Patriot Interoperability Test and Evaluation Engineer

General Summary

The Patriot Interoperability Test Team is responsible for supporting the test and evaluation of components and technologies developed for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. We are hiring an Interoperability and Test Engineer with 5-10 years of experience.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Apply well developed test and evaluation methodologies to support our Patriot customer in achieving their test goals.
• Assess and evaluate Tactical Data Links in a simulated warfighting environment such as Link-16 in conjunction with MIL-STD 6016, JREAP in conjunction with MIL-STD 3011, Link 11A/B, etc.
• Assess Interoperability of Integrated Broadcast Service (IBS) and Common Interactive Broadcast (CIB) Common Message Format (CMF) interfaces.
• Auxiliary Interoperability Test and Evaluation Engineer responsibilities include:
• Author/develop test plans and procedures.
• Author/develop detailed test reports and technical white papers as required to include performing independent analysis of the test data, reviewing analysis results from other team members, reconciling discrepancies, and organizing results for report/presentation.
• Interact with site personnel to coordinate test lab architecture and configurations.
• Operate accredited test software including IES and NSITE.
• Complete Software Problem Reports.
• Represent the Patriot Interoperability team at meetings as required (e.g. TIMs, AITRB, TRRs, etc.).
• Identify test and evaluation requirements from customer requirements documentation, goals, and objectives.
• Maintain working knowledge of changes to data link Military Standards.
• Provide input to the AITRB for Interface Change proposals of data link Military Standards.
• Carefully coordinate with the Army Network Design Facility (ANDF) for support.
• Recommend specific instrumentation, processing, communication, and data collection requirements for the test environment, satisfy those requirements, and verify implementations.
• Support the verification of tools used for stimulus preparation, run-time instrumentation, post processing of data logs, and detailed analysis.
• Identify and specify new tools as needs arise.

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or Math or equivalent experience
• 5-10 years of overall interoperability experience with specific capability using/testing Link16/JREAP/IBS/CMF
• Applicants must currently hold (or be able to obtain within reasonable time) a DoD security clearance at the SECRET level; US citizenship required
• Ability to obtain Security+ certification within 6 months of hire
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Good interpersonal skills
• Test execution and analysis experience
• Understanding of common tactical data link (TADIL) communications protocols and uses such as MIL-STD-6016, MIL-STD-3011, etc.
• Understanding of tactical communications equipment: Air Defense Systems Integrator (ADSI), Joint Range Extension (JRE), and tactical radios such as MIDS

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or Math from an ABET accredited college
• Current Security+ Certification
• Understanding of Network, System Integration, and Test Environment (NSITE) systems
• Experience with development of test plans and procedures
• System engineering requirements analysis expertise
• Data analysis experience
• Prior military service

Salary Information

The salary range, if referenced, represents a good faith estimate. COLSA considers various factors when determining base salary offers, but not limited to, location, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements.