Lead DoD Test & Evaluation Engineer

Lifecycle Defense Solutions, LLC.; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifecycle Defense Solutions, LLC. seeks a Lead Test & Evaluation Engineer to drive verification, qualification, and sustainment strategies for critical defense platforms. You will lead end-to-end T&E across the technology life cycle—from S&T prototypes to formal Program Office integration and fielding.

This role involves complex engineering challenges with legacy systems, incomplete documentation, and subsystem modernization, with selection contingent upon contract award.

Qualifications

• Citizenship & security clearance: U.S. Citizenship with active DoD Secret or eligibility for one.
• Education: BS in Engineering, CS, Physics, or related STEM field.
• Experience: 10+ years in DoD systems engineering, integration, and Test & Evaluation.
• Domain Expertise: DoD program offices, DoD S&T, or defense labs.
• Acquisition Knowledge: experience with TEMPs, test plans, procedures, reports, TRRs.
• Core competencies: analytical writing, root-cause analysis, executive briefings.

Responsibilities

• Test Planning & Strategy Execution: create and maintain TEMPs, VCRMs, test procedures, and test reports.
• Program Office & Stakeholder Alignment: participate in TRRs, WIPTs, TIMs, and CTTs; interface with PEOs and test centers.
• Technical Analysis & System Modernization: manage defect tracking, RCFA, regression tests, and evaluate legacy components; support acquisition packages and risk mapping.

Skills

DoD systems engineering

Test & Evaluation

Root-cause analysis

Technical writing

Executive briefing

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Lifecycle Defense Solutions, LLC. seeks a Lead Test & Evaluation Engineer to drive verification, qualification, and sustainment strategies for critical defense platforms. You will lead end-to-end T&E across the technology life cycle—from S&T prototypes to formal Program Office integration and fielding.

This role involves complex engineering challenges with legacy systems, incomplete documentation, and subsystem modernization, with selection contingent upon contract award.