Test Engineer

Test Engineer
ship Required
$65-78/Hour - Depending on Experience
On Site in Lexington, MA - 3 Days a Week on site - 2 Days Remote
3 Year + Contract

Overview:
Group 76, Software and Electronics Engineering, is seeking a test engineer to own test infrastructure and ground support for satellite payload software and hardware.

A successful candidate will be comfortable working in an innovative engineering group to accommodate changing demands. The candidate will be expected to own the ground support solution and enable scaling of test coverage and capabilities to higher levels of system complexity. The ability to debug functionality across software, hardware, and communication domains will be highly valuable. A successful candidate will also document best practices for process development and implementation with automated regression testing. Good estimating and time-management skills are necessary to meet critical schedules. Must be able to communicate clearly and work collaboratively with peers.

Activities include configuration, management, and deployment of the satellite emulation software package in support of payload testing. Additional activities include test definition and execution, control of lab equipment, testbed design & support, scripting for test procedures & automated test, CI/CD support, and documentation. This position enables test-as-you-fly environments for the payloads under development, from initial prototype through system integration.

Required Skills:
-A BS in an Engineering field
-Three or more years of related experience in QA, software development, or instrumentation.
-Proficient in Python, including OOP, device instrumentation, and optionally PyQt
-Able to navigate modern C++ software and discuss object-oriented designs
-Familiarity with OpenC3 COSMOS or similar ground control application
-Understanding and basic troubleshooting skills of test instrumentation, including network -connectivity
-Experience in hardware / software interfaces and data gathering
-Ability to derive test definitions from functional descriptions and interface control documents
-Experience with source control best practices and tools, e.g., git
-Familiarity with mission control systems and ground station concepts
-Knowledge of test automation approaches and integration testing
-Demonstrated ability to interact with others respectfully and develop productive working relationships
-Demonstrated proficiency in oral and written communication

Desired Skills:
-Familiarity in Linux RedHat administration and package management
-Experience with Docker and containerization
-Familiarity with scripting (Bash)
-Experience working with mission-critical hardware
-Experience with ticketing systems like JIRA
-Experience with CI/CD pipeline tools such as GitHub Actions, BitBucket, or GitLab
-Experience with Matlab for data processing, TCP/UDP instrumentation and data gathering, and GUI development
-Understanding of flight operations, telemetry, and satellite payload Concept of Operations

All Submittals need to answer these questions:

• Does the candidate have relatives working at MIT LL directly or as a contractor? If so, please list their names
• Submissions of Previous MIT LL Workers: When you are submitting candidates with prior experience working at MIT LL, please include the name of their previous manager(s) and the group number that they worked in.

Skill Matrix: Qualification Assessment Must Have Degree Level Bachelor's Degree Yes Experience Software Development Lifecycle (architecture, design, implementation, documentation, & testing) 3 years Support payloads and assess the impact of payloads 3 years Programming COSMOS Script development 3 years Scripting Languages: Perl, Python, C/C++ 3 years Systems Hardware and Software Integration 3 years Testing Develop Test Plans 3 years Monitor Testing Procedures 3 years Software Testing 3 years Testing and Evaluation 3 years Test Matrix Configuration 3 years Nice to Have Networks Computer Networking (TCP/IP and UDP/IP communication) 0 years Programming GUI Development 0 years MATLAB Programming 0 years Understanding of bash and related scripting tools (shell and/or ansible) 0 years Software Gitlab CI/CD 0 years Software Tools CI/CD with containers/Cloud technologies 0 years Containerization (Docker, podman, etc.) 0 years Familiarity with JIRA / Confluence 0 years Systems Aircraft, Missile, Satellite Systems 0 years Linux/Unix 0 years