Test Engineer -- Integration, Test, and Documentation

Parra Consulting Group; Aberdeen, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Employer-paid medical/dental/vision

Life and disability insurance

PTO plan

Job summary

Parra Consulting Group is seeking a Test Engineer for Integration, Test, and Documentation to support integration, verification, and delivery of advanced technical systems at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. You will coordinate across hardware, software, and firmware teams, develop test plans, track requirements and issues, and produce clear engineering documentation and user manuals.

Experience with system-level testing and technical writing will help ensure readiness for national security

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Experience supporting systems engineering, system integration, or technical test activities for complex hardware/software systems.
• Experience developing and managing integration plans, test plans, test procedures, and verification activities.
• Ability to coordinate technical work across software, hardware, firmware, and other engineering disciplines.
• Experience documenting system architecture, interfaces, configurations, requirements, and test results.
• Experience tracking technical issues, integration dependencies, risks, and corrective actions through resolution.
• Strong technical writing skills with experience developing clear engineering and operational documentation.
• Ability to translate engineering information into user manuals, operating procedures, installation guides, or training materials.
• Familiarity with requirements management, configuration management, and verification/validation processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage system integration activities and coordinate across hardware, software, firmware, and test teams.
• Develop and coordinate test plans and procedures, and track requirements and issues.
• Support system-level verification and validation and maintain documentation of configurations and interfaces.
• Develop user-facing materials including operating procedures and user manuals.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Systems integration

Test planning

Technical writing

Cross-team coordination

Configuration management

Requirements tracking

Documentation of interfaces

Tools

DOORS

Jira

Confluence

Cameo

Job description

Parra Consulting Group (PCG) is seeking a Test Engineer -- Integration, Test, and Documentation to support the integration, verification, and delivery of advanced technical systems for critical national security missions. This role coordinates across hardware, software, firmware, and test teams to ensure complex systems are properly integrated, tested, documented, and ready for use. This position is located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

More About the Role

As a Test Engineer, you'll help manage system integration activities, develop and coordinate test plans, track requirements and technical issues, and support system-level verification and validation. You'll work closely with engineering teams to maintain technical documentation, capture system configurations and interfaces, and develop user-facing materials including operating procedures and user manuals.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Experience supporting systems engineering, system integration, or technical test activities for complex hardware/software systems.
• Experience developing and managing integration plans, test plans, test procedures, and verification activities.
• Ability to coordinate technical work across software, hardware, firmware, and other engineering disciplines.
• Experience documenting system architecture, interfaces, configurations, requirements, and test results.
• Experience tracking technical issues, integration dependencies, risks, and corrective actions through resolution.
• Strong technical writing skills with experience developing clear engineering and operational documentation.
• Ability to translate engineering information into user manuals, operating procedures, installation guides, or training materials.
• Familiarity with requirements management, configuration management, and verification/validation processes.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting UAS, robotics, embedded systems, communications, sensor systems, or other integrated technical platforms.
• Experience managing hardware/software integration in laboratory, prototype, or rapid-development environments.
• Familiarity with requirements traceability and systems engineering tools such as DOORS, Jira, Confluence, Cameo, or similar.
• Experience planning and executing system-level acceptance, functional, regression, or field testing.
• Experience developing interface control documents, system specifications, test reports, and release documentation.
• Familiarity with configuration baselines, version control, change management, and release processes.
• Experience working directly with end users to capture feedback and improve system usability and documentation.
• Familiarity with MBSE or SysML is beneficial but not required.

Why Join PCG

Parra Consulting Group offers a collaborative, mission-focused environment where your expertise directly supports national security operations.

• competitive compensation
• 100% employer-paid medical/dental/vision coverage
• life and disability insurance
• a PTO plan