T&E Mission Lead - Field Test & Data Acquisition

AI Signal Research, Inc.; Virginia, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

AI Signal Research, Inc. (ASRI) seeks an experienced Test & Evaluation Mission Engineer to support the Potomac River Test Range contract at NSWCDD. The role leads multidisciplinary test planning, coordinates with government customers, and executes open-air and field-based testing.

Hands-on field work and travel are required. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in engineering or test planning, with ability to translate requirements into actionable test activities and manage resources within schedule

Qualifications

• Minimum five (5) years of relevant engineering, test, mission planning, systems integration, or technical project experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain security clearance.
• Experience translating requirements into executable project or test activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Mission Lead for Broad Ocean Area Data Collection test and evaluation activities.
• Coordinate with government customers and technical stakeholders to understand mission needs, test objectives, operational requirements, and expected outcomes.
• Decompose high-level customer and system requirements into actionable engineering, test, instrumentation, and mission requirements.
• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of open-air, indoor, maritime, and field-based test activities.
• Develop and coordinate mission plans, technical approaches, schedules, resource requirements, and execution strategies.
• Coordinate personnel, equipment, instrumentation, facilities, range assets, and other resources required to successfully execute test missions.
• Participate in pre-mission planning meetings, technical reviews, readiness reviews, and post-test discussions.
• Provide technical leadership during test execution and help resolve real-time engineering, operational, or scheduling issues.
• Monitor mission progress and ensure test activities remain aligned with technical requirements, schedule, budget, safety requirements, and customer expectations.
• Support test data collection activities and coordinate with engineering and technical teams responsible for instrumentation, sensors, communications, tracking, telemetry, or other data acquisition systems.
• Identify technical and programmatic risks and work with the project team to develop mitigation strategies.
• Maintain effective communication between government customers, engineering teams, field personnel, subcontractors, and program leadership.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, technical documentation, mission documentation, status reports, and other program deliverables.
• Support future mission planning by identifying lessons learned, resource needs, technical improvements, and opportunities to improve test execution.
• Provide clear written and verbal technical briefings to internal and external stakeholders.
• Perform hands-on field work as required in support of test and evaluation operations.
• Travel approximately 25% in support of mission planning and test execution.

Skills

Mission planning

Systems integration

Technical project management

Analytical thinking

Customer communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in engineering or technical discipline

Job description

AI Signal Research, Inc. (ASRI) seeks an experienced Test & Evaluation Mission Engineer to support the Potomac River Test Range contract at NSWCDD. The role leads multidisciplinary test planning, coordinates with government customers, and executes open-air and field-based testing.

Hands-on field work and travel are required. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in engineering or test planning, with ability to translate requirements into actionable test activities and manage resources within schedule