Test Engineer - Military veterans preferred

Description

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact? 

Leidos is dedicated to making the world a safer place. This starts with helping our customers in the Defense Industry achieve their critical missions. Our dedicated Defense Group employees are solving critical challenges across the globe. At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success.  We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.   

Are you ready for your next career challenge? 

The Airborne Systems Business Area, part of the Defense Sector at Leidos, currently has an opening for a cleared Test Engineer to support Flight Testing out of our Beavercreek, OH office near WPAFB. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping the Air Force Research Lab, Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, and other DoD missions. Your role will be to support our diverse portfolio of programs through a combination of software design and development, hardware interfacing and integration, laboratory experimentation, ground and flight testing to deploy cutting edge, next generation solutions. 

Primary Responsibilities

• Leading the Planning of various Flight Tests, sometimes with a small team.

• Interfacing with customers and subcontractors regularly to determine test objectives, test plans, and to obtain answers.  

• Working with Government security and spectrum management to obtain approvals for the operation of test equipment. 

• Working to influence project/team leaders regarding process solutions and/or test approaches. 

• Lead and Collaborate with Flight Test Team members over execution of the test process.  

• Oversee the design and implementation of cabin layouts for various flight tests. 

• Direct and coordinate small to medium flight tests as either the test director or test coordinator. 

• Ensure and used best Flight Test practices to ensure repeatability of the test, uniformity of required documentation and Configuration Management of flight test documentation. 

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of prior relevant experience or a Master’s degree with 4+ years of experience  

• US Citizenship required

• Must have an active DoD TS clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI 

• Experience working in a SIL environment 

• Experience with leading small teams

• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute test plans and test reporting 

• Able to interface with a customer or subcontractor directly to coordinate plans and/or obtain answers

• Strong Technical writing skills 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Aircraft Performance and Airspace Knowledge 

• Strong desire to grow and learn new technologies

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally from informal one-on-one discussions or in a small group environment

• Ability to work within a dynamic work environment, ability to handle multiple tasks at once (multi-task) 

Preferred Qualifications

• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance 

• Demonstrated test plan and test report writing skills. 

• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute test plans and test reporting in support of aircraft operations. 

• Previous experience supporting remote exercises and demonstrations at test ranges in the United States. 

• Experience in data collection and analysis to verify accuracy of test objectives met. 

• Datalink/Mesh Network Field Experience 

• COMSEC Experience 

• Hands-on aircraft maintenance and/or modification experience. 

• Previous experience supporting remote exercises and demonstrations at test ranges in the United States. 

• Familiar with Agile Methodologies, preferably SCRUM or Kanban 

• Experience with Atlassian tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket 

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.