Senior Test and Evaluation Specialist

Strategic Sight Consulting•Patuxent River, MD

5d•$120,000 - $145,000

About The Position

Join our team at Strategic Sight Consulting LLC for an opportunity as a Senior Test and Evaluation (T&E) Specialist supporting OPTEVFOR and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron ONE (VX-1). This role provides senior-level technical and analytical support across test planning, operational test and tactics design, Modeling and Simulation (M&S), test execution, data analysis, and reporting for U.S. Naval systems.

Requirements

United States citizenship.
Minimum Top Secret security clearance. Specific task orders may require Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) eligibility; personnel must be eligible for the clearance required to begin performance at task award.
Extensive T&E experience during at least 4 of the last 6 years, including experience such as Integrated Evaluation Framework (IEF) development, test plan development, test execution, test analysis and reporting, and M&S supporting developmental or operational testing.
Experience developing M&S Accreditation Packages and Accreditation Letters.
Proficient experience in analysis methodologies.
Working knowledge of the DoD 5000 series, OPNAVINST 5000.42 series, and SECNAVINST 5000 series.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint.
Proficiency in technical writing.
Demonstrated ability to lead effectively and communicate operational-analysis results to sponsoring activities and decision makers.
Ability to meet additional task-order-specific qualifications, including data collection and analysis methodologies and tools applicable to the assigned SUT.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience supporting OPTEVFOR, VX-1, or comparable Naval aviation developmental or operational testing.
Experience with mission-based test design, MBTES, and OPTEVFOR/VX-1 test-reporting products.
Experience integrating quantitative analysis with operational observations, maintenance evidence, and other mission-relevant test data.

Responsibilities

Support development of Critical Operational Issues (COIs), mission-based test design frameworks, test plans, and data collection plans for integrated and operational testing.
Conduct background research and provide analytical support and recommendations for evaluating operational effectiveness and suitability.
Draft Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) comments and TEMP Part IV inputs and document planning information in MBTES or other approved tools.
Design and plan integrated test, operational test, and tactics exercise operations, including test matrices, procedures, data collection, reduction, reconstruction, and resource requirements.
Support M&S accreditation activities, including liaison with model proponents, IV&V agents, developing agencies, Navy laboratories, operational commands, other Government agencies, and hardware/software contractors.
Develop M&S approaches that supplement developmental and operational testing and support effective management of test risk.
Attend program review meetings, brief test and exercise participants, observe test events, collect data, and prepare technical reports.
Perform data reduction and analysis to verify data validity and apply appropriate statistical techniques to assess operational effectiveness and suitability.
Support development of Blue/Gold sheets, technical briefs, and draft test or tactics evaluation reports in OPTEVFOR/VX-1 formats.
Communicate analytical results, limitations, and operational implications clearly to sponsoring activities and decision makers.