Test and Evaluation Specialist

Core Services Group • Patuxent River, MD

4d • $100,000 - $120,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Test and Evaluation Specialists provide technical and analytic support to the U.S. Navy’s Operational Test and Evaluation Force VX-1. The role supports the planning, execution, analysis, and reporting of Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) for U.S. Navy combat systems, including aviation platforms. Specialists support testing activities, analyze operational effectiveness and suitability, prepare reports, and communicate plans and results to Navy leadership, program offices, and other stakeholders. The position is located in Patuxent River, Maryland.

Requirements

• Current Navy, Marine Corps, Army, or Air Force operations knowledge.
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in STEM, or equivalent operational/T&E experience.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to drive projects to successful completion.
• Effective communication skills to convey analysis results and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Proficiency in technical writing and reporting.
• Strong knowledge of analysis methodologies applied to complex systems evaluation.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).
• Eligible for Secret clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Four or more years of military T&E experience.
• Five or more years of Aviation Warfare mission execution, including two or more years at senior enlisted/DH level.
• Weapons and Tactics Instructor or equivalent warfare qualification.
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) Foundational T&E Certification.
• TS/SCI clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support OT&E of aviation platforms, including test design, integrated testing, operational testing, and tactics exercises.
• Assist in developing Critical Operational Issues (COIs), the Mission-Based Test Design Framework, test matrices and procedures, and data collection plans, and document them in the Mission-Based Test and Evaluation System (MBTES).
• Observe flight and ground test events, brief test participants on event objectives and data requirements, and collect test data.
• Perform data reduction and analysis, applying statistical techniques to assess operational effectiveness and suitability.
• Assist in developing draft Blue/Gold sheets and test and tactics evaluation reports.
• Interface with Navy leadership, program offices, and other stakeholders on test plans and results.
• Prepare monthly status reports and trip reports, and attend program review meetings.
• Ensure compliance with DoD 5000 series and Navy acquisition instructions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time