Test and Evaluation Specialist

ASEC • Patuxent River, MD

19h • $100,000 - $130,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Test and Evaluation Specialist will provide technical, analytical, statistical analysis, and administrative support to all phases of Operational Test in the definition, conduct, and analysis of structured operational and integrated test and evaluation of the aircraft systems under test on the E-2D Hawkeye.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM area of study, required.
• Must have 5 years of experience performing data analysis in a Test and Evaluation (T&E) environment, including the collection, validation, interpretation, and reporting of test data to support system performance assessments.
• Ability to build positive, collaborative relationships across teams and with external partners.
• Effective communicator with strong verbal and written skills.
• Proactive, self-directed work style with the ability to operate independently.
• Analytical thinker with proven problem-solving capabilities.
• Highly organized, with the ability to balance competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• This position requires U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Top Secret clearance. Selected candidate will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with analytic tools such as JMP, MATLAB and R Studio, highly desired.
• Operational test experience and DoD Acquisition experience, desired.
• Operational experience in Navy aircraft, desired.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development of Critical Operational Issues (COI) for operational assessments and evaluations.
• Assist in the development of test design framework, in conjunction with mission-based COIs.
• Support the development of data collection plans through research and analysis to evaluate operational effectiveness and suitability.
• Devise test matrices and procedures for Integrated Testing and Operational Test (OT).
• Determine data collection/reduction/reconstruction requirements.
• Assist in designing and planning test operations in support Operational Test (OT).
• Observe test events to collect test data and provide technical reports.
• Assist in briefing test/exercise participants, emphasizing the event objectives and specific data-gathering requirements for each participant.
• Observe test events to collect test data and provide technical reports.
• Perform data reduction and analysis of data to ensure data validity, prior to more detailed data processing.
• Analyze complex datasets to identify trends, uncover insights, and answer key operational performance questions.
• Correlate data using statistical techniques to analyze operational effectiveness and suitability tests.
• Apply analytical techniques and critical thinking to explore data, identify patterns to support informed decision-making.
• Assist in the development of deficiency reports (blue/gold sheets).
• Assist in the development of draft test reports.

Benefits

• 100% employee-owned.
• Comprehensive benefits package (11 paid holidays, medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA/FSA, disability insurance, and more!)
• 401K match
• Tuition assistance (undergraduate and graduate)
• Veteran friendly
• Thriving employee culture
• Employee discount program

What This Job Offers

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