Mission Planning Software Test Engineer - JOMS Test Engineer

Responsibilities

• Plans, coordinates, and monitors test projects that frequently require significant modification of standard practices or adaptation of instrumentation to obtain valid results.
• Plans, monitors and evaluates tests, and assesses the feasibility and soundness of proposed evaluation methods.
• Makes recommendations and commitments on the conventional aspects of the testing assignments.
• Plans tests, establishes criteria, assesses program effectiveness, and investigates/analyzes unusual testing conditions, problems, or questions.
• Work facilitates development, production, design, or procurement, and affects the efficiency or productivity of a test facility or test activity.
• Software evaluations may result in new testing techniques or involve assessments which are often the decision basis for large expenditures.

Requirements

• Demonstrates aviation or mission planning experience with functions provided by the software including operational use of comparable systems.
• Maintains a working knowledge and understanding of Technical Orders and aircraft performance charts.
• Provides mission planning expertise in addressing questions/issues of critical importance to the customer and frequently serves as the final authority on software quality.
• Maintains a working knowledge of the software or class of software being tested, to include experience with the existing software, previous versions, or any associated software used in conjunction with the software being tested.
• Ability to conduct mission planning using JMPS mission planning software is highly desirable.
• Maintains testing/test methodology experience, including testing of software/hardware, such as unit, integration, system, or acceptance testing, and familiarity with Air Force directives, CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) and AGILE processes and procedures.
• Maintains experience in the use of automated mission planning software.
• Demonstrates software experience in one or more of the following environments: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows10, and UNIX.