Test Engineer - Level IV

Augustine Consulting Inc.•Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD

2d•$121,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

Augustine Consulting, Inc. is seeking an experienced, self-starting Software Test Engineer to join its Government Programs Team. The role involves interfacing with senior-level customers, warfighters, and leadership while conducting software integration and testing across multiple platforms, including system drivers, Android devices, Windows, and Linux machines. The engineer develops software test plans and reports, participates in design and development meetings, and works with development teams to investigate integration issues, requirements, dependencies, and defects. The role also includes evaluating test data and risks, preparing test-result summaries for leadership briefings and milestone decisions, ensuring builds represent military tactics, techniques, and procedures, and maintaining Government test-planning documents in appropriate databases. Occasional travel may be required. The position is located at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship; applicants must be able to provide proof of citizenship.
Must possess or be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
One of the following education and experience combinations: high school diploma and 20 years of experience; bachelor's degree in a directly related field and 10 years of experience; or master's degree in a directly related field and five years of experience.
Lab and hands-on debugging exposure.
Ability to support occasional travel.

Nice To Haves

Experience with one or more of Android SDK, .NET SDK, OpenGL, FFMPEG, and SQLite.
Domain experience in geospatial systems, including moving-map displays; geo-positioning devices; advanced GPS technology; tactical networking; and/or mission-planning solutions.
Experience with mobile applications, Android OS, and Windows.
Knowledge and experience with Mission Command and Control Software, including Nett Warrior, ATAK, WinTAK, Mounted Computing Environment, Command Post Computing Environment, Blue Force Tracker, GPS, geospatial systems, and military communications.

Responsibilities

Plan and manage assignments, monitor progress, and evaluate results.
Conduct integration and test activities for application software on system drivers, Android devices, Windows, and Linux machines.
Develop detailed Software Test Plans and prepare Test Reports.
Participate in software design and development meetings.
Analyze and identify system-level integration issues and resolve issues and dependencies in a team environment.
Work with development teams on issues and requirements, including detailed interaction and follow-through actions.
Test software builds and report functionality and interface issues.
Understand applications and their functionality as a complete system.
Perform initial troubleshooting and classification or characterization of defects to enable software development teams to investigate and fix them.
Ensure software builds represent military tactics, techniques, and procedures.
Evaluate test data, assess risks, and develop test-result summaries for leadership briefings, Suitability Statements, and Milestone Decisions.
Ensure Government test-planning documents are uploaded to the appropriate databases.
Interface with customers, vendors, and stakeholders to identify and resolve problems that cause failures.
Provide feedback on test trends, returns, and vendor performance.