Senior Test & Systems Engineer – SECRET Clearance

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 138,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Naval Research Laboratory seeks a senior professional to provide electrical engineering expertise and lead software integration for complex hardware/software systems in Washington, DC. This role requires navigating DoD SECRET clearance and overseeing installation, testing, and documentation activities.

Experience in analyzing requirements, designing components, and delivering robust software solutions is essential, with emphasis on cost control and risk mitigation across large-scale projects.

Qualifications

• Provide electrical engineering expertise to analyze complex electrical systems, electrical-design, architecture, procurement, testing, and other electrical issues.
• Integrate electrical components into complex hardware and software designs.
• Organize and direct electrical installation, maintenance, support, documentation, and testing activities.
• Prepare reports and recommendations concerning existing and emerging electrical technologies based on users’ requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software systems based upon documented requirements.
• Provide input to software components of a system design including hardware/software trade-offs, reuse, and requirements synthesis.
• Design, implement, and integrate software applications or perform software engineering tasks.
• Utilize software engineering and design methodologies for development, integration, and production environments.
• Ensure efficient delivery of software engineering capabilities using industry standards and repeatable processes.
• Mitigate risks, control costs and schedule variance, and manage large scale, integrated software projects.
• Review and test software components for adherence to design requirements and document test results.

Responsibilities

• Shall provide electrical engineering expertise to analyze complex electrical systems, electrical-design, architecture, procurement, testing, and other electrical issues.
• Shall integrate electrical components into complex hardware and software designs.
• Shall organize and direct electrical installation, maintenance, support, documentation, and testing activities
• Shall prepare reports and recommendations concerning existing and emerging electrical technologies based on users’ requirements.
• Shall develop, maintain, and enhance complex and diverse software systems based upon documented requirements.
• Shall provide specific input to the software components of a system design to include hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse, use of COTS/GOTS in place of new development, and requirements analysis and synthesis from system level to individual software components.
• Shall design, implement, and integrate software applications or performs software engineering tasks.
• Shall utilize software engineering and design methodologies appropriate to the development, integration, and production environment.
• Shall ensure efficient delivery of software engineering capabilities using industry standards and repeatable processes.
• Shall mitigates risks, control costs and schedule variance, and effectively manages large scale, integrated software projects.
• Shall review and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Electrical design

Architecture

Procurement

Testing

Software development

Software integration

System requirements analysis

Software testing

Hardware/software trade-offs

Education

PhD with 10 years of experience

Master’s degree with 15 years

Bachelor’s degree with 20 years

Associates Degree with 25 years

Job description

Naval Research Laboratory seeks a senior professional to provide electrical engineering expertise and lead software integration for complex hardware/software systems in Washington, DC. This role requires navigating DoD SECRET clearance and overseeing installation, testing, and documentation activities.

Experience in analyzing requirements, designing components, and delivering robust software solutions is essential, with emphasis on cost control and risk mitigation across large-scale projects.