Data Links Test Engineer - Secret Clearance Eligible

Astrion; Florida; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrion is seeking a Data Links Test Engineer – Mid-Level to support the United States Air Force TGBC program at Eglin AFB, FL. You will plan, execute, and document test activities, meet exercise requirements, and collaborate with government and contractor teams to develop test architectures and data analyses.

The role requires a technical engineering background, DoD data link knowledge, and the ability to travel 25% to various sites. A Secret clearance is required to start.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline with 3-10 years of relevant experience. Additional experience may be substituted for education.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and possess or be eligible to obtain a Secret clearance. Interim Secret clearance required prior to starting employment.
• Relevant engineering (electrical, mechanical, aerospace or systems) and/or technical experience in areas related to TDL, data link radios, radio frequency waves and propagation, and computer networking
• Ability to participate on a test team to meet exercise, demonstration, or test requirements.
• Ability to execute test scripts, run test procedures, develop block diagrams, and collect data for post-test analysis and reporting.
• Strong work ethic; Comfortable working in a team environment with minimal supervision.
• Ability to communicate and present technical details both written and verbally.
• Experience developing and authoring documents such as briefings, plans, reports, executive summaries, white papers, and staff actions.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Suite of Office applications.
• Able to travel to contractors' facilities, test sites, and other locations, CONUS and OCONUS, up to 25% of the time.
• Able to lift 50 lbs. unassisted.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary face to the customer and TGBC focal point for all test planning, execution, and reporting activities for which TGBC is chartered to support.
• Design, coordinate, document, and brief test equipment architectures required to meet information exchange requirements (voice and data communications) specific to assigned program operations.
• Advise the government in decision making relevant to lead command responsibilities and to assigned capabilities and/or programs.
• Assist program offices in developing technical requirements associated with supported capabilities and/or programs and translating user operational requirements statements into the appropriate requirements format(s).
• Author, review and edit program documentation, including test plans, concept of operations, test cards, data-analysis plans, and formal reports.
• Coordinate test resources with Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB) program managers for use of and support to program testing activities.
• Maintain a comprehensive schedule of program activities, including TGBC support requirements and personnel utilization.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive library and/or continuity database used to capture all lessons learned, planning, execution, and reporting documentation relative to TGBC program involvement.
• Develop and present briefings to test community, program office and senior-level personnel on program activities.
• Utilize software tools to conduct in-depth data reduction and analysis which will be used to inform leadership of program activities pursuant to established objectives and technical performance criteria.
• Travel to various sites to participate in planning, execution, data analysis, report generation, etc., of program-related activities.
• Attends meetings as necessary to provide briefings, information, and recommendations.
• Support any additional test activities as assigned by TGBC leadership

Skills

Bachelor's Degree

Secret clearance

TDL / data link

Test execution

Documentation

Microsoft Office

Travel 25%

Lift 50 lbs

Team player

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline

Bachelor of Science in a technical field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Astrion is seeking a Data Links Test Engineer – Mid-Level to support the United States Air Force TGBC program at Eglin AFB, FL. You will plan, execute, and document test activities, meet exercise requirements, and collaborate with government and contractor teams to develop test architectures and data analyses.

The role requires a technical engineering background, DoD data link knowledge, and the ability to travel 25% to various sites. A Secret clearance is required to start.