Systems Engineer 3 (Test Coordinator)

RPMGlobal; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions seeks a Systems Engineer 3 / SETA Test Coordinator to lead cross-team test events for Government projects. You will drive communications, remove dependencies, and provide status updates across multiple teams and vendors.

Role requires active TS/SCI clearance, strong systems engineering background, and proven ability to coordinate complex schedules while ensuring test environments meet event criteria.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.
• Experience in systems engineering across complex programs.
• Proven ability to coordinate schedule-driven activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication for diverse audiences.
• Experience with Government, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to escalate and resolve issues efficiently.
• Proficient in requirements validation and test planning.
• Skilled with ticketing, collaboration platforms, and dashboards.
• Analytical mindset to identify gaps and prioritize testing.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate contractual and programmatic test events across multiple teams and vendors.
• Facilitate regular meetings to discuss progress, issues, and risks.
• Provide timely status updates to Government leads and stakeholders.
• Liaise between vendors, integrators, development, and testing teams.
• Centralize test-event data presentation across teams.
• Create SOPs and templates for Government use.
• Monitor test case execution and track progress against the plan.
• Ensure defects are logged, prioritized, and resolved.
• Triage, prioritize, and summarize issues reported during testing.
• Coordinate environment setup and verify event-specific criteria.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Systems engineering

Test coordination

Stakeholder management

Communication

Requirements validation

Scheduling & planning

Ticketing systems

Dashboard tools

Risk analysis

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Associates Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Masters Degree

PhD

Job description

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer 3 / SETA Test Coordinator to serve as the central, active facilitator of contractual and programmatic test events across multiple Government teams and vendors. This role coordinates one or more high-visibility, staggered test events across the full test life cycle and provides timely status updates to Government leads.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as the central facilitator of contractual and programmatic test events by driving communication, streamlining information reception, and removing dependencies across multiple Government teams and vendors.
• Coordinate one or more high-visibility, staggered test events concurrently across the full test life cycle.
• Provide timely status updates to Government Leads, including Agile Release Train Leads, Project Directors, CORs, and other stakeholders.
• Facilitate regular meetings and communication mechanisms to discuss progress, address issues, and mitigate risks.
• Liaise between vendor, integrator, development, and testing teams to ensure effective communication.
• Actively participate in communications across multiple channels, including chatrooms, emails, and verbal communication, on unclassified and classified networks.
• Identify and recommend actions to remove gaps in information or communication.
• Escalate issues to appropriate teams or, when necessary, to Government Leads.
• Centralize presentation of test-event data across teams and vendors.
• Create SOPs and templates for Government use.
• Maintain a broad view of testing activities for assigned equipment across different test phases.
• Track and communicate information across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Monitor test case execution and track progress against the test plan.
• Ensure defects and issues are properly logged, prioritized, tracked, and resolved.
• Provide periodic status messaging for each test event.
• Coordinate with other teams in the setup of the system or environment under test, including hardware, software, and network configurations.
• Ensure each test environment meets event-specific criteria.
• Triage, prioritize, and summarize issues reported during testing.
• Facilitate issue resolution by working with teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Summarize regular test status reports for stakeholders.
• Facilitate the culmination of multiple test reports summarizing the environment, detailed results, and recommendations.
• Identify, track, and help mitigate risks that could impact testing schedule, scope, or quality.
• Provide recommendations on decisions and priorities for test activities.
• Provide recommendations to help define testing scope, objectives, and criteria for success.
• Facilitate review of detailed test plans, including timelines and milestones.
• Coordinate resources and schedules between the vendor, integrator, and testing teams.
• Coordinate with Government teams to develop test cases covering required functionality and edge cases.
• Review test cases to ensure they are well defined, relevant, and feasible.
• Coordinate test closure activities, including final testing, documentation updates, and messaging.
• Facilitate identification and incorporation of lessons learned to improve future testing efforts.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.
• Experience in systems engineering sufficient to meet one of the stated education/experience pathways.
• Strong experience coordinating schedule-driven, project-level activities across multiple participants.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to synthesize and summarize complex technical information for diverse audiences.
• Experience working across multiple stakeholders, including Government teams, industry vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to escal…
• Proficiency supporting requirements validation activities.
• Proficiency tracking schedules and anticipating logistical challenges.
• Proficiency using ticketing systems, collaboration platforms, and dashboard tools.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to identify gaps, assess risks, and recommend prioritization of test activities.
• Ability to coordinate environment setup, issue management, reporting, planning, scheduling, and closure activities across the test life cycle.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• High School Diploma/GED with 12 years of experience.
• Associates Degree with 12 years of experience.
• Bachelors' Degree with 7 years of experience.
• Masters' Degree with 5 years of experience.
• PhD with 3 years of experience.

RequiredCertifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.