Test Engineer

Augustine Consulting, Inc. is a Woman-Owned Small Business professional services provider of engineering and technical services to the United States Government. We seek an experienced, self-starting Test Engineer to serve at our Systems Integration Lab supporting the Department of Defense.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• The Test Engineer will have opportunities to interface with senior level customers, warfighters, and leadership while performing the following functions:
• Plan and manage assignments, progress, and evaluate results.
• Conduct integration and test activities of application software on multiple platforms that include embedded and commercial Linux Devices, Android smartphones, and virtual machines.
• Create, document, and maintain test bench networks that simulate real-world scenarios across multiple hardware types and networks, including Ethernet, WiFi, and tactical radios.
• Develop detailed Software Test Plans and prepare Test Reports.
• Participate in software design and development meetings.
• Analyze and identify system level integration issues and resolve issues and dependencies in a team environment.
• Conduct detailed interaction and follow through actions with development teams for issues and requirements
• Conduct testing on software builds and report functionality and interface issues.
• Perform message interoperability testing between various software products and troubleshoot network traffic.
• Perform initial troubleshooting and classification/characterization of defect findings, then enabling software development teams to investigate/fix further.
• Ensure software builds represent military tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Evaluate test data, assess risks, and develop test result summaries for leadership briefings, Suitability Statements and Milestone Decisions.
• Ensure all Government test planning documents are uploaded to the appropriate databases.
• Interface with customers, vendors, and various stakeholders to identify and resolve problems that cause failures. 
• Provides feedback on test trends, returns and vendor performance.

A Test Engineer who fits our team is:

• Dynamic: contributes energy and enthusiasm to our daily tasks, to the team’s interactions, and to the Company’s mission.
• Thorough: possesses an unparalleled work ethic; produces complete, even polished products; persistent; mission-focused; asks “Why?” as often as necessary to get to the root of the matter.
• Mature: respects others’ opinions, beliefs, and culture; listens to ideas, shares thoughts, and works independently and together to contribute insights to the company’s leaders.
• Forthright: speaks with conviction; argues based on understanding, respectfully.
• Inquisitive: seeks deeper explanations of how systems work, not the surface-level description of the actors involved; goes beyond “stick-fetching” to connect the unconnected.
• Timely: shows up, ready to think, prepared to get on with the day’s assignments; contributes analytical insights that meet time-sensitive, reasonable requests.
• Honest: knows what’s right, what’s legal, what’s appropriate; acts accordingly.

Required Qualifications:

• High School diploma and 10 years' experience, or Associates’ Degree and 7 years' experience or Bachelor’s degree and 1 years’ experience.
• Lab and hands-on Debugging Exposure.
• Familiarity with generating change requests/trouble tickets within enterprise software ticket tracking systems
• Basic knowledge of computer networks setup/troubleshooting
• Ability to support occasional travel. 
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with one or more of the following development tools/environments is desired: Linux Shell/Bash Scripting, tactical message traffic simulators, Android SDK, and SQLite.
• Domain experience in geospatial systems (i.e., moving map display), tactical networking, GPS devices, tactical messaging, and/or mission planning solutions desired.
• Experience with Linux command-line interfaces, Android OS, and mobile applications.
• Knowledge and experience with Mission Command and Control Software to include Mounted Mission Command (MMC), Precision Fires Dismounted/Mounted (PF-D/M), Nett Warrior (NW), Joint Battle Command Platform (JBC-P), ATAK, Mounted Computing Environment (MCE), Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS), Command Post Computing Environment (CPCE), Blue Force Tracker (BFT), GPS, Geospatial, Military communications.
• Experience working in DevOps/Test-Fix-Test environments
• Experience working with Git, GitLab, and related DevOps software products
• Knowledge of software ticket-writing best practices, and experience capturing/presenting logs and supporting data
• Experience setting up/re-configuring test benches/networks to replicate real-world environments
• Ability to re-create problem scenarios from trouble tickets to verify/validate software fixes
• Strong team player with ability to collaborate, adapt, and contribute in a highly dynamic environment.

Augustine Consulting, Inc. offers a robust benefits package which includes:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Group Life and Voluntary Life Insurance plans
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition and Professional Development Reimbursement Program

Augustine Consulting, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

Salary : $95,000 - $130,000