Test Engineer I

Textron•Hunt Valley, MD

18d

About The Position

Textron Systems is seeking new and recent graduates to join its Sea Systems business area and develop solutions for unmanned surface vehicle programs. Current focus areas include autonomous control, advanced payload integration, vision systems, and other emerging technologies that enhance unmanned surface vehicle capabilities. Work may include designing, simulating, constructing, and field-testing autonomous surface vehicles and their subsystems, across applied research and development initiatives and established programs. The Test Engineer I designs, develops, and executes tests for hardware, software, and systems to assess quality, functionality, and reliability. The role involves analyzing requirements, supporting design reviews, planning formal validation, conducting testing and verification, managing risks, and performing engineering analysis. The engineer prepares and presents test plans, procedures, reports, and other work products to internal review teams and external customers, including at program milestone reviews. The position also involves daily interaction with technical leads, government and commercial customers, program managers, planners, technicians, and other engineers. Tasks are driven to completion independently with appropriate supervision and mentoring, while collaborating across workgroups and departments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in engineering (software, mechanical, electrical, or systems) or a related field.
Experience with hardware and/or software integration, requirements derivation and allocation, or architecture design.
Effective and efficient writing and presentation skills.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
Secret clearance eligibility required.
Ability to travel up to 25%.

Nice To Haves

0–2 years of demonstrated project leadership experience preferred.
Experience with Windows and/or Unix operating systems is a plus.
Experience with DOORS, JIRA, and MagicDraw or equivalent is strongly preferred.
Active Secret clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and execute tests for hardware, software, and systems to ensure quality, functionality, and reliability.
Analyze requirements and define test scope, objectives, resources, strategies, plans, and procedures.
Write test cases and scripts for applicable types of testing.
Execute tests, monitor development and production processes, and manage controlled testing environments.
Identify, document, report, and track product defects using bug-tracking tools; collaborate with development teams on fixes.
Conduct verification, validation planning, risk management, and engineering analysis, and support design reviews.
Analyze test results and prepare and present test engineering work products, including plans, procedures, and reports, to internal review teams and external customers at program milestone reviews.
Interact with technical leads, government and commercial customers, program managers, planners, technicians, and other engineers.
Drive tasks to completion independently with appropriate supervision and mentoring, and collaborate across workgroups and departments.