Test Systems Engineer/Senior Systems Engineer

Experience:

Minimum of Fifteen (15) years experience in complex systems, including:

• Experience in the planning, design, development, acquisition, installation, integration and/or implementation of complex communication systems that accommodate specific user requirements.
• Test and Evaluation policies and methods, including test plan, test procedure and test report development, and test execution, to DoD or equivalent standards.
• Hands on testbed experience such as testbed establishment (including the physical, interface and installation requirements), testbed maintenance or testbed operations.
• Communications Systems requirements development, analysis and verification.
• Extensive knowledge of the FAA National Airspace System (NAS) Architecture.
• Direct FAA En Route or Terminal environment experience, including requirements development and/or test experience in EAS/ERAM arena.
• Familiarity or hands-on experience with systems such as Tower Data Link Services (TDLS).
• Working knowledge of Terminal environment (such as Departure Clearance (DCL), Pre-Departure Clearance (PDC), Flight Data Input Output (FDIO), Digital Automatic Terminal Information Service (D-ATIS), ATC Communication Management (ACM), Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC), logon, session establishment/termination and session status).
• Data Reduction and Analysis support.
• Hands on experience with Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) or similar ATC air/ground data communications systems.

Demonstrated experience and expertice with the execution of tasks related to:

• Review and resolve any comments received from the customer or their representative on any test documentation.
• Develop materials for, coordinate and participate in meetings with SMEs for assigned Test areas as may be requested by the customer.
• Develop Test Approaches for assigned Tests.
• Develop Test Case scenarios for assigned Tests.
• Develop preliminary Test procedures for assigned Tests.
• Attend and contribute to the content and conduct of the OT Test Director staff meetings for the Data Comm program.
• Work closely with the test director on the OT baseline test configuration, providing technical data as backup for justification of entire configuration and components required/desired as part of the OT configuration.
• Participate, in an observer role as might be directed, in IT informal test runs as well as formal IT.
• Participate, in a substantive role, in OT informal test runs as directed by the customer.
• Participate, in any role as might be directed, in Risk Reduction test runs leading to formal IT.

Formal Education:

Minimum of a Bachelor’s in a technical field (such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent curriculum from an accredited college or university; MS degree desirable but not required

• Must be a U.S. citizen or authorized to work in the U.S. to apply.