About the role
Do you have an eye for detail and enjoy working with amazing products and tools? Join us in championing and protecting explorers and heroes! As a Senior Test Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the most complex and critical testing projects within the organization. You will develop sophisticated test plans, mentor junior engineers, and ensure the highest level of product performance and compliance with industry standards.
Our testing approach evolves with the design maturity, extending from initial stages through to post-production follow-ups on subsequent articles.
The role involves extensive system testing, aimed at assessing a broad spectrum of mission equipment such as communication, computing, navigation, and surveillance systems, to ensure they meet design and functionality standards.
Please note, this role does not require any knowledge or skills related to software or automation testing.
The ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance), Aviation, and Security (IAS) business area is a leader in ISR and aviation, it is a leading prime manned and unmanned aircraft systems integrator for innovative, high-performance ISR and aviation systems. Its end-to-end Command, Control, Computers, Communications and Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities encompass design, integration, test, certification, ground/flight training and complete logistics support. IAS tailors solutions to customer cost, performance, and schedule requirements and designs to consistently exceed expectations – with an unrivaled record of on time and on (or under) budget deliveries.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage complex and high-stakes testing projects.
- Plan, assign, and track test‑related work to meet program schedules, coordinating inter‑department support, unique test resources, and near‑term outlooks with internal and external stakeholders.
- Manage planning documentation workflows by coordinating approvals of latest reviewed versions.
- Coordinate test planning activities including instrumentation requirements, installation efforts, pre‑test briefings, and required review boards.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for test execution, resolving scheduling issues and ensuring alignment across engineering, maintenance, and conformity teams.
- Track and report test execution status, including aircraft instrumentation configuration, maintenance actions, conformity updates, and required post‑flight data reviews.
- Manage the reporting lifecycle, monitoring report development, review/signature progress, and releasing final reports.
- Capture and maintain program lessons learned through test-specific hot wash sessions and updates to the Lessons Learned Log.