Systems Test Lead – Resilient Missile Warning & Tracking – Mwt

Systems Test Lead – Resilient Missile Warning & Tracking – Mwt

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in science, mathematics, or engineering discipline
• Experience with specific phases of system assessments to include: system requirements breakdown, test design/design of experiments, test planning, test execution, data collecting, data analysis, and test reporting
• Experience with DoD, USAF, and/or USSF Test and Evaluation policy, guidance, and best practices
• Twelve or more years of progressively responsible professional experience in test engineering and program management
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams
• Proven ability to establish and maintain trusted relationships with government customers, SETA contractors, and key stakeholders under minimal supervision
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills for interactions at all levels of government and corporate leadership
• Demonstrated ability to work adaptively on multiple tasks in a small team in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to travel domestically, approximately once every other month
• This position requires a current and active Secret security clearance and the ability to obtain a TS/SCI, which is issued by the US government. US citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to the Resilient MWT program office in developing and executing an integrated system test campaign across a multi-contractor system baseline
• Act as system test spokesperson on Systems Engineering, Integration and Test (SEIT) integrated product teams (IPTs); work shoulder-to-shoulder with government, SETA, SE&I and other FFRDC leads to ensure system test is well-integrated with the broader program systems engineering approach
• Lead the Aerospace test team in proactively identifying test related risk and opportunity trades, executing technical assessments of contractor test artifacts and presenting findings to government decision makers
• Develop, manage and mentor an Aerospace test engineering team by defining tasking, reviewing work products for technical adequacy, and mentoring junior staff in the test discipline
• Work closely with Aerospace management to define test support priorities; provide oversight and management of program staffing and budgets for the Aerospace system test line of effort (LOE)

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in engineering, mathematics, science, computer science, or other technical discipline
• Experience with Missile Warning & Tracking/Missile Defense architecture and performance
• Experience working large, complex issues and the ability to break down problems into meaningful steps to accomplish with a team
• Program office and management experience; experience directing matrixed technical support teams