Staff Test & Evaluation Engineer - Networked Battlefield Systems
Core
Senior technical authority for test strategy and verification across Connected Warfare's portfolio of networked battlefield systems, ensuring technical coherence and resolving complex cross-system integration problems.
Role type
Principal Test Engineer (Strategy & Mentorship)
Builds
Verification strategies, test documentation, and cross-program test reuse 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 expertise, DoD test processes (MIL-STD), root-cause investigation, test metrics assessment, technical presentation to government stakeholders.
Preferred skills
Master's in Systems Engineering, Test Lead experience across multiple DoD programs (ACAT I/II), EMI/EMC and environmental testing standards, test automation framework scaling, CI/CD and hardware-in-the-loop environments, austere/tactical operational testing.
Technologies
Lattice OS, MIL-STD protocols, HIL/SIL environments, tactical datalinks, networked C2 systems.
Responsibilities
Provide technical oversight for high-risk, multi-system test campaigns; review and strengthen verification strategies across software-enabled hardware and pure-software systems; identify and drive reuse of test infrastructure and lessons learned across programs; mentor Staff and Lead Test Engineers on test plans and execution; support Test Readiness Reviews and customer acceptance events; ensure traceability from requirements to validation results; lead root-cause investigations for cross-boundary anomalies; represent T&E in engineering design reviews and government exchanges.
Seniority
Principal, senior-most individual contributor technical authority
