Test Engineer

Huntsville, AL

Overview:

JHNA is seeking a Test Engineer to assist in the development, coordination and staffing of Test & Evaluation Master Plans (TEMP) which may include Design of Experiments (DoE) & Developmental Evaluation Framework (DEF) strategies. The candidate will support the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Product Office (PO). This position is in Huntsville, AL.

JHNA is a Digital Engineering firm focused on providing engineering and technical services primarily to DoD's Aviation communities. JHNA is a critical partner to these communities providing MBSE, MOSA, and platform security (cyber and anti-tamper) support. JHNA offers highly competitive benefit packages and a culture that fosters teamwork and collaboration all while supporting our Warfighter!

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Plan, document, coordinate, manage, execute, and report Test and Evaluation (T&E) functions for a weapon system.
• Develop, coordinate, monitor, or evaluate requirements within a Statement of work for a weapon system.
• Develop, coordinate, monitor, or evaluate requirements within a Specification in a weapon system acquisition process.
• Ensure a weapon system is within compliance of its lower-level requirements (i.e., MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461/464).
• Developing T&E unique requirements (i.e., Critical Operational Issues and Criteria; Measures of Effectiveness; or Measures of Performance) for a weapon system modification or new design.
• Perform requirements traceability from a Capability Production Document/Capability Development Document to a system specification or a system specification to a test plan.
• Execute and/or coordinate system performance level testing (example: aviation flight, system of systems, command and control, network, software, etc.) in support of a program office test program.
• Execute developmental testing (DT) of systems, subsystems, components, or associated systems qualification in support of a weapon system to determine conformance with test requirements (i.e. Transportability, Mobility, E3, Climatic, NBC Analysis, High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP), Cold Environments, Tropic Environments, etc.).
• Developing, coordinating, or maintaining test plans, test procedures and/or test reports for an acquisition weapons program component, subsystem, system, or System of Systems.
• Develop and/or update a Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) in support of a weapon system program.
• Support operational testing such as: Limited User Test (LUT), Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E), or Follow-on Operational Test and Evaluation (FOT&E).
• Support a T&E Working Integrated Product Team (WIPT) in the development of a test program for a weapon system.

• Development of T&E strategies and crosswalks of Capability Development Document (CDD) / Capability Product Document (CPD) requirements through the T&E process, evaluate testability of requirements & develop methodologies for the testing of these requirements.
• Test Management & Support of test planning, coordination, execution, safety releases, airworthiness, frequency allocations, development of detailed test plans, data collection plans, data management plans, data analysis plans, test reports, quick-look briefings, test readiness reviews, and resource allocation management for but not limited to the following: system and system of systems (SoS) performance, climactic, transportability/mobility, E3, NBC analysis, dynamics, safety, reliability, air drop, lethality, airworthiness, command & control (C2) environments, missile open air & live fire, aviation flight/ground, integrated & standalone sensors testing.

Qualifications:

Required

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering is required.
• Minimum of five (5) years of U.S. Army aviation-related technical experience is required.
• Professional experience using Microsoft Office applications to include Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, and Word is required.
• Candidate must possess strong oral and written communication skills.
• Must be a self-starter that thrives in a dynamic team environment.
• Candidate must possess a proven ability to develop and provide reports to management.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Active DoD Secret security clearance and the ability to maintain such is required.
  

Desired

• Program Management Office experience desired.
• UAS experience is highly desired.