Systems Engineer 3 (Test Coordinator)

RPMGlobal; Annapolis, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions seeks a Systems Engineer 3 / SETA Test Coordinator to drive the execution of contractual and programmatic test events across multiple Government teams and vendors. The role orchestrates high-visibility tests through the full life cycle and provides timely status updates to Government leads.

The position requires active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph, strong coordination and communication skills, and experience managing test environments and lifecycles.

Qualifications

• , Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.
• Verbal and written communication across government and vendor teams.
• Experience coordinating schedule-driven, project-level activities across multiple participants.
• Ability to escalate to Government Leads (ART Leads and CORs).
• Proficiency in requirements validation, environment setup, and test lifecycle management.
• Experience with tracking, logging, and closure of defects and issues.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate contractual and programmatic test events across multiple Government teams and vendors.
• Coordinate high-visibility, staggered test events across the full test life cycle.
• Provide timely status updates to Government Leads and stakeholders.
• Facilitate meetings and communications to discuss progress, issues, and risks.
• Liaise between vendor, integrator, development, and testing teams for clear communication.
• Coordinate environment setup and test configurations across hardware/software/networks.

Skills

Coordination

Test coordination

Communication

Schedule management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree + 7 years

Master's Degree + 5 years

Associates Degree + 12 years

PhD + 3 years

High School Diploma/GED + 12 years

Tools

Ticketing systems

Collaboration platforms

Dashboard tools

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 escalated appropriately to Government Leads, including ART Leads and CORs.
• 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.