All Qualified candidates will be responded to in 24 hours or less
Secret Clearance prior to start
Employment type: Full Time W-2 or Contract
Rate: open to Negotiation
Benefits: including Health, Dental Vision, PTO, Holidays, 401K,etc

 

Principal Test Systems Technical Lead Engineer

Location: Tucson, AZ
Clearance: Active Secret clearance required

Role Summary

Seeking a Principal Test Systems Technical Lead Engineer to support test systems engineering efforts in a lab, development, and production environment.

This role leads technical execution for weapon test systems, working closely with test system designers, IPT leads, program leadership, and multi-discipline engineering teams. The position supports requirements definition, test equipment design, integration, deployment, system-level test setup, and delivery of test environments used for tactical software development, testing, and missile delivery support.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical execution for test systems engineering programs.

• Work directly with Program Managers and IPTLs to define milestones, priorities, and execution plans.

• Lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams across hardware, software, test, and integration functions.

• Partner with weapon test system designers to understand requirements and develop technical solutions.

• Support design, development, integration, deployment, and maintenance of test equipment.

• Define program requirements within a multi-disciplinary engineering team.

• Delegate engineering tasking and provide technical direction to team members.

• Track scope, cost, schedule, risks, and technical execution status.

• Develop and support presentations for gate reviews and stakeholder reviews.

• Attend Failure Review Boards and Change Control Boards as needed.

• Review and approve system changes through formal change control processes.

• Report team status, metrics, risks, and progress to stakeholders.

• Provide training and technical guidance as needed.

• Support occasional travel for test environment development and equipment delivery.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant engineering, test systems, test equipment, or technical leadership experience.

• Active and transferable Secret clearance required.

• Experience with Test Systems Engineering or equivalent engineering environments.

• Experience supporting hardware and test software development, integration, verification, validation, and maintenance.

• Experience in production, manufacturing, product qualification, lab, or development test environments.

• Experience with design, development, or integration of test equipment.

• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams.

• Experience coordinating with Program Managers, IPTLs, technical teams, and customer/stakeholder groups.

• Strong understanding of scope, cost, schedule, and technical execution.

• Ability to communicate technical status, risks, and execution plans clearly.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting weapon systems, missile systems, tactical software test environments, or defense test equipment.

• Experience with system-level test setup and operation across development and production environments.

• Experience leading test equipment integration, deployment, and delivery activities.

• Experience supporting gate reviews, FRBs, CCBs, and formal engineering review processes.

• Experience defining/delegating tasking across multi-discipline teams.

• Strong technical leadership background in lab, production, or qualification test environments.

• Familiarity with test equipment lifecycle from requirements through deployment and sustainment.

 

 

 

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