Systems Test Engineer III
Summary
Textron Systems is hiring a mid-senior Systems Test Engineer for their Electronic Systems Simulation and Training Team in Hunt Valley, MD. The role leads full-lifecycle test engineering—planning, case development, execution, and defect management—for hardware and software simulation products serving military customers.
Who We Are
Textron Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion, multi-industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems.
This role is in Textron System’s Electronic Systems Domain. Visit TextronSystems.com & Lycoming.com to read more about who we are and the products we make!
About This Role
The Electronic Systems (ES) engineering team has an immediate opening for a mid-senior level Systems Test Engineer to support the growing Simulation and Training Team. As a member of the Simulation and Training Team, the systems test engineer supports engineering development projects to deliver on our program commitments and release the capabilities to our military customers. This is an interdisciplinary role, enabling the full life cycle development of our products. This role may include supporting development of new products and product upgrades, integration and test, and development of fielding solutions for our military and commercial customers. Required experience includes hardware and/or software integration, managing requirements derivation and allocation, and successfully working within a collaborative team environment. A desire to take ownership of design efforts to ensure integration of capabilities into the product is essential. As a lead systems test engineer, you will perform standard systems test engineering tasks with the addition of project lead responsibilities such as project engineering, task lead, and potential management of direct reports.
Responsibilities\:
· Responsible for leading design, development, and execution of tests for products (hardware, software, systems) to ensure quality, functionality, reliability, creating test plans, writing test cases, identifying defects and collaborating with development teams for fixes, ultimately ensuring products meet specifications and user needs before delivery.
· Lead Test Planning & Design\: Understand requirements, define scope, objectives, and resources, then create detailed test plans, strategies, and procedures.
· Lead Test Case Development\: Write specific test cases and scripts for various tests (functional, performance, security, etc.).
· Lead Test Execution\: Run tests, monitor the development and production process, and manage controlled testing environments.
· Lead Defect Management\: Identify, document, report, and track software/hardware and product defects.
· Lead Collaboration & Feedback\: Work with developers, process engineers, and management to provide insights, suggest improvements, and ensure quality standards are met.
· Lead Reporting\: Analyze results, document findings, prepare and presenting Test engineering work products to internal review teams and external customers at program milestone reviews.
· Interact daily with other technical leads, program managers, planners, technicians, and other engineers.
· Driving tasks to completion independently
· Collaborating with others within the workgroup, with other departments, and the customer.
· Provide tasking to junior systems engineering team on your program and mentorship to support task completion.
· Travel in support of project execution and testing as required, up to 15%.