Systems/Test Engineer

American Systems•Orlando, FL

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training. As a Systems/Test Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS you will have the opportunity to plan, coordinate, and execute test activities for aircraft systems, subsystems, and integrated capabilities. You will develop test strategies, test plans, test procedures, test cases, and test reports for developmental, integration, qualification, verification, validation, and operational testing. You will support test events involving aircraft avionics, mission systems, communications, sensors, software, hardware, interfaces, and related subsystems. You will coordinate with systems engineers, software developers, hardware engineers, flight operations, maintenance personnel, and program leadership to prepare for and execute tests. You will define test objectives, success criteria, data requirements, resource needs, and test configurations. You will support test readiness reviews, safety reviews, technical interchange meetings, and post-test debriefs. You will conduct or support bench, lab, hardware-in-the-loop, ground, taxi, and flight test activities, as applicable. You will collect, analyze, and document test data, discrepancies, observations, and performance results. You will identify defects, anomalies, integration issues, and performance shortfalls and support corrective action efforts. You will ensure traceability between requirements, test procedures, test results, and verification evidence. You will support test environment setup, configuration control, instrumentation coordination, and data collection planning. You will prepare formal test documentation and status updates for program management, engineering leadership, customers, and certification authorities, as applicable. You will support regression testing, retesting, and validation of resolved deficiencies. You will ensure test activities are conducted in accordance with applicable safety, quality, airworthiness, and regulatory standards.

Requirements

BS/BA and 5-7 years of test engineering and/or systems engineering experience (Related MPRA experience can be substituted for a degree).
Secret Clearance
Test and Integration experience on complex flight simulators

Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate, and execute test activities for aircraft systems, subsystems, and integrated capabilities.
Develop test strategies, test plans, test procedures, test cases, and test reports for developmental, integration, qualification, verification, validation, and operational testing.
Support test events involving aircraft avionics, mission systems, communications, sensors, software, hardware, interfaces, and related subsystems.
Coordinate with systems engineers, software developers, hardware engineers, flight operations, maintenance personnel, and program leadership to prepare for and execute tests.
Define test objectives, success criteria, data requirements, resource needs, and test configurations.
Support test readiness reviews, safety reviews, technical interchange meetings, and post-test debriefs.
Conduct or support bench, lab, hardware-in-the-loop, ground, taxi, and flight test activities, as applicable.
Collect, analyze, and document test data, discrepancies, observations, and performance results.
Identify defects, anomalies, integration issues, and performance shortfalls and support corrective action efforts.
Ensure traceability between requirements, test procedures, test results, and verification evidence.
Support test environment setup, configuration control, instrumentation coordination, and data collection planning.
Prepare formal test documentation and status updates for program management, engineering leadership, customers, and certification authorities, as applicable.
Support regression testing, retesting, and validation of resolved deficiencies.
Ensure test activities are conducted in accordance with applicable safety, quality, airworthiness, and regulatory standards.