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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.