Test Engineer (Full Scope Polygraph)

Responsibilities

• Contribute to cutting edge development programs and test new solutions.
• Lead testing innovations for radio frequency (RF) signal processing applications.
• Test analytics, visualization and discovery tools.
• Evaluate the integration of new and legacy software across a variety of hardware form factors.
• Assess operational system performance requirements for testability and criticality to frame and prioritize Test & Evaluation (T&E) objectives and enable evaluation planning.
• Cook up planned acquisition approaches to support T&E schedule alignment with decision maker needs for T&E support.
• Cook with program System Engineering (SE) and review T&E-related SE information to leverage functional analysis, system descriptions, parameter selection and dependencies, Modeling and Simulation, and initial performance risk assessments to inform evaluation planning.
• Assess operational environments and priorities for evaluation attention and scenario selection, and to coordinate user participation in T&E.
• Plan program- and event-level risk-tailored performance estimation and analysis of system and operational Effectiveness and Suitability metrics & conditions, levels of T&E include inspection, demonstration, paper analysis, survey, simulation, and physical test.
• Participate in the T&E Working-level Integrated Product Team (WIPT) and/or Integrated Test Team for coordination of evaluation plans.
• Produce Evaluation Plans (metric framework, scenarios/threads, timelines, requirements/T&E crosswalk), Analysis Plans, Data Requirements, Risk Assessments, Evaluation Reports, Status reports.
• Plan program- and event-level testing for collection of data required for analysis and to sync T&E events with supported decision points.
• Design data sampling schemes to optimize the information/resource balance and to control testing uncertainties.
• Ensure test readiness including training of test event participants re: conduct of the event, equipment readiness, and security, legal, and privacy compliance arrangements.

Qualifications

• Exceptional integrity, professionalism, and commitment to MTSI's core values.
• 2+ years of experience as a Test Engineer on programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity.
• Experience working directly with the Government sponsor to coordinate task implementation.
• Experience performing pre-deployment testing of new systems to include all system software and hardware releases prior to field deployment.
• Experience planning and executing testing and data collection, ensuring compliance with security and legal standards.
• Experience producing associated Test Plans, Procedures, and Reports/Briefings, Data Management Plan.
• Proficiency with the Linux operating system.

Qualifications Desired

• Experience using tools like Python and SQL.
• Experience with cloud computing platforms like; Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or AWS GovCloud.
• Experience with ETL frameworks.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Math, Science, Engineering, Statistics, or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• 4 additional years of experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Clearance Requirements

• TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.

Pay Range

The pay range for this position is $90,000 to $175,000/year; however, base pay offered may vary depending on established government contract ranges, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, and other factors.

Benefits

MTSI also offers a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, dependent on the position offered.