipline

Master's Degree in engineering/technical discipline

Tools

Systems engineering tools

Job description

Description

Leidos is looking for a Mid-Test engineer to support the Integration and Test (I&T) team within our international team in The Hague, Netherlands, in support of the NATO Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Systems Engineering & Integration and Test (SEIT) contract. The role involves supporting the Engineering Lead to lead and perform project test and exercise related activities, participating in the execution of tests and exercises of varying scope and complexity, maintaining project schedules, estimating test efforts, working with systems engineering tools, and interfacing with customers, users, product developers, and other stakeholders. Travel is expected to be about 20%.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support the Engineering Lead to lead and perform project test and exercise related activities.
• Participate and support the execution of tests and exercises of varying scope and complexity, as determined by the Engineering Lead and approved by the NATO customer.
• Maintain project schedules, estimate test efforts, work with systems engineering tools, and interface with customers, users, product developers, and other stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering/technical discipline from an accredited college, and 8 years’ experience in systems engineering and integration; or a Master’s Degree and 5 years’ experience.
• Must have a current active NATO Secret level security clearance.
• High ability in speaking, writing, and understanding English is essential. All on-site work will be conducted in English. All personnel working on-site shall have a minimum required level of English language of SLP2222 as defined in NATO STANAG 6001.
• Demonstrates initiative and a strong work ethic, works well within an engineering team, is mission oriented, and takes personal pride in work.
• Understanding and familiarity of the BMD domain.
• Experience in communication requirements verification such as JREAP, DIS, HLA.
• Ability to perform detailed analysis using a variety of tools.
• Experience with allocating requirements to test, developing test plans, test cases, architectures and test procedures.
• Experience with performing tests and collecting test results.
• Experience with performing analysis of test results.
• Experience in communicating readiness statuses and briefing post-mission results to customers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the NATO BMD architecture and test activities.
• Experience in the configuration of operational networks within the BMD and/or IAMD domain.
• Experience in verifying requirements on an operational architecture/domain.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.