Sustainment Test and Evaluation Engineer

Acuity Innovations LLC is a small, woman-owned defense contracting company that provides enterprise architecture, solution design, digital engineering, defensive cyberspace operations, system integration, and test and evaluation products and services that improve performance and decrease decision timelines. Our fundamental, repeatable service offering is bound in architecting, designing, securing, integrating, and verifying the operational readiness of data ecosystems.   

Do you want to be part of a unique, small business that differentiates itself by:

• delivering the best products, integrated systems, and mission capabilities for the warfighter
• building long-term relationships and treating its employees as family
• deploying small but powerful High-Performance Teams, like elite Special Forces teams to each task
• collaborating within and across the Acuity Innovations teams as well as with the customer
• providing a growth path to partnership/ownership opportunities

If you have this type of passion and desire to be part of a collaborative team environment with the innovation, initiative, and confidence to make things better, then Acuity Innovations may be the right place to realize your personal and professional goals. 

Package includes:

• Competitive salary
• 3 weeks paid time off
• 11 Federal Holidays
• Flexible Hours
• Benefits 
• Career Development/Mentorship Opportunities
• Company Sponsored Social Events
  

https://acuityinnovationsllc.com

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Brief Job Description:  Acuity Innovations is seeking a Sustainment Test and Evaluation Engineer to join our team in Colorado Springs, CO.  An active Secret clearance or the ability to obtain is required.

The primary task is focused on the test and evaluation of multiple SATCOM terminals, baseband devices, and cryptographic solutions in a dynamic government communications lab environment.  Applicants will be working with a team of motivated engineers to design and execute test programs ranging from quarterly security releases up to modernization of legacy equipment or test and evaluation of modern terminal solutions.

Responsibilities: 

• Develop professional and concise briefing packages to both internal and external senior leaders and forums on systems engineering, integration, and test activities.
• Generate products (plans and reports) based on Department of Defense Architectural Framework (DoDAF) operational and system views to support the evaluation of end-to-end interoperability for SATCOM systems.
• Assess program level test products, such as test reports, as-run procedures, and raw data outputs, for compliance with enterprise level system/segment requirements.
• Coordinate with multi-service agencies regarding systems engineering, integration, and/or test events and efforts to further the future DoD SATCOM vision.
• Support the Space Systems Command and external multi-service agencies as a SATCOM system Subject Matter Expert (SME) to enable the missions and goals of various Combatant Commands and Components across the DoD.

Required Skills & Experiences: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science, or equivalent technical discipline from an accredited institution
• Knowledge of DoD/US Space Force (USSF) test processes and documentation and Operational Test (OT) experience supporting a DoD Operational Test Agency or Organization
• Demonstrated ability to work with military or DoD civilian clients and managing professional relationships
• Demonstrated ability of working with MILSATCOM equipment and troubleshooting

• Demonstrated ability of working with employing handling procedures for

Communications Security (COMSEC) materials and devices

• Must be a motivated, self-starter capable of autonomous on-the-job learning/improvement

• Understanding of the concepts and practice of systems engineering throughout the system lifecycle phases of concept, development, production, use, support, and retirement
• 5+ years of work experience in Systems Engineering or Test Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in development and documentation of Systems/Test engineering documents, including requirements, test reports, requirements verification, and requirements traceability
• 5+ years space systems experience (operations, maintenance, development).  Such as AFCPT, FAB-T, NMT, AEHF SMART-T, GASNT, MMS, KIV-7M, VACM, or other representative SATCOM systems or devices.
• US Citizenship and an active Secret clearance, or the ability to obtain, is required to be considered for this position

Preferred Skills & Experiences: 

• MS degree in engineering, physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, computer science, network and telecommunications; information systems, information technology, or computer information systems
• Certifications in Systems Engineering (INCOSE ESEP, CSEP)
• 10 years experience with government test and evaluation, Space Systems Center; MILSATCOM, or Joint Interoperability Test Command
• Large “system of systems” problem solving experience
• DOORS experience
• Active Top Secret clearance

Clearance: 

• All applicants selected will be subject to a background check and a security investigation and will need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.