Test Engineer

Synergy ECP • Columbia, MD

27d • Onsite

About The Position

Synergy ECP is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) formed in July 2007. We provide a broad range of services to the defense, intelligence, and healthcare industries. Synergy ECP has thrived by adhering to our name, ensuring excellence is displayed by our Employees, to our Customers, and by Improving Performance (ECP). This approach allows us to be an autonomous yet agile business that delivers significant results, meeting our customers' evolving demands. Our client list includes numerous Fortune 100 companies, as well as multiple branches of the US government and military services. Synergy ECP is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class. Clearance Required: TS/SCI. Other Requirements: U.S. Citizenship.

Requirements

• Five (5) years’ experience as a TE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Math, Science, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Four (4) years of additional TE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• U.S. Citizenship
• TS/SCI Clearance

Responsibilities

• Analyzes system requirements and concept of operations documents, acquisition plans, and system descriptions to develop evaluation and test plans and procedures.
• Prepares for and conducts data collection and analysis.
• Reports status and results.
• Supports the development of Government test and evaluation documentation (e.g., Test & Evaluation (T&E) Strategy, Test & Evaluation Master Plan, Event Test Plans, Test Readiness Assessments, and T&E Reports).
• Works with other test organizations to support T&E program integration.
• Provides specialized T&E capabilities tailored to system functions, level, maturity, and performance areas.
• Conducts research into and applies knowledge of Government test and evaluation concepts and related engineering, acquisition, and operations activities as needed to support T&E activities.
• Plans and Executes Performance Analysis.
• Reviews planned acquisition approaches to support T&E schedule alignment with decision maker needs for T&E support.
• Analyzes performance risk areas to focus T&E planning.
• Specifies, validates, and adapts Modeling and Simulation for T&E use.
• Applies Statistical Analysis of variations in performance behavior to characterize confidence in performance estimates.
• Selects, develops, and uses analysis tools.
• Executes the evaluation plan on data collected by Testing Tasks.
• Plans and Executes Performance Data Collection.
• Plans program and event level testing for collection of data required for analysis and to sync T&E events with supported decision points.
• Establishes and employs Data and Configuration Management capabilities.
• Supports Data Authentication group functions; and complies with program Discrepancy Reporting criteria and processes.
• Assesses operation and system performance requirements for testability and criticality to frame and prioritize T&E objectives and enable evaluation planning.
• Coordinates with program Systems Engineering (SE) and reviews T&E-related SE information to leverage functional analysis, system descriptions, parameter selection and dependencies, Modeling and Simulation, and initial performance risk assessments to inform evaluation planning.
• Assesses operational environments and priorities for evaluation attention and scenario selection, and to coordinate user participation in T&E.
• Plans program and event level risk-tailored performance estimation and analysis of system and operational Effectiveness and Suitability metrics & conditions; levels of T&E include inspection, demonstration, paper analysis, survey, simulation, and physical test.
• Designs surveys for evaluation of Subject Matter Expert (SME) input and user assessments of performance.
• Participates in the T&E Working-level Integrated Product Team (WIPT) and/or Integrated Test Team for coordination of evaluation plans.
• Produces Evaluation Plans (metric framework, scenarios/threads, timelines, requirements/T&E cross-walk), Analysis Plans, Data Requirements, Risk Assessments, Evaluation Reports, Status reports; provides input to Government T&E products (e.g., Technology Readiness Assessments, Test & Evaluation Strategy, Test & Evaluation Master Plan, T&E Plans & Procedures and Test Readiness Reports).
• Designs data sampling schemes to optimize the information/resource balance and to control testing uncertainties.
• Selects, coordinates, and calibrates Instrumentation, collection and data management tools, targets, and facilities.
• Ensures test readiness including training of test event participants, re-conduct of the event; equipment readiness, and security, legal, and privacy compliance arrangements.
• Participates in T&E WIPT and/or integrated Test Team for coordination of data collection plans.
• Executes Testing and Data Collection per plan.
• Produces associated Test Plans, Procedures, and reports/briefings, Data management Plan.
• Works directly with the Government sponsor to coordinate task implementation.
• Maintains knowledge of current and evolving agency, national, and international standards applicable to the system development of interest.

What This Job Offers

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