Test Engineer - Comm Systems

About the role

Department 430 within the Strategic Weapons Systems (SWS) Engineering team develops in-house embedded systems and integrates government furnished equipment to support the Strategic Weapons Systems of the Columbia Class and other submarine classes. The team offers a flexible work arrangement that allows some work to be performed remotely and at home, with arrangements varying from position to position.

Responsibilities

• System and component engineering for the Strategic Weapons Systems (SWS) and Strategic Weapons Support Systems (SWSS) for COLUMBIA/Dreadnought submarine classes.
• Integration of government furnished equipment (GFE) and systems into the boat, as well as developing systems to support the strategic weapon.
• Ensuring successful integration of government furnished information and coordinated requirements into the submarine design.
• Moving products from the concept phase, through requirement definition, design, build, test, integration, and the full life cycle.
• Design, development, qualification, integration, and in fleet support of the electrical control system elements required to control the environment of the ballistic missile tubes on the COLUMBIA, DREADNOUGHT, and OHIO Class submarines.
• Development of custom simulators and custom test equipment, used in construction grooming and requirements verification of SWS components for both US and UK Submarine components.
• Developing custom test equipment used for ship system qualification and for the Strategic Weapons System Ashore (SWSA) facility monitoring and testing.
• Focusing on requirements verification, employing formal requirement-based test methods and systems engineering best practices to support design certification of simulators and tactical systems.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years experience managing contractor or vendor interfaces
• Prior U.S. Navy experience is required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance through the Department of Defense
• Preferred experience in military (submarine) system development, operations, installation and/or test and evaluation
• Understanding and experience with applying the principles of System Engineering
• SWS/SWSS experience

Qualifications

• Secret Clearance
• Experience presenting technical/programmatic content to stakeholders
• Strong organizational/interpersonal verbal and written skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to think objectively and drive technical solutions to successful conclusion
• Environmental Attributes - Inside