Test & Evaluation Engineer

VT Group (VTG); Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

VT Group (VTG) in Washington, DC Navy Yard seeks a Mid to Senior Test & Evaluation Engineer to provide engineering support to the CPS program. Position is mostly onsite with occasional telework, supporting mechanical, electrical, systems and flight software disciplines while delivering strategic guidance to the team.

The role requires leading test planning, TEMP development, testing and reporting, with travel up to 25% CONUS and an active Secret clearance for US citizenship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field and years of professional engineering experience.
• Active Secret clearance and US citizenship are required.
• Experience in CFD, FEA, 6DoF trajectory calculations, and thermodynamics.
• Proficiency with MS Office and AutoCAD for engineering tasks.
• Ability to travel up to 25% within CONUS.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for hardware and software testing, modeling, and flight testing.
• Assist in creating TEMP, verification/validation plans, safety packages and test briefs.
• Support end-to-end test cycle from planning to reporting and analysis.
• Contribute to subsystem and system level testing and capability validation plans.
• Prepare studies and deliver monthly scientific/technical reports and document revisions.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

US Citizen

MS Office Suite

Flight dynamics and 6DoF trajectory

CFD for high-speed aerodynamics

FEA / solid mechanics

Ballistics and penetration mechanics

Thermodynamics and combustion

Excellent written and oral comms

Travel up to 25% in CONUS

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree in a relevant field

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Office Suite

Job description

Overview

VTG is seeking a Mid to Senior Test & Evaluation Engineer at the Washington, DC Navy Yard to provide Engineering Support Services to Engineers and Subject Matter Experts in support of the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) Program under the Department of Navy. Position is mostly onsite with occasional telework. The candidate will be supporting multiple engineering disciplines such as the following but not limited to: Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Information Systems, Navigation, Flight Software, Industrial, Re-entry hardware and Flight Termination Systems. This candidate will provide more strategic support to the engineering team and leadership.

What will you do?

Ideal candidate will have Test & Eval Engineering experience.

• Technical support for hardware testing, software testing, modeling and simulation, and flight-testing.
• Assist in the development of the Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) and equivalent documents, modeling and simulation verification, validation and accreditation plans, systems requirements verification plans, safety packages, and test planning briefing packages.
• Support the entire test cycle from test planning, security, execution, analysis, and reporting to ensure tests are conducted effectively.
• Support component testing for flight systems, platform systems and integration testing to ensure components work together for the weapon system.
• Support subsystem and system level testing, and the development and execution of capability validation plans, to include, reporting on the program's phase of development and status towards verifying achievement of Weapon System Requirements.
• Test engineering services to assist in the planning and execution of government test events, support the oversight of contractor developmental testing, and conduct assessments and provide recommendations regarding test and modeling activities.
• Prepare studies, plans, and analysis in support of government test and engineering efforts.
• Deliver monthly reports to include:
• SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL REPORTS
• TECHNICAL REPORTS- STUDY-SERVICES
• REVISIONS TO EXISTING GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

Do you have what it takes?

Required Skills

• Must have one of the following for the Mid-level:
• a) A bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 5 years of professional/internship engineering experience, OR
• b) A master's degree in a relevant field and at least 2 years of professional experience
• Must have one of the following for the Senior level:
• a) A bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 11 years of professional/internship engineering experience, OR
• b) A master's degree in a relevant field and at least 10 years of professional experience
• Must have an active Secret level clearance and ability to sustain one
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must have experience with MS Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint and Word)
• AutoCAD for engineering designs and architecture
• Excellent communication written and oral
• Experience with any of the following: Computational Fluid Dynamics especially for aerodynamic high-speed flows, Finite Element Analysis and solid mechanics, Fluid Structure Interaction, Flight dynamics and trjectory calculations (formulated in six degrees of freedom ("6DoF"), Ballistics, Penetration mechanics, Combustion and Thermodynamics
• Must be able to travel up to 25% in CONUS

Preferred Skills

• Ideal candidate will have an understanding of any, or some of the following Engineering Disciplines: Electrical and Mechanical Design, Navigation, Guidance, and Control, Telemetry and Instrumentation, Flight Software, Re-entry Hardware, and Flight Termination Systems, Requirement Definition, Allocation, and Verification, Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Interfaces
• Familiarity with the concepts and mathematics associated with a design of experiments (DoE). That ties directly to the events captured in a TEMP.
• Experience with any of the following: Computational Fluid Dynamics especially for aerodynamic high-speed flows, Finite Element Analysis and solid mechanics, Fluid Structure Interaction, Flight dynamics and trajectory calculations (formulated in six degrees of freedom ("6DoF"), Ballistics, Penetration mechanics, Combustion and Thermodynamics
• Navy weapons and engineering experience
• Navy veterans encouraged to apply

Pay Range: VTG’s estimated starting pay range is $100,000-$160,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.