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# Senior Test and Evaluation Specialist

- **Company:** Strategic Inc
- **Location:** Patuxent River, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $145,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Data Analysis, Data Reduction, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Test Data, Test Execution Engine, Integration Tests, Modeling and Simulation
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=49df16be116dbca3

## About the Role

* United States citizenship.
 * Minimum Top Secret security clearance. 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

* 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.