Torch Technologies
Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nation’s top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: “Lighting the Pathway of Freedom”. And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!
Torch Technologies is seeking a Ground Test Integration Support Specialist to be a part of the Mission Test Director (MTD) Support team, acting as an integration support for event coordination, configuration control, and test tracking. They will support planning, integration and execution of Ground and Continuous Developmental Integration test events.
As a Ground Test Integration Support Specialist your duties will include the following, but are not limited to:
- Test Planning & Documentation Architecture: Act as the central hub for test preparation. This involves supporting the development and drafting documents, and coordinating communications requirements are aligned prior to execution.
- Configuration & Performance Tracking: Maintain data integrity throughout the test lifecycle. This includes managing configuration control logs, tracking change requests, building high-side logbooks, monitoring the success/failure of individual test cases, and providing Daily End-of-Day (EOD) reports to the test community.
- Support to the Mission Test Director: Track test case performance and assist MTD Support Team with decision-making and documentation. Provide MTD status slides for the weekly Event Status Meeting. Provide support on high-side networks during active test events. The tracks live metrics and compiles the final, comprehensive Test Execution Report and summarize performance issues for tracking.
- Develop and maintain overarching and per-test case Architecture and Test visuals, ensuring timely posting to both High and Low Side portals.
- Draft and distribute the Test Plans before execution begins, and post daily’s to portals for community visibility.
- Track individual Change Requests (CRs) and dynamically update Architecture and System Under Test documentation accordingly. Maintain Configuration Control Logs per test phase, meticulously capturing configuration changes and notes at the test case level.
- Monitor and track test case success/failures, generating and distributing Daily End-of-Day (EOD) Reports on both High and Low Side networks.
- Generate status slides to support weekly Event Status Meetings.
- Create classified logbooks for each test case to be used during execution for active note-taking and milestone tracking.
- Compile the final Test Execution Report, summarizing overall performance, anomalies, and operational outcomes.
Required Qualifications:
- U.S. Citizenship
- Bachelors Degree with 2+ years of experience in test planning, coordination, execution support, or a related technical field, preferably within a Department of War (DoW) or Missile Defense Agency (MDA) environment.
- OR Associates Degree with 5+ years of experience in test planning, coordination, execution support, or a related technical field, preferably within a Department of War (DoW) or Missile Defense Agency (MDA) environment.
- OR High School Diploma with 8+ years of experience in test planning, coordination, execution support, or a related technical field, preferably within a Department of War (DoW) or Missile Defense Agency (MDA) environment.
- Active Secret clearance is required.
- Proven capability to draft technical military test documentation, including Test Execution Reports.
- Experience maintaining strict configuration control logs and change tracking in a fast-paced test environment.
- Ability to coordinate across regional, theater, and multi-service participants to distribute critical communications data.
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure during real-time test execution, providing rapid data logging and decision support.
- Travel: Ability to travel up to 5-25% to support mission events and meetings.
- Work Schedule Flexibility: Ability to work extended hours and non-standard shifts—including nights (e.g., 7:00 PM–3:00 AM or Midnight–8:00 AM) and weekends. During major test campaigns, personnel may be required to work non-traditional workweeks (e.g., shifts starting on weekends and running through mid-week) for 5 to 6 consecutive weeks., including occasional nights or weekends depending on the test window.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in test planning, coordination, execution support, or a related technical field, preferably within a Department of War (DoW) or Missile Defense Agency (MDA) environment.
- Active Top Secret Clearance.
- Experience supporting integrated system test events.
- Familiarity with MDS Element configurations and operations; and DoW Operational Testing (OT) and Development Testing (DT).
Schedule: M-F, 8-5; Occasional non-standard shifts as needed
Work Location: Onsite- Redstone Arsenal, AL
Travel: Yes, 5-25%
Relocation Assistance Available: No
Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: No
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Benefits:
Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays.
Applying to Torch Technologies:
Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted. Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check.
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Skills Required
- U.S. Citizenship
- Bachelor's degree with 2+ years test planning/coordination/execution support experience OR Associate's degree with 5+ years OR High School diploma with 8+ years (DoW/MDA experience preferred)
- Active Secret clearance
- Proven capability to draft technical military test documentation, including Test Execution Reports
- Experience maintaining strict configuration control logs and change tracking in a fast-paced test environment
- Ability to coordinate across regional, theater, and multi-service participants to distribute critical communications data
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure during real-time test execution, providing rapid data logging and decision support
- Ability to travel up to 5-25% to support mission events and meetings
- Work schedule flexibility to support extended hours, nights, weekends, and non-standard shifts during major test campaigns
- 3+ years of experience in test planning/coordination/execution support (preferred)
- Active Top Secret clearance (preferred)
- Experience supporting integrated system test events (preferred)
- Familiarity with MDS Element configurations and DoW Operational/Development Testing (preferred)
What We Do
Founded in October 2002, Torch is a 100% employee-owned business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Our commitment to our employees results in a retention rate well over 90% and helps ensure our customers experience a stable work force. Our outstanding fringe benefits package helps recruit, retain and sustain our workforce. Torch has received national and local recognition for its business performance, workplace environment, and ethical business practices. In 2021, Torch was named one of the Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services for the sixth year by Great Place to Work. Torch was also recognized as the 2021 ESOP Company of the Year by the New South Chapter of The ESOP Association for a second time. Torch was a recipient of the 2021 James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award by the DCSA. Bloomberg Government also listed Torch in its annual “Top 200” for the fifth year. In 2020, Torch became the only four-time recipient of the Better Business Bureau’s Torch Award for Business Ethics in the North Alabama region. Great Place to Work named Torch one of the country’s Best Workplaces for Parents, and Great Place to Work and Fortune named Torch one of the country’s Best Workplaces for Millennials in 2020. Torch was also ranked on the Inc. 5000 list for the fourteenth consecutive year in 2020. Washington Technology listed Torch in its “Top 100” Government Contractors ranking for the sixth consecutive year. Torch was also selected for a 2020 Colorado Springs Business Journal “Best in Business” award. In 2019, Torch was ranked on the Entrepreneur 360 list for the third consecutive year. In 2018, Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine named Torch a Best Medium Workplace for the third consecutive year. Torch was also named a winner of the 2018 Best Places to Work in Huntsville award for the fifth time. In 2016, Torch was named one of America’s Best Small Companies by Forbes.
