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Staff Test & Evaluation Engineer - Networked Battlefield Systems

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $166,000–$166,000🗓 2026-09-04 → 2026-09-26

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

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