Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Work Arrangement: On-Site, Office and Customer Sites
Employment Type: Direct Placement
Experience Level: Multiple Levels
Salary Range: $56,200 to $118,600 Annually
Sign-On Bonus: Up to $5,000
Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required
Clearance: Ability to Obtain a Secret Clearance Required
Position Overview
We are recruiting System Test Engineers at multiple experience levels for direct placement opportunities in Colorado Springs, Colorado. These positions support the maintenance, sustainment, improvement, and modernization of six Ground-Based Radar systems, including five Upgraded Early Warning Radars (UEWRs), one Perimeter Acquisition Radar Characterization System (PARCS), and associated integration laboratories.
The System Test Engineer will collaborate with systems engineering, software, hardware, cyber, and logistics engineering teams to develop and implement approved modernization efforts within established performance, cost, and schedule objectives. The work supports continued operational capability while enabling the integration of new technologies into existing radar systems.
The engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing tests to ensure radar systems meet quality standards and warfighter expectations. This includes developing and maintaining test plans, descriptions, scripts, procedures, and reports, analyzing test results, troubleshooting issues, documenting defects, and supporting laboratory and site test activities.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and implement testing activities in laboratory and site environments.
- Plan and coordinate labor, schedules, and equipment required for test and evaluation activities.
- Define testing parameters and develop Test Plans, Test Descriptions, and Test Procedures.
- Execute testing activities supporting Ground-Based Radar sustainment and modernization.
- Compile test data and analyze results to verify requirements or recommend changes to testing parameters, procedures, or processes.
- Collect, clean, and analyze data to identify trends, patterns, and insights supporting data-driven decision-making.
- Create visualizations, dashboards, and reports using tools such as Excel or MATLAB to communicate analytical findings to stakeholders.
- Develop technical specifications and documentation for test procedures and results.
- Ensure testing activities comply with applicable industry standards and regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to integrate new test procedures and improve existing procedures.
- Provide technical support and troubleshooting for hardware and software updates during testing.
- Identify and document defects discovered during laboratory and site testing.
- Maintain complete records of testing activities and results through formal Test Reports.
- Support requirements verification and formal test activities for government delivery.
Required Qualifications
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field. An advanced degree is preferred.
- Experience participating in, preparing, and executing comprehensive subsystem and enterprise-level Test Plans, Test Descriptions, and Test Procedures.
- Ability to execute formal tests and prepare test reports for formal government delivery.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a project team environment while managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to commute to and work daily in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and documentation skills.
- Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to use Excel formulas, tables, and basic pivot tables to analyze and present data.
- Ability to create and format complex Word documents, including tables, graphics, and charts.
- Ability to develop PowerPoint presentations incorporating appropriate presentation and Office tools.
- Ability to independently manage email, calendars, appointments, and contacts using Outlook.
Preferred Qualifications
- 4+ years of full-time professional experience in test engineering or a related field.
- Experience with system requirements elicitation, definition, and functional allocation to hardware and software segments and components.
- Experience developing technical specifications and analyzing hardware configurations and software solutions to propose new system-level requirements.
- Experience performing integration and formal test analysis and documenting results for requirements selloff.
- Experience supporting system-level Test and Evaluation for strategic, space, and missile warning missions.
- Experience working with Combatant Commands, Service-level organizations, or acquisition directorates.
- Experience documenting test requirements and methodologies within a requirements management system.
- Ability to operate effectively in an Agile software development and Scrum environment.
About the Opportunity
This direct placement opportunity provides the chance to support testing and modernization of Ground-Based Radar systems critical to Missile Warning, Missile Defense, and Space Domain Awareness missions.
System Test Engineers will work across test planning, test procedure development, formal test execution, system integration, requirements verification, data analysis, troubleshooting, and technical reporting while collaborating with systems, software, hardware, cyber, and logistics engineering teams.
Candidates are being considered across multiple experience levels. The position is performed on-site in Colorado Springs across office and customer-site environments and includes a sign-on bonus of up to $5,000.
