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We are seeking a dedicated professional to serve as a Test & Evaluation Engineer (CUAS Software Lab) supporting the NSWC Crane Expeditionary Electronic Warfare division (MXQ). In this role, you will be instrumental in ensuring the performance, reliability, and mission-readiness of Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (CUAS) and Electronic Warfare (EW) systems.

Job Responsibilities:

• Support operational software lab test and evaluation activities for CUAS and EW systems.
• Plan, coordinate, execute, and document software test events in lab, hardware-in-the-loop, and operationally relevant environments.
• Support software unit testing, software integration testing, system-level testing, regression testing, verification and validation, and acceptance testing.
• Develop and review test objectives, test procedures, test cases, test scripts, data collection plans, test reports, and software assessment products.
• Verify that software test results comply with approved test requirements, acceptance criteria, operational needs, and customer-defined performance expectations.
• Perform traceability analysis between requirements, test cases, test procedures, test execution results, and documented findings.
• Support evaluation of Government Furnished Code, Government Furnished Information, contractor-developed software, and private software products used in CUAS test environments.
• Assist with software-based test and evaluation, quality assurance, requirements documentation, lab testing, demonstrations, and improvements to field test software.
• Support configuration, operation, and maintenance of operational software lab environments used to evaluate CUAS capabilities.
• Assist with standing up and maintaining representative lab environments, including software builds, test tools, data collection systems, interfaces, networked test assets, and hardware-in-the-loop configurations.
• Support hardware-in-the-loop testing to evaluate software performance, system response, RF characteristics, output timing, mission behavior, and CUAS effectiveness.
• Identify software anomalies, data gaps, regression issues, integration problems, test limitations, and operational impacts.
• Document software deficiencies, test observations, corrective actions, retest results, and engineering recommendations.
• Coordinate with software developers, systems engineers, RF engineers, cybersecurity personnel, test directors, configuration managers, and Government leads to resolve issues and support test readiness.
• Support test automation efforts to improve test consistency, repeatability, rigor, and efficiency.
• Participate in test readiness reviews, technical interchange meetings, Integrated Product Teams, daily test briefs, post-test debriefs, and lessons learned reviews.
• Support the development, review, revision, verification, and release of T&E documentation, including test plans, SOPs, schedules, briefs, reports, and technical summaries.
• Ensure software lab test artifacts, test data, and technical documentation are properly marked, controlled, stored, and retained in accordance with applicable security, CUI, OPSEC, and configuration management requirements.

Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline.

Job Requirements:

• Zero (0) to three (3) years of professional experience in RF, microwave, or electronic systems engineering.
•   Relevant software test, military, technical, or laboratory test experience may be considered in lieu of degree depending on customer requirements.
• Experience supporting software test and evaluation, software integration testing, system-level testing, regression testing, or verification and validation.
• Experience developing or executing test procedures, test cases, test scripts, test reports, or software assessment documentation.
• Understanding of software test processes, requirements traceability, defect tracking, configuration control, and test data analysis.
• Ability to support lab-based software testing and coordinate across software, systems, test, and cybersecurity teams.
• Ability to document technical findings, risks, issues, assumptions, and recommendations.
• Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain interim Secret clearance to start. Final Secret Clearance is required.