Test Engineer - Mid-Level - 26-042 - Hybrid

AUSGAR Technologies•Norfolk, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

AUSGAR Technologies is hiring a mid-level Test Engineer to support the U.S. Navy’s PMW/A-520 Program Office in Norfolk, Virginia. The engineer will act as the Test and Evaluation (T&E) Lead coordinating and managing T&E activities for the Automated Celestial Navigation System (ACNS). The role supports the assigned program’s Assistant Program Manager, Lead Engineer, and Test Integrated Product Team with T&E planning, coordination, execution, analysis, and documentation. The position provides testing management and support for ACNS development, acquisition, integration planning, upgrades, and changes. It includes developing T&E strategies and schedules, preparing plans and acquisition documentation, managing test events, organizing T&E working groups, supporting readiness reviews, and providing subject-matter expertise during a range of government test events. The engineer will review technical test reports and developmental test CDRLs and coordinate with Navy and other external stakeholders on T&E matters. This is a full-time hybrid position in Norfolk, Virginia. The posting describes the arrangement as approximately 60% onsite and 40% remote in one section, and approximately 70% onsite and 30% remote in another. Expected travel is up to 10%, with travel and short periods underway aboard ships as needed to support critical test events. An active Secret clearance is required upon hire. Salary range is $110,000–$160,000, based on qualifications and other factors.

Requirements

Active Secret clearance required upon hire.
Six or more years of relevant engineering and Test and Evaluation (T&E) experience.
Experience with system developmental-type test events.
Ability to plan, organize, and complete T&E efforts and program deliverables.
Ability to facilitate effective communication and develop partnerships with T&E stakeholders within the Navy chain of command.
Ability to collaborate and work well with others.
Ability and willingness to travel for critical test events and go aboard ships for short underway testing durations as needed.
Knowledge of the T&E process in Defense Acquisition life-cycle management.
Knowledge of shipboard architecture and infrastructure.
Ability to work independently and be a self-starter.

Nice To Haves

Certified Test and Evaluation Professional (CTEP).
DAWIA Test and Evaluation Practitioner Certification.
Experience supporting PMW/A-520 or other Navy acquisition programs.
Familiarity with DOORS, Jira, Confluence, MATLAB, Python, or similar engineering and test tools.

Responsibilities

Act as the T&E Lead coordinating and managing T&E activities for the Automated Celestial Navigation System (ACNS).
Support the Assistant Program Manager, Lead Engineer, and Test IPT with T&E planning, coordination, execution, analysis, and documentation.
Develop T&E strategies and schedules, develop plans and documentation, and manage test events.
Provide testing management and support for ACNS development, acquisition, integration planning, upgrades, and changes.
Review, update, develop, or assist in developing test-related acquisition documentation, including strategies, plans, schedules, briefs, position papers, specifications, statements of work, and other program documentation.
Lead and organize program T&E Working IPTs as needed.
Assist APMs with coordinating and conducting developmental test readiness reviews, including logistics, agendas, briefs, minutes, and action-item tracking.
Provide subject-matter expertise for reliability growth, performance, software, functional, cybersecurity, and other government acceptance tests as directed.
Attend onsite as required to provide expertise, prepare equipment, coordinate test activities, and witness assigned test events.
Conduct engineering review and analysis of technical test-report documentation, including related developmental test CDRLs.
Support strategic-level technical coordination and interface with COMOPTEVFOR, OPNAV, and other external stakeholders in accordance with DoD 5000 T&E policies and procedures.
Attend T&E conferences and meetings and help prepare documentation for program test events, including T&E strategies, TEMP, and system performance specifications.
Support evaluation of DoN/DoD statutory and regulatory requirements for T&E events.
Travel and go aboard ships for short underway testing durations as needed to support critical test events.