Full-Time
Breadboard Test Engineer
Updated on 9/3/2026
Amentum
10,001+ employees
Government engineering and technical services provider
No salary listed
Detroit, MI, USA
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- A Bachelor’s degree (BSEE) in Electrical Engineering or a related field of study is required.
- At least 1 year of experience in vehicle and breadboard electrical feature validation is required.
- At least 1 year of experience with CANalyzer, VehicleSpy, and Python scripting is required.
- At least 1 year of experience with JIRA issue-tracking tools is required.
- Experience in electrical systems design and/or electrical or functional testing, with working knowledge of electrical and software components and wire harnesses, is preferred.
- Experience with certification and homologation, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and Economic Commission for Europe requirements, testing laboratories, and pre-test preparation is preferred.
- Experience in program management involving development of components and systems according to official product development systems is preferred.
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment with mechanics, engineers, technicians, technologists, and suppliers is preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, including Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Project, and SharePoint sites is preferred.
- Experience with MATLAB and Simulink for simulation is preferred.
- Experience with VISION ATI, Vehicle Spy, and Wireshark is preferred.
- Ability to use related Ford systems, including Advanced Vehicle Bill of Material, Enhanced Laboratory Management System, Corporate Procurement and Receiving System, FEDE, Global Prototype Inventory Requisitioning and Scheduling, Global Integrator, SPROUT, Teamcenter, VSEM, Worldwide Engineering Release System, and Global Product Development System program timing, is preferred.
- Ability to accommodate a flexible work schedule covering workload peaks, including flexible weekday hours and weekend work, is required.
- Ability to take responsibility and deliver results with minimal supervision is required.
- Problem-solving skills are required.
- Collaboration skills and the ability to work with multiple people and manage multiple projects simultaneously are required.
- Organizational skills are required.
- Ability to communicate key issues and recommendations to management is required.
- Complete physical validation of software and hardware functionality at major program milestones.
- Drive pre-test readiness, troubleshoot Design Verification issues, and provide requirement assessment documentation.
- Coordinate the electrical FDJ breadboard build by identifying vehicle specifications and generating a bill of materials for required electrical components.
- Order electrical parts with purchasing teams and manage part-delivery timing.
- Coordinate electrical FDJ breadboard construction in the electrical laboratory with operations and high-voltage teams.
- Create electrical systems test plans according to vehicle feature content.
- Manage ECU software configuration, maintenance, and testing on breadboards to support milestone delivery.
- Deliver Global Product Development System gateway and milestone work on time according to established acceptance criteria.
- Execute validation testing for each new software and hardware release.
- Execute Design Verification efficiency objectives.
- Determine program content affecting electrical Design Verification using documented program details and communication with D&R and program management.
- Identify new technology, required test time, and complexity drivers, and generate test-plan analysis to determine the number of breadboards required for milestone testing.
- Establish electrical Design Verification plans and set up the electronic Design Verification System, JIRA, TestRail, and FEDE according to those plans.
- Create pre-test documentation in the Enhanced Laboratory Management System and Sprite Replacement on Unauthorized Technology.
- Direct Design Verification, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, Economic Commission for Europe, and, as needed, development and Production Validation testing.
- Manage software implementation on FDJ breadboards, communicate the Design Verification plan through the D&V Chart, establish root causes for issues, identify common causes, and drive robust software-code solutions.
- Communicate issues using JIRA and the D&V Chart.
- Communicate feature and system functionality with the DCV Build team to ensure quality builds.
- Communicate feature-testing status in management meetings to support successful DCV drivable-unit build events.
- Manage software implementation on DCV Signoff breadboards and maintain software levels to support disciplined capability delivery for the requesting community.
- Resolve or escalate issues that jeopardize PEC and FEC sign-off milestones.
- Review and suggest revisions to procedures and requirements to assess compliance for areas of responsibility.
- Assess electrical Design Verification sign-off requirements on time and place appropriate data in the appropriate test-data repository.
- Support certification and development testing for type approval and homologation, develop test documentation, and support witness testing.
- Work with Core Engineering and Test Operations to correlate requirements to customer needs, improve test-method accuracy and efficiency, and support analytical-tool development.
- Schedule and execute test cases for electrical feature requirements specified in JAMA.
- Develop, maintain, and update simulator hardware and software model test systems for automotive validation testing.
- Identify opportunities to automate testing.
- Experience in electrical systems design and/or electrical or functional testing, with working knowledge of electrical and software components and wire harnesses.
- Experience with certification and homologation, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and Economic Commission for Europe requirements, testing laboratories, and pre-test preparation.
- Experience in program management involving development of components and systems according to official product development systems.
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment with mechanics, engineers, technicians, technologists, and suppliers.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, including Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Project, and SharePoint sites.
- Experience with MATLAB and Simulink for simulation.
- Experience with VISION ATI, Vehicle Spy, and Wireshark.
- Ability to use related Ford systems, including Advanced Vehicle Bill of Material, Enhanced Laboratory Management System, Corporate Procurement and Receiving System, FEDE, Global Prototype Inventory Requisitioning and Scheduling, Global Integrator, SPROUT, Teamcenter, VSEM, Worldwide Engineering Release System, and Global Product Development System program timing.
- Ability to communicate key issues and recommendations to management.
Amentum provides technical and engineering services to government agencies to support high-stakes missions such as space launch, nuclear cleanup, and military operations. Its offerings combine workforce, engineering, and mission-support capabilities across the full lifecycle—from planning and design to operations and sustainment—delivered as contracted services. The company differentiates itself through scale and breadth: formed from a spin-off and expanded by acquiring DynCorp and PAE, and later merging with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence units, making it one of the largest government services contractors with about 53,000 employees and a public listing (AMTM). Its main goal is to help the U.S. and its allies achieve mission success for critical national programs by providing comprehensive, reliable government-focused technical services.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
Post IPO Equity
Headquarters
Germantown, Maryland
Founded
2020
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- September 2026 SSEN awards expand Amentum's UK grid cybersecurity and digital transformation pipeline.
- August 2026 brought $406 million GBE-N, $425 million CALFIRE, and $974 million NASA wins.
- Third-quarter fiscal 2026 operating income jumped 67%, signaling better execution despite lower revenue.
What critics are saying
- Amentum announced 382 Maryland layoffs on August 18, 2026 from intelligence contract transitions.
- Fiscal 2026 revenue guidance was cut to $13.95 billion after protest delays.
- NASA insourcing threatens Amentum's FY2027 top line by 3%, risking deeper contract losses.
What makes Amentum unique
- Amentum spans NASA, nuclear, intelligence, and UK defense across 70-plus countries.
- It secured exclusive SSEN Transmission cybersecurity engineering roles in September 2026.
- Its July 2026 backlog reached $48.2 billion, anchoring multi-year government work.
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"SSEN Transmission is expanding the grid at a pace the UK's energy security depends on, and that growth must be secure by design," said Matthew Morgan, UK-based group director for Security, Systems and Integration at Amentum. "Our teams will protect critical assets, scale digital capability, and turn operational data into faster, better decisions. We are investing in our team in Scotland to deliver this work, backed by Amentum's deep UK and international experience." Working from offices in Cardiff, Glasgow, London, and Warrington, Amentum will build upon existing security architecture work the company has performed for SSEN Transmission since 2022. Under three-year agreements, Amentum will leverage its expertise in digital transformation, operational technology (OT), and renewable energy integration to support the UK's energy transition goals. "The Five Eyes cyber security agencies have recognized the impact of AI in accelerating the speed, scale and sophistication of cyber threats. Leveraging Amentum's proven expertise in modernizing and securing critical digital infrastructure, we can support SSEN Transmission in addressing one of the most serious challenges of our time," said Jennifer Walsmith, president of Intelligence & Cyber at Amentum. "We look forward to delivering the innovation and security needed to strengthen the UK's energy future." About Amentum Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. Its people apply undaunted curiosity, relentless ambition and boundless imagination to challenge convention and drive progress. Its commitments are underpinned by the belief that safety, collaboration and well-being are integral to success.Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, Amentum Holdings, Inc. has approximately 50,000 employees in more than 70 countries across all 7 continents. About Amentum in the United Kingdom With more than 6,000 people in the UK, Amentum is the delivery partner for project and construction management services at Hinkley Point C; sole program and project management delivery partner at Sizewell C; and also supports the UK's existing nuclear power stations under a Lifetime Enterprise Agreement with EDF. It is a major supplier of engineering design, safety case and project management at Sellafield and other UK nuclear decommissioning sites and operates the country's largest private sector complex of nuclear laboratories and engineering test facilities in Warrington. 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