Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

Flight Test Engineer, Test Engineer, Test Data Analyst And Software Testing Position

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**Position Description**

Seeking Journey Level Scientists and Engineers for Flight Test Engineer, Test Engineer, Test Data Analyst and Software Testing Positions at NAVAIR NAWCWD (Point Mugu, CA and China Lake, CA).

**Position Duties/Responsibilities**

Duties May Include

  • Support the design of test programs to assess the performance of NAVY systems and weapon system concepts.
  • Produce test plans in accordance with NAVAIR test planning instructions.
  • Develop test methods for evaluating performance and design test scenarios to yield valid and measurable quantitative test results.
  • Review system level documentation to provide changes and recommendations.
  • Participate at test planning and system development meetings.
  • Assesses safety hazards and provides risk mitigation inputs in testing, including Test Hazard Assessments.
  • Apply Mission Based Test and Evaluation (MBT&E), Capabilities Based Test and Evaluation (CBT&E), System of Systems thinking and, Design of Experiments (DOE) concepts to guide planning, test execution, data collection and analysis.
  • Coordinate and schedules necessary test asset and range resources.
  • Design data analysis processes to assess the performance of Navy weapons or systems over development cycles
  • Define and coordinate data collection requirements.
  • Develop test support, instrumentation, and data recording requirements to facilitate collection of critical flight test data
  • Support the real-time execution of Navy weapons or systems test, assessing, and providing recommendations to engineering issues.
  • Develop data analysis tools to streamline and automate data analysis, processing, and reporting
  • Utilize scripting languages to manipulate and draw conclusions from large data sets.
  • Analyze test data {real-time and post-mission) to improve understand of test results, draw conclusions and assess specific mission results.
  • Conduct pre- and post-test briefings.
  • Provide input for system performance in official Navy Test and Evaluation (T&E) reports.

Location: China Lake, CA and Point, Mugu CA

Travel: 0-25%

Security Clearance: Minimum SECRET

US Citizenship Required

Full Time / Permanent Assignment
  • Seniority level

    Entry level
  • Employment type

    Full-time
  • Job function

    Engineering and Information Technology
  • Industries

    Defense and Space Manufacturing

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