Senior Systems Engineer (Test and Evaluation)

Location: Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States

Salary: $140,000–$190,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global develops technology and products for robotic and autonomous platforms, ground, soldier, maritime, defense, aerospace, and security systems, including work in sensor science, signal processing, data fusion, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and augmented reality.

What you will do

• Provide systems engineering and programmatic oversight of contractor-executed verification, qualification, integration, and developmental test activities for the U.S. Army C5ISR Center Javelin Seeker effort.
• Develop, review, update, and staff T&E strategies, test plans, verification approaches, qualification documentation, readiness artifacts, safety documentation, data packages, and test reports.
• Maintain traceability between system requirements, verification methods, qualification events, and test results across the full acquisition life cycle.
• Lead or support T&E Working Integrated Product Teams, Test Readiness Reviews, and other technical reviews while coordinating with government organizations, test centers, laboratories, and contractors.
• Assess test adequacy, qualification status, system performance, program risk, discrepancies, root causes, corrective actions, regression testing, and retesting.
• Prepare technical briefings, verification status updates, system assessment inputs, and leadership recommendations, including assessments of EO/IR subsystem and integrated sensor performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in systems engineering, test and evaluation, integration and test, or qualification supporting defense acquisition programs.
• Experience supporting acquisition-level verification, qualification, developmental test, or system evaluation activities across the full acquisition life cycle.
• Experience providing government, SETA, program office, or lead engineering oversight of contractor-performed test activities.
• Experience developing, reviewing, or assessing test plans, procedures, readiness documentation, verification documentation, and test reports for complex defense systems.
• Experience with requirements development, verification planning, requirements traceability, and technical review processes.
• Experience supporting the development, integration, qualification, or test and evaluation of missile systems, seekers, sensors, EO/IR payloads, or other complex hardware-intensive defense systems.
• Strong analytical, technical writing, briefing, and communication skills, including communication with government, contractor, and cross-functional engineering stakeholders.
• Active DoD Secret or higher-level clearance required.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting U.S. Army or DoD test and evaluation activities with government test organizations, ranges, or laboratories such as ATEC, RTC, DEVCOM, or PEO Missiles and Space.
• Experience with developmental test, qualification test, system verification, verification cross-reference matrices, and test readiness reviews.
• Experience with missile seekers, optical/IR sensors, guidance systems, hardware-in-the-loop environments, or integrated sensor systems.
• Familiarity with MATLAB, Python, telemetry reduction tools, or other technical data analysis environments.
• Prior experience supporting Javelin, Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions, PEO Missiles and Space, or related missile or sensor programs.
• DAWIA Practitioner or equivalent certification in Test and Evaluation or Engineering, or PMP certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on complex defense, aerospace, security, and advanced technology programs.
• Workplace flexibility and support for health and well-being.
• Diverse and inclusive working environment focused on collaboration and varied perspectives.
• Opportunities to contribute to work supporting warfighters, security forces, allies, and critical infrastructure.