Systems Test Engineer

Apogee Engineering, LLC • Fort Meade, MD

22h • $130,000 - $143,500 • Onsite

About The Position

Apogee is actively seeking a full-time Systems Test Engineer supporting US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) NC3 Enterprise Center (NEC) Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I).
Program: The SE&I Division serves as the principal enterprise systems engineering, enterprise architecture, and technical authority for the NC3 Enterprise within the Department of Defense. As the lead NC3 Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) arm of the NC3 Enterprise Center, the division applies and remains up to date on systems engineering best practices and translates mission and operational requirements into appropriate technical specifications and solutions. SE&I also has the responsibility to apply established standards and, when necessary, develop new standards to ensure seamless interoperability across the NC3 enterprise. The SE&I is comprised of 3 branches:
Enterprise Sustainment & EvolutionEnterprise Performance & CapabilitiesEnterprise Mission Management
This is a full-time, on-site opportunity at Fort Meade.

Requirements

• Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
• Clearance: Must possess an active Top Secret clearance with willingness to be nominated for SCI at the time of application.
• Education: Technical Masters of Science degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Engineering
• Additional Experience: 10 years experience
• Providing tests and evaluations of hardware and/orsoftware development.
• Developing and documenting test plans and procedures, conducting testing, and evaluating and documenting results.
• Preparing studies, plans, and analyses in support of a program.

Responsibilities

• Work with proprietary software to perform vulnerability, analytical, and technical assessments on NC3 systems.
• Execute tests to determine network performance, voice and video quality, and overall communications and backup system effectiveness in unclassified and classified environments (to TS/SCI).
• Based on test results perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for test case failures.
• Using proprietary software, conduct tests to determine performance of NC3 communication systems, including secure and non-secure voice, data, and video communications services for classified and unclassified environments
• Provide specialized engineering, test, and evaluation assistance, and develop and/or leverage, integrate, and modify existing (i.e., GOTS or COTS) tools
• Assist in refinement of the video testing solution, test cases, test procedures, test plans, data analysis methodologies, and video and network performance testing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level