SENIOR TEST ENGINEER - Chugach Government Solutions

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders. 

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

The Senior Test Engineer  supports the research, development, test and evaluation (T&E) of security systems for components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Senior Test Engineer is primarily responsible for evaluating the holistic system and determining how changes affect system operation and/or performance. This is a full-time position.

Work Model: Onsite/Office-Based

Essential Duties & Job Functions:

Systems Evaluation

• Follows government and industry-level guidance and best practices found in ANSI/EIA 649C (Revised February, 2019), INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook (4th Ed.), and/or ISO 10007.
• Reviews vendor Qualification Data Packages (QDP’s) and/or all applicable system design documentation.
• Lead role to facilitate the establishment of the developmental system architecture and initial configuration baselines, performing configuration audits, change management, and so forth for systems entering test.
• Performs systems engineering critical functions analysis and gap analysis to ensure proposed configuration items (CIs) align correctly with the technical requirements for the technology or system under test.
• Supports configuration control board process.
• Serves as the point of contact for technology vendors regarding management of system engineering and configuration.
• QDP and system design documentation review.
• Development of system architecture and configuration baselines documentation.

Mandatory:

• Leading test engineers in test planning, conduct test execution methodology, data collection/reduction/analysis, and technical report writing. Familiarity with DoD and/or DHS test and evaluation policies, procedures and documentation is required. 
• Perform engineering design reviews, and engaging representatives of Integrated Product Teams (IPTs), and working directly with vendors and stakeholders in enhancing technologies and capabilities in developmental lifecycle support. 
• Reviews vendor Qualification Data Packages (QDP’s) and/or all applicable system design documentation.
• Lead role facilitating the establishment of initial configuration baselines, configuration audits, change management, and so forth for hardware systems entering test.
• Reviews change packages and supports the configuration control board process.
• Serves as the point of contact for technology vendors regarding management of system engineering and configuration.
• Writes and conducts reviews of technical documentation.
• Mentors and supports junior engineers.
• Follows government and industry-level guidance and best practices found in ANSI/EIA 649C (Revised February, 2019), INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook (4th Ed.), and/or ISO 10007.
• Interact directly with the client on a regular basis and must have strong oral and written communication skills.  Additionally, candidate should also have excellent computer skills including expertise in the use of applicable Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Reasonable Accommodation:

CGS will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any if its subsidiaries, please email ada@chugachgov.com

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Chugach is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.