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Leonardo DRS · 3 days ago

Senior Engineer - RF Test & Validation

Frederick, MD

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Leonardo DRS is a global leader and strategic partner in defense and intelligence products. They are seeking a Senior Engineer to support the development, integration, testing, and production of RF-centric products and systems.

AerospaceCyber SecurityInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyMarine TechnologyNational SecurityNetwork SecuritySecurityTechnical SupportTraining

Responsibilities

Develop feature level acceptance criteria and ensure that work products meet those criteria

Develop test products/artifacts such as Bi-Directional Traceability Matrix to tie requirements to Test Cases, Test Plans, Test Procedures, and Test Reports

Develop and implement test plans and procedures using established templates

Develop automated tests for product and systems using a core test framework

Perform automation framework design and implementation

Work with development teams to test new features, converting initial manual test efforts into new automated tests

Identify new automation best practices

Lead product transition from development to production

Lead and support Product Integration, Verification, & Validation (PIVV) test team(s) during acceptance testing, including test procedure walkthroughs, and answering questions on test software functionality

Provide support to regression test team(s), and assist in documenting test results and issues as required

Deliver stakeholder and program briefs on Test Engineering products’ status and vision

Work as a cost account manager on some Test Engineering activities to ensure tasks are performed within budget and schedule

Provide domain technical expertise and assistance to engineering and support personnel

Analyze product/stakeholder specifications and requirements, and develop test designs and approaches to best support them within time and cost constraints

Effectively communicate with team members, manufacturing, program management, customers and key stakeholders as required

Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization

Qualification

Test automationPythonRF hardwareDOORSLabVIEWSQLLean Six SigmaProblem analysisAgile methodologyTeam leadershipCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in a STEM Discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) with a minimum of five years relevant experience (or an equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities)

Relevant experience includes test development/design and architecture, test automation, data analytics, and process improvement

Experience working System Test, Test SW Development, and Systems Engineering

Experience working with requirements in DOORS

Experience in test method definition, execution, automation, and data analysis

Proficient in writing Python scripts

Proficient in developing automated test scripts utilizing GUI based test automation

Experience developing and working with LabVIEW based ATE

Experience with Windows/Linux operating systems & Virtual Machines (VMs)

Experience parsing test data and developing meaningful insights using technical tools

Experience with hands on hardware test and integration and comfortable with racking units, being hands on in a lab environment with hardware such as commercial/custom test equipment, custom electronics (simple to very complex), PCBs, Units, Test Sets, subsystems, and systems

Competent use of lab equipment including Network analyzers, Spectrum analyzers, Scopes, Power Meters, Signal Generators, etc

Experience with RF hardware and software

An understanding of Scaled Agile Framework and DevOps product development processes, including experience with Atlassian tool suite (JIRA, Git, Confluence)

Ability to lead technical teams and mentoring/guiding the work of more junior engineers

Experience performing problem analysis and resolution using lean and continuous improvement tools and tactics to satisfy customer and business needs