Combat and Strategic Systems Engineer

SAIC•Crane, IN

About The Position

We are seeking a dedicated professional to serve as a Test & Evaluation Engineer (CUAS Software Lab) supporting the NSWC Crane Expeditionary Electronic Warfare division (MXQ). In this role, you will be instrumental in ensuring the performance, reliability, and mission-readiness of Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (CUAS) and Electronic Warfare (EW) systems.

Requirements

Combat and Strategic Systems Engineer background

Responsibilities

Support operational software lab test and evaluation activities for CUAS and EW systems.
Plan, coordinate, execute, and document software test events in lab, hardware-in-the-loop, and operationally relevant environments.
Support software unit testing, software integration testing, system-level testing, regression testing, verification and validation, and acceptance testing.
Develop and review test objectives, test procedures, test cases, test scripts, data collection plans, test reports, and software assessment products.
Verify that software test results comply with approved test requirements, acceptance criteria, operational needs, and customer-defined performance expectations.
Perform traceability analysis between requirements, test cases, test procedures, test execution results, and documented findings.
Support evaluation of Government Furnished Code, Government Furnished Information, contractor-developed software, and private software products used in CUAS test environments.
Assist with software-based test and evaluation, quality assurance, requirements documentation, lab testing, demonstrations, and improvements to field test software.
Support configuration, operation, and maintenance of operational software lab environments used to evaluate CUAS capabilities.
Assist with standing up and maintaining representative lab environments, including software builds, test tools, data collection systems, interfaces, networked test assets, and hardware-in-the-loop configurations.
Support hardware-in-the-loop testing to evaluate software performance, system response, RF characteristics, output timing, mission behavior, and CUAS effectiveness.
Identify software anomalies, data gaps, regression issues, integration problems, test limitations, and operational impacts.
Document software deficiencies, test observations, corrective actions, retest results, and engineering recommendations.
Coordinate with software developers, systems engineers, RF engineers, cybersecurity personnel, test directors, configuration managers, and Government leads to resolve issues and support test readiness.
Support test automation efforts to improve test consistency, repeatability, rigor, and efficiency.
Participate in test readiness reviews, technical interchange meetings, Integrated Product Teams, daily test briefs, post-test debriefs, and lessons learned reviews.
Support the development, review, revision, verification, and release of T&E documentation, including test plans, SOPs, schedules, briefs, reports, and technical summaries.
Ensure software lab test artifacts, test data, and technical documentation are properly marked, controlled, stored, and retained in accordance with applicable security, CUI, OPSEC, and configuration management requirements.