Job Description

Freedom Technology Solutions Group is seeking a Test Engineer to support the enhancement, sustainment, and modernization of ground-based satellite geolocation systems. The ideal candidate will contribute to the full engineering lifecycle—from requirements development through deployment—delivering innovative software-based capabilities that advance critical mission operations. As a mid level Test Engineer you will be responsible for the following:

• Contribute to cutting edge development programs and test new solutions.
• Innovate testing for RF signal processing applications.
• Test analytics, visualization and discovery tools.
• Evaluate the integration of new and legacy software across a variety of hardware form factors.
• Assess operational system performance requirements for testability and criticality to frame and prioritize Test & Evaluation (T&E) objectives and enable evaluation planning.
• Review planned acquisition approaches to support T&E schedule alignment with decision maker needs for T&E support.
• Coordinate with program System Engineering (SE) and review T&E-related SE 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 to coordinate user participation in T&E.
• Plan program- and event-level risk-tailored performance estimation and analysis of system and operational Effectiveness and Suitability metrics & conditions, levels of T&E include inspection, demonstration, paper analysis, survey, simulation, and physical test.
• Participate in the T&E Working-level Integrated Product Team (WIPT) and/or Integrated Test Team for coordination of evaluation plans.
• Produce Evaluation Plans (metric framework, scenarios/threads, timelines, requirements/T&E cross-walk), Analysis Plans, Data Requirements, Risk Assessments, Evaluation Reports, Status reports.
• Plan program- and event-level testing for collection of data required for analysis and to synch T&E events with supported decision points.
• Design data sampling schemes to optimize the information/resource balance and to control testing uncertainties.
• Ensure test readiness including training of test event participants re: conduct of the event, equipment readiness, and security, legal, and privacy compliance arrangements.

Requirements

• Experience working directly with the Government sponsor to coordinate task implementation.
• Experience performing pre-deployment testing of new systems to include all system software and hardware releases prior to field deployment.
• Experience planning and execute testing and data collection, ensuring compliance with security and legal standards.
• Experience producing associated Test Plans, Procedures, and Reports/Briefings, Data Management Plan.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience as a Test Engineer on programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required.
• Active Security Clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Math, Science, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Four (4) years of additional TE experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree.