Test and Evaluation Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•San Diego, CA

2d•$86,900 - $198,000

About The Position

The Test and Evaluation Engineer works as a member of a multidisciplinary product team to plan, conduct, document, and improve engineering test and evaluation activities for assigned products, systems, subsystems, support equipment, hardware assemblies, and associated technical documentation. The role supports software developed for the Department of Navy and works with testers, developers, and engineers to evaluate software and help deliver reliable, secure, and effective capabilities. The engineer works directly for the Product Owner within a SAFe Agile delivery environment. They translate product objectives, user needs, system requirements, and acceptance criteria into measurable test activities and objective evidence that supports technical decisions, product increments, configuration-control decisions, and government acceptance. The role also integrates engineering, test, logistics, configuration management, fabrication, documentation, and stakeholder inputs to ensure delivered capabilities are technically sound, traceable to approved requirements, supportable, and ready for operational use. The position includes creating test plans and cases from user stories; generating data; executing automated and manual tests; observing software performance; documenting results; and communicating defects to development teams. It also involves automating continuous security and performance testing and monitoring the health of a Navy system. Booz Allen offers health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, dependent care, and recognition awards. The projected annual compensation range is $86,900 to $198,000.

Requirements

At least 3 years of experience supporting engineering test and evaluation, systems integration, verification and validation, hardware testing, or systems engineering.
Experience developing or executing test procedures, collecting and analyzing test data, documenting test results, and tracking deficiencies through resolution.
TS/SCI clearance is required.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Physical Science, or at least 8 years of experience as a test and evaluation engineer in lieu of a degree.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Department of War, Navy, warfare center, acquisition-program, research-and-development, or comparable federal technical programs.
Experience in a SAFe Agile, Agile product-delivery, integrated product team, or DevSecOps environment.
Experience using product data management, configuration management, requirements management, defect tracking, or Agile workflow tools.
Experience testing electronic, electrical, mechanical, communications, software-enabled, or integrated hardware or software systems.
Experience with cable fabrication, assembly inspection, first-article inspection, functional testing, or production-quality assurance.
Systems Engineering, Test and Evaluation, Agile, SAFe, Quality Assurance, Configuration Management, or Project Management Certification.

Responsibilities

Plan, conduct, document, and improve engineering test and evaluation activities for assigned products, systems, subsystems, support equipment, hardware assemblies, and technical documentation.
Work with testers, developers, and engineers to evaluate software developed for the Department of Navy.
Create test plans and test cases based on user stories.
Translate product objectives, user needs, system requirements, and acceptance criteria into measurable test activities and objective evidence.
Generate test data and implement test cases using automated and manual processes.
Observe software performance, document test results, and communicate defects to the development team.
Automate continuous security and performance testing and monitor the health of a Navy system.
Integrate engineering, test, logistics, configuration management, fabrication, documentation, and stakeholder inputs to support technically sound, traceable, supportable capabilities ready for operational use.
Support technical decisions, product increments, configuration-control decisions, and government acceptance with test evidence.