Systems Test Engineer

About the role

We are searching for an experienced Systems Test Engineer to join our Systems Integration and Hardware-In-the-Loop (SIHIL) Department of The Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University. This multi-disciplinary role requires test engineering expertise to support and execute the rapid integration and verification of new undersea systems designs.

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing technical leadership and innovative approaches to the integration of low-fidelity models into a Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) testbed useful for interface and functional testing in a System of Systems.
• Collaborate with others to initiate design, and develop software and hardware for use in purposeful test sets and test systems that control and observe test articles.
• Integrate custom electronics and/or Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) equipment as part of the overall fabrications used in new design verification.
• Aid in the development of processes and procedures used in integration and verification of undersea designs.
• Prepare written and/or verbal presentations or technical documentation and present to a broad variety of audiences.
• Sustain a thriving research and development environment that fosters creativity and collaboration.

Required skills/experience areas

• Proven experience in creating and executing testing solutions that exercise, measure, and verify functional performance of embedded control systems along with related sensors and electro-mechanical assemblies.
• Development of software used in the execution, automation, measurement, and analysis of complex test articles.
• Experience writing technical test procedures and related technical documentation.
• Success in an environment where various forms of communication and organizational skills were crucial to be effective.

Preferred skills/experience areas

• Design verification testing, acceptance testing, requirements management, and verification.
• Prior understanding of the architecture and implementation of a System of Systems for an undersea design and its corresponding interoperability with launching platforms or command and control systems.
• Use of MATLAB as an analysis tool in evaluating test data.
• Understanding of National Instruments tools such as LabVIEW, VeriStand, and TestStand and their application to systems integration and HIL.
• Integration and application of Data Acquisition Hardware and Equipment from National Instruments.
• HALT/HASS development and execution.
• Applied experience with standard System Engineering documentation such as SSS, SRD, TRD, and/or TEMP.

Benefits

• Your working location will be fully onsite, located in State College, PA.
• This position will require periodic travel to remote locations in support of testing as part of a small team of researchers, engineers, and technologists.

Application Instructions

Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday if you are a current Penn State employee or student. If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants. Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location.

Pay & Benefits

• The salary range for this position, including all possible grades, is $121,704.00 - $231,000.00.
• Salary Structure - Information on Penn State's salary structure.
• Penn State provides a competitive benefits package for full-time employees designed to support both personal and professional well-being.

Contact Information

For questions related to flexible work, please direct inquiries to the hiring manager during the interview process.