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Specific task orders may require Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) eligibility; personnel must be eligible for the clearance required to begin performance at task award. * Extensive T&E experience during at least 4 of the last 6 years, including experience such as Integrated Evaluation Framework (IEF) development, test plan development, test execution, test analysis and reporting, and M&S supporting developmental or operational testing. * Experience developing M&S Accreditation Packages and Accreditation Letters. * Proficient experience in analysis methodologies. * Working knowledge of the DoD 5000 series, OPNAVINST 5000.42 series, and SECNAVINST 5000 series. * Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, including Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint. * Proficiency in technical writing. * Demonstrated ability to lead effectively and communicate operational-analysis results to sponsoring activities and decision makers. * Ability to meet additional task-order-specific qualifications, including data collection and analysis methodologies and tools applicable to the assigned SUT., * Direct experience supporting OPTEVFOR, VX-1, or comparable Naval aviation developmental or operational testing. * Experience with mission-based test design, MBTES, and OPTEVFOR/VX-1 test-reporting products. * Experience integrating quantitative analysis with operational observations, maintenance evidence, and other mission-relevant test data. ## Description Join our team at Strategic Sight Consulting LLC for an opportunity as a Senior Test and Evaluation (T&E) Specialist supporting OPTEVFOR and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron ONE (VX-1). This role provides senior-level technical and analytical support across test planning, operational test and tactics design, Modeling and Simulation (M&S), test execution, data analysis, and reporting for U.S. Naval systems., * Support development of Critical Operational Issues (COIs), mission-based test design frameworks, test plans, and data collection plans for integrated and operational testing. * Conduct background research and provide analytical support and recommendations for evaluating operational effectiveness and suitability. * Draft Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) comments and TEMP Part IV inputs and document planning information in MBTES or other approved tools. * Design and plan integrated test, operational test, and tactics exercise operations, including test matrices, procedures, data collection, reduction, reconstruction, and resource requirements. * Support M&S accreditation activities, including liaison with model proponents, IV&V agents, developing agencies, Navy laboratories, operational commands, other Government agencies, and hardware/software contractors. * Develop M&S approaches that supplement developmental and operational testing and support effective management of test risk. * Attend program review meetings, brief test and exercise participants, observe test events, collect data, and prepare technical reports. * Perform data reduction and analysis to verify data validity and apply appropriate statistical techniques to assess operational effectiveness and suitability. * Support development of Blue/Gold sheets, technical briefs, and draft test or tactics evaluation reports in OPTEVFOR/VX-1 formats. * Communicate analytical results, limitations, and operational implications clearly to sponsoring activities and decision makers. ## Related Videos - [Developing the Rich Text Editor for DeepL.com](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1172-developing-the-rich-text-editor-for-deepl-com) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Dirty Tests And How To Clean Them](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/515-dirty-tests-and-how-to-clean-them) - [Why I Love End-2-End Tests and How To Get Them Right](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/996-why-i-love-end-2-end-tests-and-how-to-get-them-right) - [Data Science on Software Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/162-data-science-on-software-data) - [Testing .NET applications a Tool box for every developer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/704-testing-net-applications-a-tool-box-for-every-developer) ## Related Articles - [Integration And E2E Testing: Are They Complementary or Interchangeable?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/86-integration-and-e2e-testing-are-they-complementary-or-interchangeable) - [The 8 Best Code Testing Tools](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/402-the-8-best-code-testing-tools) - [What is a Test Plan: Guide to Test Planning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/191-what-is-a-test-plan-guide-to-test-planning) - [How to create a test plan for software testing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/56-how-to-create-a-test-plan-for-software-testing) - [Should senior developers refuse interview coding challenges?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/29-should-senior-developers-refuse-interview-coding-challenges) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again)