Senior Test & Evaluation Engineer

Five Stones Research Corporation•Redstone Arsenal, AL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Five Stones Research Corporation (5SRC) is seeking energetic candidates to join our established and growing Huntsville-headquartered team. This role involves leading and supporting the planning, coordination, execution, analysis, and reporting of various test and evaluation events for complex systems within the DoD acquisition framework. The Senior Test & Evaluation Engineer will be responsible for developing comprehensive test strategies, managing T&E documentation, coordinating resources, analyzing results, and advising program leadership on technical risks and deficiencies. This position requires a strong understanding of the DoD 5000 acquisition framework and Adaptive Acquisition Framework, including participation in key acquisition reviews and milestone decisions.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent
Minimum of 17 years’ relevant experience
Demonstrated experience planning and executing complex developmental, operational, integrated, or system-level test programs
Requires experience and the ability to perform detailed and complex calculations plus knowledge of practices/principles necessary to assess advanced systems concepts, assess specifications, and perform system integration
U.S. Citizenship required
Minimum of DoD Secret Clearance

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a related field
Previous experience supporting an Army Program Executive Office (PEO), Project Management Office (PMO), or Product Management Office
Experience working directly with Army or DoD developmental and operational test organizations
Experience supporting major weapon systems, missile/air defense systems, aviation systems, sensors, command-and-control systems, or other complex hardware/software-intensive systems
DAWIA/Back-to-Basics T&E, Engineering & Technical Management, Program Management, or equivalent acquisition training/certification

Responsibilities

Lead and support the planning, coordination, execution, analysis, and reporting of Developmental Test & Evaluation (DT&E), Operational Test & Evaluation (OT&E), integrated testing, and other program test events.
Develop comprehensive test strategies that provide objective evidence that system requirements, performance objectives, operational capabilities, and suitability requirements have been achieved.
Develop and review test plans, test procedures, test reports, test matrices, entrance/exit criteria, deficiency reports, and other T&E documentation.
Coordinate test resources including test ranges, instrumentation, threat representations, test assets, simulations, hardware/software configurations, data collection requirements, and test personnel.
Analyze test results and provide senior PMO leadership with assessments of system performance, technical risk, deficiencies, and recommendations for corrective actions.
Lead the development, staffing, coordination, and maintenance of the program's Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) and/or applicable T&E strategy documentation.
Ensure the TEMP/T&E strategy remains synchronized with the acquisition strategy, systems engineering plan, program schedule, requirements baseline, cybersecurity strategy, and other program documentation.
Update the TEMP/T&E strategy as the program progresses through acquisition milestones, design reviews, test events, configuration changes, and fielding decisions.
Prepare and coordinate T&E documentation required to support major acquisition reviews and decision points.
Lead, facilitate, and manage the program's Test Integrated Product Team (Test IPT).
Identify T&E risks, schedule conflicts, resource constraints, and technical issues early and develop mitigation strategies.
Brief Test IPT status, significant test findings, risks, deficiencies, and recommendations to senior program leadership and acquisition decision authorities.
Provide senior T&E expertise throughout the DoD 5000 acquisition framework and Adaptive Acquisition Framework, including T&E applicable pathway activities, acquisition decision points, technical reviews, and milestone decisions.
Support T&E preparation for acquisition and technical reviews including Systems Requirements Reviews (SRR), System Functional Reviews (SFR), Preliminary Design Reviews (PDR), Critical Design Reviews (CDR), Test Readiness Reviews (TRR), Production Readiness Reviews (PRR), and other program decision forums.
Advise program leadership regarding the T&E implications of acquisition strategy, schedule changes, requirements changes, engineering changes, software releases, and identified system deficiencies.