Test Engineer – Integration, Test, and Documentation

About the role

The Test Engineer will support the integration, verification, and delivery of advanced technical systems for critical national security missions. This role coordinates across hardware, software, firmware, and test teams to ensure complex systems are properly integrated, tested, documented, and ready for use. This position is based at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland.

Responsibilities

• Support system integration activities and develop and coordinate test plans
• Track requirements, technical issues, integration dependencies, risks, and corrective actions through resolution
• Support system-level verification and validation activities
• Work closely with engineering teams to maintain technical documentation and capture system configurations and interfaces
• Develop user-facing materials, including operating procedures and user manuals
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Experience supporting systems engineering, system integration, or technical test activities for complex hardware/software systems
• Experience developing and managing integration plans, test plans, test procedures, and verification activities
• Ability to coordinate technical work across software, hardware, firmware, and other engineering disciplines
• Experience documenting system architecture, interfaces, configurations, requirements, and test results
• Experience tracking technical issues, integration dependencies, risks, and corrective actions through resolution
• Strong technical writing skills with experience developing clear engineering and operational documentation
• Ability to translate engineering information into user manuals, operating procedures, installation guides, or training materials
• Familiarity with requirements management, configuration management, and verification/validation processes

Desired skills

• Experience supporting UAS, robotics, embedded systems, communications, sensor systems, or other integrated technical platforms
• Experience managing hardware/software integration in laboratory, prototype, or rapid-development environments
• Familiarity with requirements traceability and systems engineering tools such as DOORS, Jira, Confluence, Cameo, or similar
• Experience planning and executing system-level acceptance, functional, regression, or field testing
• Experience developing interface control documents, system specifications, test reports, and release documentation
• Familiarity with configuration baselines, version control, change management, and release processes
• Experience working directly with end users to capture feedback and improve system usability and documentation
• Familiarity with MBSE or SysML is beneficial but not required

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

Clearance

Active TS/SCI security clearance required.

Schedule

This position anticipates standard operating hours, with flexibility as required to support program and mission requirements.

Pay

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $135,000 - $155,000 annually.

Benefits

• 401(k) with company matching
• Dental insurance
• Medical insurance
• Health Savings Account option
• Flexible Spending
• Vision insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Ancillary offerings (Hospital Indemnity, Accident, Critical Illness, Pet Insurance)
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday pay