Lead Test Engineer - Travel

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of system-level hardware/software Test Engineering experience
• 2+ years leading and mentoring Test Engineers
• Experience owning a formal Test program from design through deployment
• Experience writing and executing formal test plans and procedures
• System, functional, integration, performance, and load testing
• Ability to review technical requirements and develop verification strategies
• Experience managing Test schedules, resources, and milestones
• Experience leading formal testing in a regulated engineering environment
• Strong defect tracking and troubleshooting experience
• Strong customer/stakeholder communication skills
• BS in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent applicable experience

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Telecommunications / telephony / VoIP
• Mission-critical systems
• FAA, DoD, NASA, aerospace, or defense experience
• Federal government customer experience
• JIRA / JAMA
• Customer or Site Acceptance Testing
• Networking / communications systems
• Formal qualification testing

Job Description

Lead formal Test Engineering programs for mission-critical hardware and software systems supporting customers such as the FAA, DoD, and NASA. Responsible for managing the Test team, schedules, requirements, formal testing, defects, documentation, and customer communication while remaining hands-on with system-level testing.

Day-to-Day

• Lead and mentor a team of Test Engineers.
• Own Test program schedules, resources, milestones, and deliverables.
• Review hardware/software requirements and determine Test strategy.
• Write, review, and execute formal Test procedures.
• Oversee system, integration, performance, load, reliability, security, and voice-quality testing.
• Track and prioritize defects in JIRA and coordinate resolutions with Engineering.
• Lead customer Test events and technical working sessions.
• Manage Test environments, equipment, and scripts.
• Produce formal Test results and qualification reports.
• Provide Test program status and milestone updates to customers and senior leadership.

Travel

• Up to 25% travel
• Customer facilities and third-party Test labs as needed