Deputy Group Lead, Autonomy Test & Evaluation

Scientific Systems Company, Inc.; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

401k retirement plan

Paid time off

Hybrid work schedule

Training & development

Job summary

Scientific Systems Company Inc. (SSCI) seeks an experienced Product Test & Evaluation Deputy Group Lead to build and lead a high-performance test organization for SSCI's autonomy software and integrated mission-system products.

The role owns verification evidence ensuring reliability and mission readiness at scale, spanning unit through SIL/HIL, sensor integration, and flight test. The candidate will define test strategy, architecture, and execution, while owning the test infrastructure,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of experience in test engineering, systems verification and validation, or integration and test of complex software/hardware systems.
• Experience leading and managing technical test or integration teams.
• Demonstrated experience building or scaling test programs and test automation for complex SW/HW systems such as autonomy, aerospace, robotics, or other mission-critical platforms.
• Hands-on experience with structured test methodologies, requirements-based verification, test planning, and multi-platform compatibility testing.
• Working familiarity with ISO 9001 processes and QMS-related verification documentation.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute SSCI's enterprise test strategy for autonomy and mission-system products, spanning software, system, and platform-integration levels.
• Build, mentor, and manage a multidisciplinary test organization.
• Translate system and customer requirements into verifiable test requirements, test procedures, and traceable verification evidence.
• Drive test automation and continuous testing into CI/CD pipelines to shorten feedback loops and scale coverage.
• Own test data management and analysis, including flight and bench data reduction, anomaly investigation, and root-cause support.

Skills

Test leadership

Test engineering

Automation

CI/CD

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Scientific Systems Company Inc. (SSCI) seeks an experienced Product Test & Evaluation Deputy Group Lead to build and lead a high-performance test organization for SSCI's autonomy software and integrated mission-system products.

The role owns verification evidence ensuring reliability and mission readiness at scale, spanning unit through SIL/HIL, sensor integration, and flight test. The candidate will define test strategy, architecture, and execution, while owning the test infrastructure,