Principal Test & Evaluation Engineer - Networked Battlefield Systems

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority on test strategy across most of Connected Warfare's applications, providing technical oversight and support to the teams running the division's most complex, highest-risk, or…
• Review and help program teams strengthen verification strategies — requirements-based, scenario-based, and operationally relevant — ensuring they scale across CW's software-enabled hardware and pure-software systems…
• Act as connective tissue across Connected Warfare's individual test programs: identify where one program's test infrastructure, tooling, instrumentation, or lessons learned should be reused elsewhere in the division,…
• Provide technical mentorship and escalation support to Staff and Lead Test Engineers running individual program test campaigns — reviewing test plans, execution approach, and reporting across developmental test, system…
• Directly support T&E Test Process execution (e.g. Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), technical milestone reviews, and customer acceptance events), representing CW's test posture with credibility to government and program…
• Work with teams to confirm traceability from requirements through verification and validation results across CW programs, and help define and monitor test coverage, requirements verification, and defect closure metrics…
• Support root-cause investigation on the hardest test findings and system anomalies, partnering directly with engineering to resolve issues that cross system or program boundaries.
• Represent Connected Warfare T&E in engineering design reviews (PDR/CDR) and technical exchanges with government customers and partner organizations as needed.

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline (advanced degree preferred); equivalent relevant experience considered.
• 10-14+ years of experience in system-level test and evaluation of integrated hardware/software systems, with 8+ years operating in a technical leadership or test lead capacity.
• Demonstrated technical depth across multiple Connected Warfare-relevant systems (e.g., tactical C2, sensor/mission autonomy platforms, networked datalinks) — not limited to a single program.
• Proven track record across the full test lifecycle — requirements development, HITL lab integration, developmental test, operational validation, and reporting — including experience reviewing and strengthening other…
• Strong experience with RF communications, tactical datalinks, and networked C2 systems in DoD operational environments.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and technically direct other test engineers across concurrent programs without formal management authority — influencing through technical credibility.
• Deep familiarity with DoD and industry test processes, including MIL-STD test protocols and government verification practices.
• Skilled in assessing and reporting on test metrics at a program and cross-program level.