TEST ENGINEER – Python/Linux/Automation - 8+ yrs of Experience - TS/SCI w/Poly clearance is required- HPC

**Test Engineer – Python/Linux/Automation - 8+ yrs of Experience - TS/SCI w/Poly Clearance** Halogen Engineering Group is looking for a Test Engineer who will be a dedicated tester with experience in both the Software and Hardware worlds. A tester in this role would be enabling other test teams and testing activities by designing testing postures/frameworks at a macro and supporting work also being performed at the micro level. Members of this team will get a broad spectrum of the entire effort and help drive testing design improvements. **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD **Travel Required:** No **Shift:** Day **Remote Type:** Onsite **Security Clearance:** Current TS/SCI **Polygraph:** Required **Salary Range** The projected compensation range for this position is **196****K to 210K******(annualized USD). *Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements.* **** **Capabilities** - Collaborate with cross-functional agile teams to understand project requirements and user stories. - Understanding HW Intricacies to help prioritize testing based on risks. - Design and prototype automated test frameworks for applications and REST APls. - Analyze requirements and generate test use cases. - Identify, analyze, and report defects. - Verify fixes and track issues to resolution. - Perform manual testing when necessary to supplement automated testing efforts. - Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, sprint demos, and retrospectives. - Conduct research into and apply knowledge of Government test and evaluation concepts and related engineering, acquisition, and operations activities as needed to support the T&E activities - Plan and Execute Performance Analysis - Review planned acquisition approaches to support T&E schedule alignment with decision maker needs for T&E support - Analyze performance risk areas to focus T&E planning - Specify, validate, and adapt Modeling and Simulation for T&E use - Apply Statistical Analysis of variations in performance behavior to characterize confidence in performance estimates - Select, develop, and use analysis tools - Execute the evaluation plan on data collected by Testing Tasks - Plan and Execute Performance Data Collection - Plan program and event level testing for collection of data required for analysis and to sync T&E events with supported decision points - Establish and employ Data and Configuration Management capabilities - Support Data Authentication group functions; and comply with program Discrepancy Reporting criteria and processes - Assess operation and system performance requirements for testability and criticality to frame and prioritize T&E objectives and enable evaluation planning - 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 - Assess operational environments and priorities for evaluation attention and scenario selection, and to coordinate user participation in T&E - Plan program and event level risk-tailored performance estimation and analysis of system and operational Effectiveness and Suitability metrics & conditions; levels of T&E include inspection, demonstration, paper analysis, survey, simulation, and physical test - Design surveys for evaluation of Subject Matter Expert (SME) input and user assessments of performance - Participate in the T&E Working-level Integrated Product Team (WIPT) and/or Integrated Test Team for coordination of evaluation plans - Produce Evaluation Plans (metric framework, scenarios/threads, timelines, requirements/T&E cross-walk), Analysis Plans, Data Requirements, Risk Assessments, Evaluation Reports, Sta…