System Integration and Test Engineer - Mid
Role summary
The Systems Integration and Test Engineer will define system scope and objectives, and develop detailed specifications for testing complex systems. Responsibilities include designing, coding, testing, and debugging testing software and tools, with moderate experience in structured software development and modern test techniques. The role involves performing testing in physical and virtual labs, debugging system-level issues, analyzing requirements, and troubleshooting network configurations. Familiarity with FAA standards is required. This position requires collaboration with FAA and Leidos personnel, providing guidance to team members, and ensuring program milestones are met. Testing may occur in operational site conditions, including Air Traffic Control Towers.
Under general supervision, The Systems Integration and Test Engineer shall:
- Formulates and defines system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding to solve complex testing problems.
- Prepares detailed specifications from which test software will be written.
- Designs, codes, tests, and debugs testing software and tools.
- Competent to work on most phases of the test program.
- Familiar with FAA-STD-026A NAS Software Development Standard, or equivalent.
- Moderately experienced with structured software development and modern software test tools and techniques.
Duties may include:
- Perform testing in Physical and Virtual test labs to ensure the system, test procedure, and test inputs are prepared to execute with the customer present
- Execute procedures that verify the system is properly configured and operating in the NAS
- Coordinate activities, communication, and planning efforts with FAA and Leidos personnel
- Debug system level issues and provide detailed supporting data on identified issues
- Understand System Level Requirements and perform system interface checkouts
- Work with team lead to provide guidance to fellow test team members and ensure team goals are appropriately set to meet all program milestones
- Execute commands for remote support staff (Integrated Lab Engineering/Networking) and provide feedback to solve problems remotely
- Analyze identified issues in conjunction with System Engineering and Software in regard to developing solutions
- Learn system architecture, design, functions and capabilities to support the integration and test of the new capabilities and enhancements
- Collaborate with the TFDM system engineering team to develop test approaches for new and modified requirements
- Execute commands for remote support staff (ILE/Networking) and provide feedback to solve problems remotely
- Conduct Testing at Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCT) in operational site conditions with the FAA customer when required
- Perform formal test execution with the customer and quality assurance organizations
- Coordinate activities, communication, and planning efforts with FAA and Leidos personnel
- Understand XML data and ability to troubleshoot connection issues with network configurations, IP addresses, JMS queue configurations, etc.
- Demonstrate test execution to the FAA on a run for record to achieve customer acceptance of the content per release