Test & Integration Engineer

Xenon Innovations, Inc.; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Xenon Innovations, Inc. seeks a verification and test engineer to own testing from bench to system acceptance and to build automated regression infrastructure.

You will lead RF/embedded test programs, configure RF test equipment, and collaborate with systems engineering to ensure coverage across lab, land-based, and shipboard environments. A BS in engineering and 4+ years of RF testing are required.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years of test and integration on RF or embedded systems.
• Hands-on proficiency with RF test equipment and measurement techniques.
• Experience with test automation.
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop test plans, procedures, and acceptance criteria traceable to system requirements.
• Define test scenarios that exercise realistic conditions, including degraded and edge cases.
• Coordinate verification approach with the systems engineering team.
• Build automated test capability for RF, firmware, and software subsystems.
• Develop signal injection, scenario playback, and hardware-in-the-loop test setups.
• Maintain regression suites and integrate them into the build pipeline.
• Configure and operate spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and other RF test equipment.
• Execute integration, verification, validation, and acceptance testing across lab, land-based, and shipboard environments.
• Characterize system performance and document deviations from expected behavior.
• Capture and preserve data adequate for post-event root cause analysis.
• Document, prioritize, and track defects through resolution with the engineering team.
• Verify fixes and prevent regression.
• Report test status and risk clearly to program leadership and customers.

Skills

Test and integration on RF/embedded

RF test automation

RF test equipment proficiency

TS/SCI clearance eligibility

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

RF test equipment

Measurement techniques

Hardware-in-the-loop frameworks

Job description

Description

The purpose of this role is to find out whether the system works before the deployed operators. You will own verification from the bench through system acceptance, and you will build the automated test infrastructure that makes regression testing a routine event rather than a heroic one.

What you will do

Test planning and design

• Develop test plans, procedures, and acceptance criteria traceable to system requirements
• Define test scenarios that exercise realistic conditions, including degraded and edge cases
• Coordinate verification approach with the systems engineering team

Automated test infrastructure

• Build automated test capability for RF, firmware, and software subsystems
• Develop signal injection, scenario playback, and hardware-in-the-loop test setups
• Maintain regression suites and integrate them into the build pipeline

RF and system test execution

• Configure and operate spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and other RF test equipment
• Execute integration, verification, validation, and acceptance testing across lab, land-based, and shipboard environments
• Characterize system performance and document deviations from expected behavior
• Capture and preserve data adequate for post-event root cause analysis

Defect management

• Document, prioritize, and track defects through resolution with the engineering team
• Verify fixes and prevent regression
• Report test status and risk clearly to program leadership and customers

Requirements

Minimum qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
• 4+ years of test and integration on RF or embedded systems
• Hands-on proficiency with RF test equipment and measurement techniques
• Experience with test automation
• Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance

Preferred qualifications

• Familiarity with environmental and EMI/EMC qualification (MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-901)
• Experience building hardware-in-the-loop test frameworks
• Background in system acceptance testing under formal government witness
• Active TS/SCI

Estimated Salary Range: $115,000-$215,000 per year

The salary range noted is intended as a general guide. Actual base salary offers from Xenon Innovations are determined based on several factors, including the position's scope and responsibilities, along with the candidate's experience, education, skill set, and prevailing market conditions.

Xenon Innovations, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or protected veteran status.