Test Engineer

MANTECH•Stafford, VA

19d•$98,000 - $163,100•Onsite

About The Position

MANTECH is seeking a motivated, career- and customer-oriented Test Engineer to support a contract under Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) in Stafford, Virginia. The role supports Marine Corps test and evaluation efforts, ensuring system requirements are validated, tested, and documented throughout all phases of the program lifecycle.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of related test engineering experience; an additional 2 years of experience may be substituted for the degree.
Proven experience coordinating test planning and execution activities across test centers, program stakeholders, and systems engineering teams.
Direct experience supporting requirement validation and evaluating system performance against baseline requirements.
Hands-on experience developing and reviewing test documentation, including test strategies, plans, procedures, and entry and exit criteria.
Strong analytical capability to analyze test execution data, identify defects, and document performance findings.
Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
Current and active DoD Secret clearance.
Ability to perform sedentary work.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with long-range fires and munitions.
Prior experience supporting United States Marine Corps (USMC) or Department of Defense (DoD) test and evaluation programs.
Completion of War Acquisition University (WAU) courses ACQ 1010: Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management, TST 102: Fundamentals of Test and Evaluation, and TST 1100: Intro to Systems Engineering for Testers.
Experience supporting test readiness reviews, pre-test briefings, and post-test debriefings.
Familiarity with DoD acquisition frameworks, Marine Corps test procedures, and developmental and operational testing standards.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills for delivering briefings and collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering teams and Government stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Review and maintain the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), ensuring system requirements are traced to verification methods, test events, test procedures, and results.
Coordinate with test centers, program stakeholders, systems engineering personnel, contractors, and other test organizations to support test planning and execution.
Support validation of system requirements across all test phases.
Assist in developing and reviewing test strategies, test plans, test procedures, test schedules, entry and exit criteria, and required test documentation.
Analyze test results to assess system performance against approved requirements.
Participate in Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs) and stakeholder briefings to report test execution progress and evaluation results.