Senior Test Engineer - CONTINGENT - 26-031 - Hybrid

This position is contingent upon contract award and requires an active Secret clearance upon hire.

About the role

As a growing Department of Defense Contractor, AUSGAR Technologies has an opportunity for a Senior Test Engineer to join our team in the Old Town area of San Diego. Support mission-critical U.S. Navy communications and navigation programs involving the design, integration, testing, deployment, and sustainment of complex defense systems.

Seeking a Senior Test and Evaluation Engineer to support the U.S. Navy’s PMW/A-170 Program Office. The successful candidate will lead and support the planning, coordination, execution, analysis, and documentation of test and evaluation activities. Work with government program managers, systems engineers, operational users, test organizations, laboratories, platform integration teams, and industry partners to verify system requirements and evaluate operational performance.

The position requires extensive experience developing test strategies, preparing test documentation, managing test events, analyzing technical data, identifying deficiencies, and communicating results to technical and program leadership. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition and test processes, complex hardware and software systems, and the challenges associated with delivering reliable capabilities in contested, denied, or degraded operational environments.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate the development and execution of integrated test and evaluation strategies for communications and navigation systems, subsystems, software, equipment, and platform integration.
• Support the program’s Assistant Program Managers, Lead Engineers, Test IPT, and coordinate Test & Evaluation (T&E) efforts.
• Plan, coordinate, and support Developmental Test and Evaluation, Operational Test and Evaluation, interoperability testing, integration testing, shock and vibration testing, cybersecurity testing, certification testing, and regression testing.
• Develop, review, and maintain Test and Evaluation Master Plans, test strategies, test plans, test procedures, test readiness review materials, test reports, and other technical documentation.
• Coordinate with other agencies including Operational Test and Evaluation Force (OPTEVFOR), Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC), OPNAV resource sponsors, PAE T&E Directors, fleet representatives, laboratories, warfare centers, platform program offices, and external stakeholders as required.
• Support the technical lead during laboratory, land-based, platform, flight, shipboard, and operational test events, as applicable.
• Develop data collection plans and support quantitative and qualitative analysis; identify, document, and track test deficiencies, anomalies, and risks.
• Lead the development of required testing deliverables, including test plans, test procedures, test reports, and Test Readiness Review (TRR) artifacts, and support Systems Engineering Technical Reviews and other reviews as required.

Requirements

• Active Secret clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field from an accredited college/university and 8+ years of relevant engineering experience supporting complex Department of Defense (DoD) systems, with 4+ years of developmental or operational test and evaluation experience.
• Experience developing test plans, procedures, reports, performance measures, and requirements-traceability products.
• Strong knowledge of DoD acquisition, systems engineering, verification, validation, configuration management, and risk-management processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to advise various levels of technology stakeholders, program initiatives, and accrediting authorities on security requirements, cybersecurity trends, risk assessments, and mitigations.
• Ability to work independently and be a self-starter.

Qualifications

• Certified Test and Evaluation Professional (CTEP).
• DAWIA Test and Evaluation Practitioner Certification.
• Experience supporting PMW/A-170, PEO C4I, NAVWAR, NAVAIR, NIWC, or other Navy acquisition programs.
• Experience with GPS, GNSS, inertial navigation, precision timing, assured PNT, anti-jam technologies, or alternative navigation systems.
• Experience testing systems in contested, degraded, jammed, spoofed, or GPS-denied environments.
• Familiarity with DOORS, Jira, Confluence, MATLAB, Python, or similar engineering and test tools.
• Expected travel up to 10%.

Schedule

This is a hybrid position, approximately 60% onsite and 40% remote.

Pay

Salary range: $140K–$165K. Based on qualifications, placement in Level I–V.

Benefits

Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a company that cares. Total compensation includes base salary and excellent benefits package.