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Systems Test Engineers (Expert and Lead)

Salary

Expert Level 3: $112,200 - $151,800 Lead… per year

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Description

Boeing Defense, Space, and Security (BDS), Space Weapons and Information Systems is seeking Systems Test Engineers (Expert and Lead) to support the Wideband Global Satellite (WGS) Ground Satellite Configuration & Control Element (GSCCE) Modernization effort in Colorado Springs, CO.

The selected candidate will operate in a fast-paced, modified-agile environment, contributing to product documentation development and broader systems engineering activities, including system design, integration, sustainment, and support of technical deliverables such as SOWs and test procedures.

Position Responsibilities by Functional Area

Hardware

  • Perform system design analysis of ground infrastructure hardware baselines
  • Analyze performance requirements and allocation to segments and subsystems
  • Develop and execute simulation and modeling to assess GSCCE system performance attributes
  • Establish and support system-level management and interfaces
  • Identify, evaluate, and review design decisions, trade studies, and architecture improvements
  • Develop and manage risk and opportunity baselines

Requirements

  • Establish and maintain requirements baselines, including analysis, derivation, allocation, and traceability
  • Manage requirements and system mission threads
  • Decompose complex requirements into executable user stories
  • Map and document system requirements

Documentation

  • Document system design analyses, performance analyses, and simulation and modeling results
  • Support verification and validation activities for hardware prototypes and onboard software qualification
  • Write reusable, high-quality test procedures
  • Design and document test campaigns spanning simulation and hardware-in-the-loop environments
  • Document test data, defects, and results, and communicate findings to cross-functional teams
  • Maintain technical documentation for requirements, design decisions, trade studies, interfaces, and risk and opportunity baselines

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology (including Manufacturing Technology), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
  • Ability to obtain secret clearance post start
  • 5+ years of proven experience performing software integration, test, validation, and verification documentation for systems engineering
  • Must be familiar with all types of documentation and repositories including all Microsoft Tools.
  • 5+ years of experience with Web Service integrations (REST / SOAP APIs)
  • 3+ years of experience with software integration and end to end testing methodologies
  • Experience Decomposing complex requirements into executable discrete user stories
  • Up to 25% travel required

Preferred Qualifications

  • Level 4: 8+ years of proven experience performing software integration, test, validation, and verification documentation for systems engineering
  • Active Secret Clearance or higher
  • Must be familiar with all types of documentation and repositories including all Microsoft Tools.
  • 8+ years of experience with Web Service integrations (REST / SOAP APIs)
  • 6+ years of experience with software integration and end to end testing methodologies

Pay & Benefits

  • Expert Level 3: $112,200 - $151,800
  • Lead Level 4: $136,850 - $185,150

Skills

Required

  • systems engineering
  • software integration
  • test
  • validation
  • verification
  • documentation
  • Microsoft Tools
  • Web Service integrations
  • REST / SOAP APIs
  • end to end testing methodologies

Nice to have

  • 8+ years of experience performing software integration
  • Active Secret Clearance or higher
  • 8+ years of experience with Web Service integrations
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