Full-Time
Test Engineer
Level 3
Updated on 9/4/2026
Avalore
No salary listed
No H1B Sponsorship
Annapolis Junction, MD, USA
In Person
US Top Secret Clearance Required
Bachelor's
Category
 QA & Testing |
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Required Skills
Quality Assurance (QA)
Data Analysis
Requirements
- Eight years of experience as a Test Engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
- A bachelor's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
- Four years of additional Test Engineer experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
- An active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance with an appropriate current polygraph is required.
- Ability to receive privileged access rights.
- Eligibility requirements apply.
Responsibilities
- Analyze system requirements, concept of operations documents, acquisition plans, and system descriptions to develop evaluation and test plans and procedures, prepare for and conduct data collection and analysis, and report status and results.
- Support the development of Government test and evaluation documentation, including Test and Evaluation Strategy, Test and Evaluation Master Plan, Event Test Plans, Test Readiness Assessments, and Test and Evaluation Reports.
- Work with other test organizations to support test and evaluation program integration.
- Assist with Level 1 tasks as constrained by technical training and previous testing experience.
- Research and apply Government test and evaluation concepts and related engineering, acquisition, and operations activities to support test and evaluation activities.
- Plan and execute performance analysis.
- Review planned acquisition approaches to align the test and evaluation schedule with decision-maker needs for test and evaluation support.
- Analyze performance risk areas to focus test and evaluation planning.
- Specify, validate, and adapt modeling and simulation for test and evaluation use.
- Apply statistical analysis of variations in performance behavior to characterize confidence in performance estimates.
- Select, develop, and use analysis tools.
- Execute the evaluation plan on data collected by testing tasks.
- Plan and execute performance data collection.
- Plan program- and event-level testing to collect data required for analysis and synchronize test and evaluation events with supported decision points.
- Establish and employ data and configuration management capabilities.
- Support Data Authentication group functions and comply with program discrepancy-reporting criteria and processes.
- Assess operational and system performance requirements for testability and criticality to frame and prioritize test and evaluation objectives and enable evaluation planning.
- Coordinate with program Systems Engineering and review test and evaluation-related Systems Engineering information to leverage functional analysis, system descriptions, parameter selection and dependencies, modeling and simulation, and initial performance risk assessments to inform evaluation planning.
- Assess operational environments and priorities for evaluation attention and scenario selection, and coordinate user participation in test and evaluation.
- Plan program- and event-level risk-tailored performance estimation and analysis of system and operational effectiveness and suitability metrics and conditions across inspection, demonstration, paper analysis, survey, simulation, and physical test levels.
- Design surveys for evaluation of Subject Matter Expert input and user assessments of performance.
- Participate in the test and evaluation Working-level Integrated Product Team and/or Integrated Test Team for coordination of evaluation plans.
- Produce evaluation plans, analysis plans, data requirements, risk assessments, evaluation reports, and status reports, and provide input to Government test and evaluation products.
- Design data sampling schemes to optimize the information/resource balance and control testing uncertainties.
- Select, coordinate, and calibrate instrumentation, collection and data management tools, targets, and facilities.
- Ensure test readiness, including participant training, equipment readiness, and security, legal, and privacy compliance arrangements.
- Participate in the test and evaluation Working-level Integrated Product Team and/or Integrated Test Team for coordination of data collection plans.
- Execute testing and data collection according to plan.
- Produce associated test plans, procedures, reports and briefings, and a data management plan.
- Define and provide technical direction and guidance for Level 1 tasks to Level 0 and Level 1 Test Engineers assigned to the task.
- Recommend draft plans and reports from Level 1 tasks for approval by the task leader.
- Work directly with the Government sponsor to coordinate task implementation.
- Maintain knowledge of current and evolving agency, national, and international standards applicable to the system development of interest.
- Provide overall leadership of the test and evaluation task and serve as the primary liaison to the Government for supporting contract coordination and task execution.
- Communicate issues and solutions to the broader Government and contract management structure as requested by leadership.
- Ensure the appropriate level of team independence from the solution provider to support Government management of objectivity risk.
- Manage test and evaluation resources and tasks and ensure quality assurance of test processes and products.
- Coordinate and integrate evaluation and testing tasks and products.
- Participate in the test and evaluation Working-level Integrated Product Team and/or Integrated Test Team as needed to ensure proper coordination of test and evaluation activities.
- Drive innovation and responsiveness to program changes and evolving test and evaluation status by developing alternative courses of action, workarounds, and fallback positions with a recommended course of action for each risk, and monitor and reevaluate risks at appropriate milestones.