Principal Test & Evaluation Engineer - Networked Battlefield Systems
Core
Senior technical authority for test and evaluation strategy across Connected Warfare's portfolio of networked battlefield systems, providing oversight for complex, high-risk, and multi-system test campaigns.
Role type
Principal Test & Evaluation Engineer (Strategy & Mentorship)
Builds
Verification strategies, test documentation, and cross-system integration solutions for networked C2 and sensor autonomy platforms.
Domain
Defense / Networked Battlefield Systems / Hardware-Software Integration
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
System-level test and evaluation, technical leadership without formal management, cross-system integration analysis, requirements-based verification strategy, RF communications and tactical datalinks, DoD test processes (MIL-STD), root-cause investigation, test metrics assessment, technical presentation to government stakeholders.
Preferred skills
Test automation framework scaling, CI/CD pipelines, hardware-in-the-loop environments, EMI/EMC and environmental testing standards, remote/austere operational testing.
Technologies
Lattice OS, HIL/SIL environments, MIL-STD protocols, tactical datalinks, networked C2 systems.
Responsibilities
Provide technical oversight and support for the division's most complex test campaigns; review and strengthen verification strategies across software-enabled hardware and pure-software systems; act as connective tissue to drive reuse of test infrastructure and lessons learned; mentor Staff and Lead Test Engineers on test plans and execution; support Test Readiness Reviews and customer acceptance events; confirm traceability from requirements to validation results; lead root-cause investigations on cross-system anomalies; represent T&E in engineering design reviews and technical exchanges.
Seniority
Principal, senior-most individual contributor technical authority