Sonar Test Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Manassas, VA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Support NAVSEA by providing engineering, testing, and integration support for sonar and acoustic systems across laboratory, OEM, and submarine environments. Conduct software performance testing to validate design specifications, support development activities, coordinate formal certification events, and serve as a subject matter resource to partners and vendors. Plan and execute sonar system test events, including operational demonstrations, contribute to automation testing and analysis, and drive quality through code and tool reviews that enable rigorous performance validation.

Requirements

3+ years of experience conducting software performance tests to validate design specifications for sonar and acoustic systems
Knowledge of submarine sonar systems such as ARCI, APB, or TI, and core acoustic processing concepts
Ability to interpret technical specifications
Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work independently and collaboratively in dynamic environments
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
Secret clearance
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS, Physics, or a STEM field and 3+ years of experience as a technician, or 10+ years of experience as a technician in lieu of a degree

Nice To Haves

10+ years of experience with ARCI submarine sonar
Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, ELM, MATLAB, Artifactory, Gerrit, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Python, VBA, and SharePoint
Experience using Microsoft Office Suite
Experience supporting Navy fleet troubleshooting, in-plant integration, and coordination with external vendors and stakeholders
Experience working within Agile software development environments

Responsibilities

Provide engineering, testing, and integration support for sonar and acoustic systems.
Conduct software performance testing to validate design specifications.
Support development activities.
Coordinate formal certification events.
Serve as a subject matter resource to partners and vendors.
Plan and execute sonar system test events, including operational demonstrations.
Contribute to automation testing and analysis.
Drive quality through code and tool reviews that enable rigorous performance validation.