Test Engineer

GD Information Technology • Huntsville, AL

2h • Onsite

About The Position

Transform technology into opportunity as a Test Engineer at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career. Meaningful work and Personal Impact GDIT is seeking a Systems Test Engineer to provide sustaining engineering and product lifecycle management support for multiple Force Protection System (FPS) Family of Systems (FOS) to the IBD-SS II program. The successful candidate will join our systems engineering team to provide support to the PM FPS Quick Reaction Capability portfolio. Perform testing, evaluation, and reporting as a member of the test engineering team. This role is responsible for aspects of testing design, development, and execution for various force protection systems to include software, hardware, electrical and mechanical baselines. Develop and execute well written test plans for identified replacement components as well as new design products that address obsolescence and diminishing sources of supply Interpret and analyze engineering drawings and schematics Providing viable solutions through testing results Develop functional test plans from product requirements and analysis of schematics Develop engineering BOMs and product lifecycle support Conduct briefs of test engineering efforts and schedules at weekly Integrated Product Team meetings Collaborate with IBD-SS team members from engineering, training, logistics, and operational support as well as government customers and representatives to facilitate operational improvements and provide reach-back support to perform troubleshooting, maintenance, documentation distribution, sparing, and health reports Address obsolescence and diminishing manufacturing sources and materiel shortages (DMSMS) in conjunction with the IBD-SS logistics team Interface with other engineers, subject matter experts, and technicians to solve equipment malfunctions and identify test design flaws Work with the Configuration Manager to ensure all system’s product baselines are maintained.

Requirements

• 8+ years of related experience
• Possess experience in both the field and lab environments
• Proficient in technical writing and briefing.
• Ability to train and mentor technicians.
• Possess knowledge of engineering processes, standards and workflows
• Understanding and experience in environmental testing such as vibration, shock, thermal, burn-in, and TVAC
• QA/QC experience as it relates to product and system testing.
• Experience with DoD Systems, Engineering requirements and DoD contracts
• Superior technical writing skills, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Field Bulletins, Maintenance plan
• Experience preparing Engineering Change Proposals (ECP) and Technical Data Packages (TDP)
• Experience conducting Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products
• Previous experience with Rapiscan and FLIR product lines
• Secret Clearance (active day one)

Nice To Haves

• MS (Will consider experience in lieu of education)
• Engineering Change Order (ECO)
• Test Engineering
• Test Plans
• Writing Test Plans
• Certifications: None
• US Citizenship Required: Yes

Responsibilities

• Perform testing, evaluation, and reporting as a member of the test engineering team.
• Develop and execute well written test plans for identified replacement components as well as new design products that address obsolescence and diminishing sources of supply
• Interpret and analyze engineering drawings and schematics
• Providing viable solutions through testing results
• Develop functional test plans from product requirements and analysis of schematics
• Develop engineering BOMs and product lifecycle support
• Conduct briefs of test engineering efforts and schedules at weekly Integrated Product Team meetings
• Collaborate with IBD-SS team members from engineering, training, logistics, and operational support as well as government customers and representatives to facilitate operational improvements and provide reach-back support to perform troubleshooting, maintenance, documentation distribution, sparing, and health reports
• Address obsolescence and diminishing manufacturing sources and materiel shortages (DMSMS) in conjunction with the IBD-SS logistics team
• Interface with other engineers, subject matter experts, and technicians to solve equipment malfunctions and identify test design flaws
• Work with the Configuration Manager to ensure all system’s product baselines are maintained.

Benefits

• 401K with company match
• variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
• dental plan options
• a vision plan
• full flex work weeks where possible
• a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• short and long-term disability benefits
• life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.

What This Job Offers

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