Systems Test Engineer

CFD Research Corporation•Huntsville, AL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

CFD Research is seeking a full-time Systems Test Engineer to support the continued development, verification, and qualification of a complex multidisciplinary aerospace and defense hardware system. The engineer will serve as a primary technical integrator for formal system verification testing, working with systems, mechanical, electrical, controls, software, modeling and simulation, manufacturing, quality, reliability, maintainability, test operations, external test facilities, and program leadership. The role plans and integrates the system verification test program from verification planning through final reporting. It involves translating system requirements into executable test activities, coordinating the technical contributions of subject matter experts, and maintaining traceability among requirements, test activities, configurations, evidence, and verification status. The engineer will support a mature requirements-based program with many requirements verified through formal testing. Detailed technical content is developed collaboratively with the relevant engineering experts. The position is 100% onsite in Huntsville, Alabama, and requires travel to the company’s test facility in Hollywood, Alabama, twice per week.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
Three or more years of engineering experience involving complex hardware development, system integration, testing, verification, qualification, or a related technical activity; more experienced candidates are encouraged to apply.
Proficiency with military regulations and standards such as MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, and MIL-STD-464.
Experience developing, reviewing, or executing engineering test plans, procedures, or reports.
Ability to interpret engineering requirements and translate them into practical verification activities.
Working knowledge of test instrumentation, data acquisition, measurement accuracy, calibration, test configuration, and engineering data analysis.
Ability to understand multidisciplinary technical systems and work effectively with specialized engineering subject matter experts.
Strong technical writing skills and experience developing controlled engineering documentation.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to coordinate engineers, technicians, test personnel, vendors, external facilities, and customer representatives.
U.S. citizenship is required due to the nature of the company’s work and contractual requirements.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance, as required.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting DoD acquisition or aerospace hardware development programs.
Experience with formal requirements-based verification.
Experience with qualification, environmental, reliability, performance, or acceptance testing.
Experience supporting external or government test facilities.
Experience with failure reporting, root-cause investigation, FRACAS, or corrective-action processes.
Experience with Cameo Systems Modeler, SysML, requirements management tools, or MBSE environments.
Experience supporting technical reviews, test readiness reviews, qualification reviews, or functional and configuration audits.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the integrated system verification test strategy and associated planning.
Organize requirements assigned to verification by test into logical, efficient test events to minimize unnecessary duplicate testing.
Develop formal verification test plans specifying objectives, applicable requirements, system configuration, operating conditions, resources, instrumentation, required evidence, and acceptance criteria.
Develop and integrate formal test procedures using technical content from engineering subject matter experts.
Review internal and external test procedures to confirm that planned testing addresses assigned verification requirements.
Coordinate internal and offsite verification testing with engineering teams, test organizations, customer or government facilities, and external providers.
Work with subject matter experts to define operating conditions, measurements, ranges, accuracy, sampling, instrumentation, and technical acceptance criteria.
Coordinate with controls, instrumentation, data acquisition, and test personnel to ensure required measurements and test capabilities are available.
Conduct or support formal test readiness reviews and verify that procedures, configurations, instrumentation, personnel, facilities, and approvals are in place before testing.
Maintain test configuration control and traceability of test evidence to the hardware, software, firmware, and system configuration evaluated.
Coordinate formal test execution and track deviations, anomalies, incomplete objectives, and test failures.
Initiate or support failure reporting and corrective action activities associated with verification test failures.
Coordinate evaluation of test results with engineering experts, including root-cause determination where required and definition of retest activities.
Develop and integrate formal test results reports using test records, collected data, engineering analyses, and technical conclusions from responsible engineering organizations.
Ensure test results and artifacts provide sufficient objective evidence to support verification closure.
Support qualification, factory acceptance, environmental, subsystem, system integration, demonstration, and other formal verification testing.

Benefits

Employer matching 401(k)
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Medical insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Company-paid leave
Compensation time
Parental leave
Long-term disability insurance
Short-term disability insurance
Accidental death and dismemberment coverage
Life insurance
Performance appraisals twice a year
Annual pay increases based on corporate goals, personal development, performance, and achievements
Group and individual bonuses for exceptional performance