Senior Combat Training Systems Lead — Simulation & Testing

Huntington Ingalls Industries; Nellis Air Force Base Census-Designated Place (NV); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) Savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid holidays & PTO

Life insurance

Job summary

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Mission Technologies Division is seeking a Senior Combat Training Systems Test Engineer to lead integration efforts on the Joint Integrated Test and Training Center – Nellis (JITTC-N) at Nellis AFB, NV, supporting USAFWC/ACC.

The role focuses on on-site M&S support, high-end Advanced Tactics, Training, and Test capabilities for government customers, including DoD test methodologies and MITL environments.

Qualifications

• 9 year relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 7 years relevant experience with Master in related field; 4 years’ experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 year relevant experience.
• Knowledge and/or experience with DoD test methodologies and data analysis, such as Design of Experiments (DOE).
• Initiative and strong work ethic to work independently or with a team to solve challenging problems in a development and prototyping environment.
• Rapid and effective problem solving: identify issues, analyze and interpret data and develop innovative solutions to complex problems.
• Excellent communication skills to document, develop, and present technical issues to stakeholders.
• Schedule performance: influencing and collaborating to achieve contract schedule success.
• Must have strong communication, computer, documentation, presentation, and interpersonal skills; ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Daily managing of test teams in support of 31st Combat Training Squadron’s Joint Simulation Environment (JSE) training systems located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
• Support the JSE engineering group on prioritizing and executing test objectives required for operational readiness of various flight simulator platforms with associated mission debrief systems.
• Plan, execute, analyze, and report component and system-level testing on JSE software components to sustain JSE Man-in-the-loop (MITL) training devices with focus on highest effectiveness and reliability.
• Collect, maintain, and analyze simulated weapons system test data for reports and documentation.
• Recommend changes and updates to flight simulators and support equipment as required.
• Perform readiness checks on flight simulation equipment and instruments.

Skills

Test engineering

Modeling & Simulation

DoD test methodologies

Data analysis

Software-in-the-Loop

Hardware-in-the-Loop

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree in related field

PhD/JD in related field

High School Diploma with 13 years experience

Tools

Red Hat Linux

C

C++

Simulation software tools

Job description

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Mission Technologies Division is seeking a Senior Combat Training Systems Test Engineer to lead integration efforts on the Joint Integrated Test and Training Center – Nellis (JITTC-N) at Nellis AFB, NV, supporting USAFWC/ACC.

The role focuses on on-site M&S support, high-end Advanced Tactics, Training, and Test capabilities for government customers, including DoD test methodologies and MITL environments.