Flight Dynamics (FD) Test Engineer

JOB TITLE: Flight Dynamics (FD) Test Engineer
JOB LOCATION: Pittsburgh, PA, Hybrid, or Remote from the USA
WAGE RANGE*: 95-100.55
JOB NUMBER: 26-00225

JOB DESCRIPTION: Our client, a large defense contractor, has an immediate opening for a Flight Dynamics (FD) Test Engineer to work hybrid from their Pittsburgh, PA facility or Remote from the USA. As a Flight Dynamics (FD) Test Engineer, you'll be part of a cross functional team supporting our nation's missile defense initiatives.

We encourage you to apply if you have any of these preferred skills or experience:

• Responsible for common ground enterprise (CGE) integration of Flight Dynamics (FD)
• COTS tool experience with a.i. Solutions Free Flyer/Meridian or similar product
• Experience with CCSDS (interoperability) orbital messages including Orbit Parameter Message (OPM), Orbit Ephemeris Message (OEM), and Orbit Mean-Elements Message (OMM)
• Experience integrating a.i. Solutions delivered pipelines for Orbit Monitoring (OM) and Orbit Determination (OD)
• MBSE experience and flow to integration and test (I&T) for verification and validation
• System Level test experience including integration, verification and validation (V&V) of Ground Resource Management (GRM), Network Management (NM), C2, Flight Dynamics (FD), Planning & Scheduling (P&S), Mission Planning (MP), and Fire Control Element (FCE)
• System test procedure creation, integration, requirement verification and system level validation
• Experience with test script automation including C2 capabilities
• Experience with STTC (S-band) RF
• Test engineer that understands the importance of Test and System Engineering ownership "cradle to grave " on a fast paced system design program

QUALIFICATIONS: Requires a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering, Technology or Mathematics field. Also requires 8+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 6 years of job-related experience. Agile experience preferred. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

What sets you apart:

• Preferred integration experience with Space-Ground and Ground-Antenna for Common Ground Enterprise COTS-based C2 System
• Preferred space command operational experience
• Preferred COTS experience with a.i.Solutions Free Flyer/Meridian, Python, InfluxDB, Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes, microservice architecture, cloud (AWS, RHOSP), Security
• Preferred lab or operational COTS integration experience working side by side with the system engineering team
• Preferred knowledge of antenna build-out, operation, and interfaces with knowledge and ground entry point (GEP) as a service

Workplace Options:
This position is remote or hybrid

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities

* While an hourly range is posted for this position, an eventual hourly rate is determined by a comprehensive salary analysis which considers multiple factors including but not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills and qualifications, education and experience as compared to others in the organization doing substantially similar work, if applicable, and market and business considerations. Benefits offered include medical, dental and vision benefits; dependent care flexible spending account; 401(k) plan; voluntary life/short term disability/whole life/term life/accident and critical illness coverage; employee assistance program; sick leave in accordance with regulation. Benefits may be subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions. Benefits offered are in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and subject to change at TCM's discretion.

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