Canvas
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Lead Test Engineer - VENOM (PL)

Location
Eglin AFB, FL
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Today

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end technical efforts: refine requirements, define test objectives, author methods of test, and oversee execution for ground and flight activities; ensure data collection plans, instrumentation needs, and analysis methods will yield valid, decision-quality results.
  • Direct mission planning and post-mission analysis using accepted T&E processes, models/simulations, hardware-in-the-loop, measurement facilities, and open-air ranges; synthesize findings into briefings, letter reports, and formal technical reports.
  • Provide senior technical advisement across avionics, sensors/seekers, weapons integration, interoperability, survivability/vulnerability, electromagnetic effects, and C5ISR topics; mentor engineers and test personnel.
  • Uphold safety and compliance: apply applicable AFMC/AFTC flight-test policy and Government processes during supported activities; participate in technical and safety reviews.
  • Represent the program with internal stakeholders and external partners across government, industry, and academia; communicate complex technical matters clearly to varied audiences.

Required Qualifications

  • Recognized Subject-Matter Expert with exceptional and/or highly unique expertise, capable of performing all functional duties independently and overseeing the efforts of others as needed.
  • Extensive, recent experience planning, conducting, and analyzing results for air-launched weapons, avionics/sensors, and mission systems integration testing (ground and flight).
  • Demonstrated mastery of test documentation (Methods of Test, data packages, letter reports, technical reports) and of data reduction/analysis to produce defensible conclusions.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-disciplinary teams and mentor engineers/test personnel in complex T&E environments.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain appropriate DoD clearances; eligibility for SAP/SCI may be required based on program needs.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Recent Team Eglin test experience, including integration with JTTOCC and range assets; familiarity with one-of-a-kind test platforms and ETTC processes.
  • Experience supporting interoperability/performance assessments for new fighter software baselines, UAS T&E roadmap inputs, and TRMC initiatives.
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From Canvas's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 14, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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