Systems Test Engineer
- Columbia, MD, United States
$120,000 to $140,000 USD / year
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Job details
- Pay
- $120,000 to $140,000 USD / year
- Experience
- 3–5+ years of Systems Engineering, Systems Test, Integration & Test, or similar experience
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Required Skills & Experience
- 3–5+ years of Systems Engineering, Systems Test, Integration & Test, or similar experience
- Strong networking background
- System-level testing across hardware and software
- Experience writing and executing test procedures
- Ability to review and analyze requirements and determine test scope
- Hands-on troubleshooting and testing experience
- Experience working with integrated systems rather than software-only testing
- Strong technical documentation and communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or related field, or equivalent applicable experience
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
- Telecommunications / communications systems
- VoIP
- Federal program experience
- Mission-critical systems
- Wireshark
- Oscilloscopes
- Multimeters
- Linux
- HP servers
- JIRA / JAMA
- Hardware testing
- Formal verification testing
- Production or customer acceptance testing
Job Description
Hybrid Systems Engineering / Test Engineering role supporting mission-critical federal communication systems. This person will work across both the Systems and Test teams, with a focus on system-level hardware, software, networking, and telecommunications testing. The role reports into the Test organization but will also support Systems Engineering activities. Looking for someone who understands how integrated systems work and can take technical requirements through testing and verification.
Day-to-Day
- Support both the Systems Engineering and Test Engineering teams.
- Review system requirements and determine how they should be tested and verified.
- Work at a system level across hardware, software, networking, and communications components.
- Write and execute formal test procedures.
- Perform hands-on testing, dry runs, and formal system testing.
- Troubleshoot system, network, hardware, and software issues.
- Support system integration and verification activities.
- Verify systems meet technical and customer requirements.
- Document defects, test results, and technical findings.
- Work with Systems Engineers and Test Engineers to resolve issues identified during testing.
- Support production/customer acceptance and system deployment testing as needed.