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System Test Engineer II

Virginia-Sterling Office💼 Full-time💰 $90,000–$90,000🗓 2026-08-07 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and execute system-level test strategies for Counter-UAS (CUAS) stacks, including detection, tracking, identification, and defeat of drone threats across hardware, software, and networking.

Role type

Senior System Test Engineer (CUAS/Counter-Drone)

Builds

CUAS product lines and integrated sensor platforms for live threat environments

Domain

Defense/Security, Counter-UAS, RF, Radar, Computer Vision

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

system-level test strategy, system integration testing, field test & evaluation, RF/wireless validation, environmental/reliability testing, test automation, radar testing, EO/IR or camera testing, acoustic sensing, cross-stack debugging, field operations management, data analysis

Preferred skills

CUAS/EW/SIGINT experience, RF depth (DF, spectrum analysis, jamming/mitigation), UAS familiarity, automated test frameworks

Technologies

RF sensors, radar, EO/IR, acoustic sensors, networking radios, HIL, RF-chamber, environmental setups

Responsibilities

Own system-level test strategy from prototype to field deployment; Design and execute integration test plans across full stack; Plan and execute field test campaigns with target drones; Build and maintain test tooling, automation, and data capture systems; Collect, analyze, and report test metrics and insights; Evaluate third-party systems against acceptance criteria; Triage complex multi-system failures and reproduce intermittent issues; Partner with teams to bake in testability early; Help shape the System Test and Evaluation discipline

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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