Enterprise System Test Engineer Technical Specialist

Arcfield was purpose-built to protect the nation and its allies through innovations in digital transformation, space mission engineering and launch assurance, miniaturized sensors and satellites, advanced modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and conventional and hypersonic missile support. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA with 16 global offices, Arcfield employs more than 1,500 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals with more than 60 years of collective proven experience supporting missions in cyber and space defense, space exploration, hypersonic and nuclear deterrence and warfighter readiness. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Project Description:

The Verification, Validation and Transition (VV&T) team is responsible for technical support of the planning and execution of enterprise and system-level verification, validation and transition activities for national assets, associated ground segments and services, and information processing systems within the enterprise. The team supports the recommended closure of enterprise and system requirements; independent verification, validation and test in support of delivered system capabilities and mission closure, overseeing readiness events in support of enterprise, system and acquisition-level test milestones; leading and supporting project planning; assessing schedule and risk; generating and presenting engineering briefings; and interfacing with numerous customers. This position requires an understanding of the intelligence community and customer domain, along with a strong focus on core systems engineering processes in support of end-to-end mission and services closure.

Responsibilities:

This position requires an individual to be able to support an Experimental Research and Development Program (ERD) in support of the customers' Verification, Validation, and Transition (VV&T) program.

In support of the VV&T team, the candidate is required to have a strong System test engineering background and significant space and ground domain knowledge in customer mission technical capabilities and performance. The candidate may have daily interaction with the customer and supporting contractors and will need to follow customer standards and processes as the program matures through the life cycle. Candidate will interact with multiple Acquisition Offices (AOs) and facilitate risk and action closure with Acquisition Offices and users, and support technical consultation, meeting coordination, and support to recommendation briefings.

Activities supported may include, but are not limited to:

• Evaluation of architecture, requirements, risks and opportunities, and processes for VV&T impacts
• Definition of VV&T activities and associated VV&T products (e.g., strategies, plans, Requests for Change (RFC), procedures, checklists, RVTMs, briefings, etc.) for new and modified mission and service capabilities
• Lead or support the execution of those VV&T activities (e.g. Test events, Transitions, Milestone Readiness Events)
• Prepare reports describing the results, risk assessment, discrepancy reporting and lessons learned of those VV&T activities

Required Skills:

• 10 - 12 years with BS/BA or 8 - 10 years with MS/MA or 5 - 7 years with a PhD in a STEM field
• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Verification, Validation and Transition (VV&T) experience within overall customer domain
• Strong business acumen; ability to relate professionally inside the work environment with the customer and multiple internal and external mission partners
• Detailed knowledge of System Test and overall space and ground architecture
• Expertise in mission technical capabilities and system performance analysis and assessment
• Experience with Mission Planning, Control or Processing functions in support of space and ground architecture
• Experience writing test strategies and plans, executing tests, analyzing data and summarizing results
• Experience in system integration and transition approaches to accommodate End to End system engineering and test of space and ground systems
• Commitment to recognize, understand, respect and operate effectively within various SETA, FFRDC, and Government lines of authority

Strongly Desired Skills:

• Familiarity with the WFs customer
• Technical familiarity with one or more satellite domains: GEOINT, SIGINT or COMM
• Experience with VV&T from an acquisition, operations or systems engineering perspective
• Experience with Satellite Systems
• Experience with space ground systems and/or mission operations
• Experience with commercial VV&T techniques that are transferable to the NTM arena

We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.