Test Analyst
Summary
Develops and maintains missile-defense test plans, schedules, and documentation for DoD submissions, coordinating with engineers and stakeholders to ensure compliance with requirements.
Test Analyst
Location: Huntsville, AL, USA
Work Location: onsite
MTSI is seeking to hire an Advanced Analyst that supports the development of the Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP). This is the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) strategic test planning document that records and communicates MDA’s Test Program to OSD and Congress. This position helps to develop, coordinate, staff, and deliver the IMTP twice a year supporting the POM submission to OSD and the PB submission to Congress. Contractor is additionally responsible for the development and configuration management of the test design database that maintains over 300 Test Configuration Sheets.
Responsibilities
- Develops and evaluates detailed test program objectives and criteria derived from top-level system engineering and mission requirements in the formulation of test designs.
- Engages in reviews of test program compliance with overall system and element capability specifications and testing requirements.
- Makes recommendations for areas where planned testing is inadequate or insufficient.
- Prepares analysis for Missile Defense System (MDS) test designs to fulfill developmental and operational test requirements.
- Provides updates to the Test Management Suite (TMS) as required by the customer to ensure semi-annual publication of the Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP).
- Ensures seamless information flow between processes defined in the Missile Defense System Integrated Master Test Plan Development (MID), the Flight Test Concept of Operations (CONOPS), and Target Requirements Development directives.
- Produces flight test designs to ensure system capabilities as defined in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and other Congressional and OSD directives are resourced and documented in the 5-year Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Test Baseline.
- Prepare decision-quality materials such as briefings and supporting documentation (white papers, fact sheets, status reports, progress reports, and information papers) for senior-level reviews and mission milestone decision meetings.
- Support the planning, coordination, scheduling, and execution of Flight/Ground/Cyber test events for existing and emerging element capabilities.
- Work with a team of Flight/Ground/Cyber test engineers and test analysts.
- Identify, generate, and manage schedules, requirements, and other documentation in support of Flight/Ground/Cyber test operations.
- Identify and resolve program and stakeholder scheduling issues to meet test execution objectives.
- Coordinate and support briefings, technical interchange meetings, working groups, and scheduling meetings to ensure milestone entrance and exit criteria are met.
Qualifications
- US Citizenship and an active Secret clearance required, must be able to obtain a TS/SCI.
- Please Note: U.S. Citizenship is required for most MTSI positions.
- Master’s Degree in a related field and minimum of 10 years relevant experience.
- Five years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
- Ability to plan, coordinate, and support product development in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
- Ability to communicate effectively across multiple organizations, verbally, electronically, and in writing.
- Capable of working independently or leading teams to solve problems including test planning, integration, execution, and analysis.
- Capable of providing daily supervision and direction to support teams.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office products with emphasis on MS PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience with developing and maintaining a complex Integrated Master Schedule.
- Experience with DoD system test processes and support.
- Experience with DoD test execution.
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