Senior Engineer, System Integration Test (R6086)

Preferred

• Autonomous & Uncrewed Systems: Experience with Autonomous Collaborative Platforms (ACP), Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), UAS (Group 4/5), or military aircraft mission systems.
• OEM / Prime Contractor Experience: Experience working directly inside aircraft manufacturer or defense prime contractor integration labs (e.g., Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, General Atomics, Anduril).
• Open Architecture Standards: Familiarity with open systems architectures such as Open Mission Systems (OMS), Universal Command and Control Interface (UCI), and Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA).
• Middleware & Frameworks: Experience with inter-process communication and messaging middleware (e.g., DDS, ROS/ROS2, ZeroMQ, gRPC).
• Safety & Airworthiness: Understanding of airworthiness processes, safety-of-flight standards, or software assurance guidelines (e.g., DO-178C, DO-254, MIL-STD-882E).
• Active Clearance: Active DoD SECRET or TOP SECRET clearance.
• What success looks like:
• Mission autonomy and aircraft hardware/avionics operate reliably and deterministically together in representative SIL and HIL labs well before aircraft ground and flight testing. Integration gaps and interface discrepancies are surfaced and resolved early, configurations and master test schedules are transparent and aligned across vendors, and rigorous lab test results provide the high-confidence empirical evidence needed to clear the aircraft for flight.