FIELDING & TEST LEAD

About the role

Phoenix Defense offers team members the opportunity to work on state-of-the-art modeling and simulation programs that prepare the nation’s armed forces. We seek individuals with bold ideas, courage, and an entrepreneurial spirit to help create the future in a culture that values intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Provide management and oversight of all integration and testing activities within the JLCCTC program.
• Directly oversee execution of test plans, test cases, verification and validation events, exercise and event support, and Help Desk Operations.
• Coordinate planning, management, and oversight of all Integration and Testing activities.
• Provide technical subject matter expertise to interpret system requirements and develop/execute system test plans.
• Assist engineering staff with analysis, evaluation, and implementation of systems and other engineering tasks.
• Provide leadership and mentorship of team members.
• Ensure program stakeholders are involved in test preparation, execution, and exercise/event support.
• Develop and maintain testing schedules that support program schedules.
• Participate in Technical Interchange Meetings, Program Technical Meetings, and other coordination meetings with program stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of five (5) to nine (9) years of experience (dependent on level of role) supporting IT projects/programs, testing, networking, integration, and/or systems engineering.
• Experience developing test plans, test cases, providing high-level presentations and white papers for system engineering reviews, product development, analysis, and validation and verification of engineering solutions.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Highly proficient interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Holds a minimum DOD Secret security clearance.
• U.S. citizenship is required due to the nature of work performed within this facility.
• Domestic and international travel to military installations in support of JLCCTC Program activities is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Prior experience with the US Army Joint Land Component Constructive Training Capability (JLCCTC) Program.
• Prior experience with the US Army Mission Command Training Program (MCTP) or other Mission Command Training Complexes.
• Prior US Army military experience.
• Prior management experience.