Staff Engineer, System Test Network (R6030)
Core
Design, build, configure, and maintain scalable network architectures for HIL laboratories, integration environments, simulation systems, and shared test infrastructure.
Role type
Staff Engineer, System Test Network
Builds
Scalable network architectures, automation tools, validation utilities, and network observability capabilities for defense-tech HIL and simulation environments.
Domain
Defense technology, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing, Network Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Ethernet and TCP/IP networking, Layer 2/3 configuration, network automation (Python), network troubleshooting, test plan execution, network observability, source control/CI/CD integration, capacity planning
Preferred skills
Aerospace/defense program support, HIL/SIL/VIL environments, multicast routing and precision time protocol, infrastructure-as-code (Ansible, Terraform), virtualization/containers, network security hardening, tactical MANET/mesh-radio systems
Technologies
Wireshark, tcpdump, iperf, Persistent Systems MPU5/Wave Relay, Silvus StreamCaster, Cisco, Arista, Juniper, NVIDIA, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Netmiko, NAPALM, Terraform
Responsibilities
Design and maintain scalable network architectures for HIL labs and simulation systems; Define and manage Layer 2/3 configurations including VLANs, routing, QoS, and time-synchronization; Develop networking software, configuration-as-code, and automation tools; Integrate switches, routers, firewalls, and program hardware into representative network environments; Develop and execute network test plans measuring connectivity, throughput, and latency; Build network observability capabilities using packet capture and telemetry; Reproduce and resolve complex network and distributed-system issues; Partner with integration teams to translate operational feedback into network configurations; Maintain authoritative network baselines and documentation; Integrate network automation into CI/CD workflows; Evaluate network equipment and support capacity planning.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic guidance
