Test Engineer

Adventure Technology Services is a small IT contractor headquartered in Hanover, MD that provides high-level solutions to Federal Government customers and is always looking for high-quality professionals to join our team.

Position Title: Test Engineer level 2

Required Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph

Location: Annapolis Junction

Description:

Required Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph

Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Job Description:

• Conduct research into and apply knowledge of Government test and evaluation concepts and related engineering, acquisition, and operations activities as needed to support the T&E activities
• Plan and Execute Performance Analysis
• Review planned acquisition approaches to support T&E schedule alignment with decision maker needs for T&E support
• Analyze performance risk areas to focus T&E planning
• Specify, validate, and adapt Modeling and Simulation for T&E use
• Apply Statistical Analysis of variations in performance behavior to characterize confidence in performance estimates
• Select, develop, & use analysis tools
• Execute the evaluation plan on data collected by the Testing Tasks
• Plan and Execute Performance Data Collection
• Plan program and event level testing for collection of data required for analysis and to synch T&E events with supported decision points
• Establish and employ Data & Configuration Management capabilities
• Coordinate with program Systems Engineering (SE) and review T&E-related SE information to
• leverage functional analysis, system descriptions, parameter selection and dependencies, Modeling and Simulation, and initial performance risk assessments to inform evaluation planning
• Assess operational environments and priorities for evaluation attention and scenario selection,
• and to coordinate user participation in T&E
• Plan program and event-level risk-tailored performance estimation and analysis of system and operational Effectiveness and Suitability metrics & conditions; levels of T&E include inspection, demonstration, paper analysis, survey, simulation, and physical test
• Design surveys for evaluation of Subject Matter Expert (SME) input and user assessments of performance
• Participate in the T&E Working-level Integrated Product Team (WIPT) and/or Integrated Test Team for coordination of evaluation plans
• Produce Evaluation Plans (metric framework, scenarios/threads, timelines, requirements/T&E cross-walk), Analysis Plans, Data Requirements, Risk Assessments, Evaluation Reports, Status mreports; provide input to Government T&E products (e.g., Technology Readiness Assessments, Test & Evaluation Strategy, Test & Evaluation Master Plan, T&E Plans & Procedures and Test Readiness Reports)

DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 certification is required.

Education & Related Experience:

• Eight (8) years experience as a TE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity
  is required. Bachelor's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, Statistics, Engineering Management or
  related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional TE
  experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Salary Range: $45,000-$75,000

Salary ranges are determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to:

Knowledge, skills, & abilities Years of experience

Education/Certifications Program placement

Duties & responsibilities Internal equity

More detailed information will be provided once those factors are known and addressed.

OVERTIME STATEMENT:

40 hours is the standard workweek. Some programs may allow additional hours to be worked as needed. A limited number of programs have on-call requirements where compensation is provided for being engaged to wait. In all circumstances, technical employees will be paid for all time worked.

BONUS STATEMENT:
All billable employees are eligible to earn quarterly bonuses that are based on the number of hours worked for that period. This hourly requirement is roughly 92% of hours available to bill in a given quarter. Quarterly Hours Bonuses are paid out on the same payroll as the time worked in that prior quarter (typically 21 days after the quarter ends.)

Adventure offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

Health, Dental, and Vision coverage

401(k) with 8% matching

Adventure-paid Life, Short-, and Long-Term Disability insurances

Generous PTO, Holiday, and Emergency Leave

Professional development & tuition

And much more! For a full list of benefits and additional details, click here. https://adventuretech.us/benefits