Systems Test Engineer w Secret Clearance

Solidus Technical Solutions; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Solidus Technical Solutions in Albuquerque, NM seeks a Systems Test Engineer to support the U.S. Air Force certification of aircraft systems.

You will work with flight test engineers, developers, and program leads to verify requirements through traceability and rigorous testing. The role emphasizes establishing acceptance criteria, defining verification processes, and capturing pass/fail conditions for hardware and software interfaces in a military environment.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance required; must obtain and maintain Top Secret clearance.
• Willingness to undergo a comprehensive background investigation.
• Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering or related field.
• 3–7 years of relevant job experience.
• Knowledge and/or experience in; the process of defining, documenting, verifying, and maintaining requirements supporting the test design and planning process.
• Ability to analyze, and provide traceability and decomposition of system requirements.
• Ability to determine undefined or missing requirements and manage completion of requirements according to a project schedule.
• Establish acceptance test criteria; verifies appropriateness; ensures completeness of artifacts and content.
• Ability to work within a professional, military-oriented environment required.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Cultural fit within a collaborative team environment.
• Experience with Developmental and/or Operational Test and Evaluation.
• Knowledge of system design and/or experimental test operations a plus.
• DAU Test Evaluation Certification, Level I or II, or test industry equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Liaise between System Program Office and aircraft program test directors.
• Develop a requirements verification process to define acceptance criteria and artifact completeness.
• Assist with providing hardware/software interface and performance parameters to capture pass/fail test conditions.

Skills

Security clearance (Secret/Top Secret)

Background investigation willingness

Requirements tracing

Requirements decomposition

Requirements elicitation

Acceptance criteria definition

Military environment fit

Communication skills

Team collaboration

DOT&E experience

System design knowledge

DAU T&E certification

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Systems Engineering or related field

Job description

Job Description

Contingent Pipeline Notice This description represents a prospective position. Applications will populate our active talent pipeline for ongoing and upcoming delivery order requests supporting the IAC MAC modernization enterprise in Albuquerque, NM.

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Systems Test Engineer to assist the U.S. Air Force in certification of new and/or modification of aircraft systems that support its dual-mission capable role. This role will provide integrated test engineering support to verify significant changes to the aircraft platform hardware and/or software through in-depth requirements validation and traceability to obtain intuitive design for test accuracy. The position requires fundamental knowledge and experience to analyze, trace and decompose requirements and work with Air Force program leads, hardware and software developers, and flight test engineers to ensure requirements verification is practiced throughout the test planning and reporting process.

Day in the Life:

• Your experience will be immensely utilized by flight test engineers, hardware and software developers, and test support personnel to include partaking in a role as a liaison between System Program Office and aircraft program test directors.
• Development of a requirements verification process to better define the acceptance criteria and completeness of artifacts and content.
• Assist with providing hardware/software interface and performance parameters to precisely capture pass and fail test conditions.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Active Secret clearance is required; must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.
• Willingness to undergo a comprehensive background investigation.
• Bachelor's Degree is Systems Engineering or requirements engineering related field.
• 3-7 years of relevant job experience
• Knowledge and/or experience in; the process of defining, documenting, verifying, and maintaining requirements supporting the test design and planning process
• Ability to analyze, and provide traceability and decomposition of system requirements
• Ability to determine undefined or missing requirements and manage completion of requirements according to a project schedule
• Establish acceptance test criteria; verifies appropriateness; ensures completeness of artifacts and content
• Ability to work within a professional, military-oriented environment required
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Cultural fit within a collaborative team environment.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

• Experience with Developmental and/or Operational Test and Evaluation
• Knowledge of system design and/or experimental test operations a plus
• DAU Test Evaluation Certification, Level I or II, or test industry equivalent

Benefit selection, customer contractual specifications, relevant work experience, skills, competencies, certifications, and clearance status will influence the final salary.

What we will bring:

Solidus offers you an exciting opportunity to tackle the nation's greatest challenges applying innovation and expertise to produce cutting-edge results that have a long-lasting impact. We offer outstanding benefits, generous PTO and much more! Apply today to learn why Solidus has a 4.9/5 Star rating on Glassdoor!

Solidus is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities regarding all terms and conditions of employment to all employees and qualified applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. The Company will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.