Test Operator/Analyst (Electronic Warfare)

Location: Huntsville, Alabama, United States; work in office, laboratory, field, and test-range environments. No telework option is available, and travel to Government facilities, test ranges, and field locations is required as mission needs dictate.

Anticipated compensation: $145,000–$160,000 annually for a full-time schedule.

Company

hirify.global provides systems engineering and technical assistance support to Army Product Manager offices.

What you will do

• Support Army Product Manager Office test and evaluation efforts as a SETA contractor.
• Lead working-level Test and Evaluation Integrated Product Teams with Government representatives, test organizations, system integrators, operational users, and mission partners.
• Develop and refine test strategies, plans, procedures, test cards, scenarios, data-collection plans, and readiness-review materials.
• Participate in Contractor Test, Developmental Test, Operational Test, system integration, and field experimentation activities for military systems and subsystems.
• Operate or support military weapon systems and test equipment; collect, validate, and analyze test data, observations, logs, and related artifacts.
• Assess system performance, reliability, usability, maintainability, and operational suitability; track discrepancies, risks, anomalies, and retest actions.
• Prepare test reports, status updates, after-action reviews, briefings, observations, recommendations, and other technical products.
• Coordinate test planning and execution with Government personnel, system integrators, test agencies, range personnel, military units, and other stakeholders.
• Provide operational-user input on system employment, tactics, techniques, procedures, training, and human-system integration, while supporting scheduling, logistics, equipment accountability, and configuration management.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience operating military weapon systems in an operational, training, test, or similar environment.
• At least 3 years of Department of War test experience, including developmental testing, operational testing, system integration testing, or field experimentation.
• Experience supporting test planning, test execution, data collection, discrepancy documentation, and test reporting.
• Ability to read, interpret, and execute technical procedures, test plans, test cards, and operational documentation.
• Ability to analyze technical and operational test results and communicate findings verbally and in writing.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple test tasks, priorities, and coordination requirements independently and within an integrated Government-contractor team.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to meet travel and field-support requirements, including outdoor test activities and work outside normal business hours when required by test schedules, range availability, or operational events.
• U.S. citizenship and a TS clearance with SCI eligibility are required.

Nice to have

• Experience operating, maintaining, testing, or supporting EW systems.
• Experience with Army EW, signals intelligence, spectrum management, electromagnetic spectrum operations, threat systems, or related mission areas.
• Familiarity with Army acquisition, product-management, and test-and-evaluation processes.
• Experience supporting test events at Army test centers, Government laboratories, test ranges, or operational units.
• Experience with instrumentation, data-acquisition systems, RF systems, telemetry, system logs, or test-data reduction.
• Prior service as a military operator, maintainer, instructor, evaluator, or test participant for Army weapon or mission-command systems.
• Experience preparing formal test reports, operational assessments, technical memoranda, and executive-level briefings.
• Familiarity with requirements traceability, configuration management, risk management, and defect-tracking processes.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical, operational, engineering, or military studies discipline; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-focused support for Army systems and Product Manager Office decisions.
• Work alongside Government representatives, military personnel, contractors, test organizations, system integrators, and operational users.
• Work spans office, laboratory, field, and test-range environments.
• Full-time employment with compensation based on job-related skills, experience, and education.