Verification and Validation Engineer

The Opportunity:

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact in national security? You understand your customer's environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer focused engineering solution.

When a user tries new software, they expect it to be intuitive and run smoothly. Functionality, reliability, and user experience are key to successful software development-and that means rigorous testing. That's why we need you, an experienced test engineer who knows how to thoroughly test software and work with developers to make sure our team releases the best software possible.

As a software test engineer on our team, you'll use your experience to work with test developers to evaluate software. You'll generate data and implement the test cases to observe how the software performs, then document the results and communicate defects to the development team so they can start improving the tool.

As a Verification and Validation Engineer on our team, you have the chance to shape Air Force missions by supporting software test engineering efforts. Your customer will trust you to not only design and develop these systems but also evolve them with advanced technology solutions.

You will analyze system requirements and concept of operations documents, acquisition plans, and system descriptions to develop evaluation and test plans and procedures, prepare for and conduct the data collection and analysis, and report status and results. You will support the development of government test and evaluation documentation including, Test & Evaluation (T&E) Strategy, Test & Evaluation Master Plan, Event Test Plans, Test Readiness Assessments, and T&E Reports. You'll work with other test organizations to support T&E program integration and provide specialized T&E capabilities tailored to system functions, level, maturity, and performance area as assigned in the SOW.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

• 7+ years of experience as a test engineer in programs and contracts

• Experience with government test and evaluation concepts and engineering, acquisition, and operations activities as needed to support the T&E activities, including research

• Secret clearance

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Nice If You Have:

• Experience specifying, validating, and adapting Modeling and Simulation for T&E use

• Experience applying statistical analysis of variations in performance behavior to characterize confidence in performance estimates

• Experience assessing operational and system performance requirements for testability and criticality to frame and prioritize T&E objectives and enable evaluation planning, including analyzing performance risk areas

• Ability to plan program and event level risk-tailored performance estimation and analysis of system and operational effectiveness, suitability metrics, and conditions, including inspection, demonstration, paper analysis, survey, simulation, and physical test

• Ability to plan and execute performance analysis

• Ability to review planned acquisition approaches to support T&E schedule alignment with decision-maker needs for T&E support

• Ability to coordinate with program Systems Engineering (SE) and review T&E-related SE information to leverage functional analysis, system descriptions, parameter selection and dependencies, Modeling and Simulation, and initial performance risk assessments to inform evaluation planning

• Ability to assess operational environments and priorities for evaluation attention and scenario selection and to coordinate user participation in T&E

• Top Secret clearance

• Master's degree in Computer Science

Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

• If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you'll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
• If this position is listed as onsite, you'll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.