Planning and Test Engineer

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Richmond, VA
110K-130K Annually
Senior level
Security • Cybersecurity
The Role
The Planning and Test Engineer is responsible for developing maintenance plans for naval ships, collaborating with teams for testing and integration, validating testing requirements, ensuring quality assurance, and providing status reports. The role requires a strong understanding of ship maintenance processes and engineering management.
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Amentum is actively seeking a Planning and Test Engineer under the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) PMS 326 Follow-On Technical Support (FOTS) contract. Role will be remote, with CONUS and OCONUS travel, as needed.

Compensation & Benefits

Hiring Salary Range: $110,000-$130,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data).


This position includes a competitive benefits package. For more detailed information on our Benefits and what it is like to work for Amentum: please visit our careers site: www.amentumcareers.com.

Essential responsibilities and daily duties include: 

  • Develop comprehensive maintenance plans and estimates for labor and materials for FFG-7 class ships, Cyclone PCs, and other FMS vessels in major maintenance availabilities such as Drydock Selective Restricted Availabilities (DSRA), Selective Restricted Availabilities (SRA), and other extended maintenance periods.

  • Collaborate with the Amentum CONUS Team, In-Country Teams, Port Engineers, and foreign navies to provide timely planning support including testing requirements and integration activities for FMS case ships and craft.

  • Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for maintenance planning and execution management.

  • Collaborate with engineering and logistics personnel to develop solutions to planning and execution issues in depot maintenance.

  • Develop and maintain the master Integrated Test Plan (ITP) for ships in major maintenance availabilities.

  • Validate and assess testing requirements for ships in major availabilities.

  • Ensure the requisite quality assurance (QA) is observed and documented.

  • Maintenance planning may include both corrective maintenance of installed systems and modernization/system upgrades to FMS platforms.

  • Work in a strong matrix and projectized environment, for multiple customers.

  • Develop actionable recommendations to complete maintenance availabilities meeting schedule, cost, and quality goals.

  • Develop lessons learned for maintenance and testing execution.

  • Provide timely and comprehensive inputs for various monthly status reports. 

Minimum Requirements 

  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field or equivalent.

  • 5 years of increasing engineering management responsibility, including at least 2 years of experience with USG ship or submarine construction or repair/overhaul experience obtained using quality assurance analysis techniques, test evaluation procedures, or test support requirements.

  • Ability to work independently and in a team environment.

  • Ability to communicate well verbally and in writing.

  • Ability to travel CONUS and OCONUS.

  • Ability to obtain a United States Passport.

  • Ability to obtain a secret US government clearance. Note: US citizenship is required to obtain a secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications 

  • 10+ years of operations, maintenance, and repair experience with US Navy shipboard systems found on ships and submarines.

  • Experience in a maintenance planning role for ships or submarines.

  • Experience in a shipyard work environment as technical lead, oversight, or on-site support lead. 

  • Additional quality, technical, and project-based certifications, such as NDT, Fiber-optic, Lean Six Sigma, CAPM, OSHA 10 Maritime, and Navy maintenance/leadership.

  • Knowledge and experience of shipyard maintenance processes, SOVT, testing, availability execution, corrective actions, rip-outs, and installations.

  • Prior experience as a USN/USCG E-6 or above.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language at EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans and Labor Laws Posters.

The Company
HQ: Germantown, MD
18,261 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Amentum is a premier global technical and engineering services partner supporting critical programs of national significance across defense, security, intelligence, energy, and environment. We draw from a century-old heritage of operational excellence, mission focus, and successful execution underpinned by a strong culture of safety and ethics. Headquartered in Germantown, Md., we employ more than 20,000 people in 48 states and 28 foreign countries and territories. Visit us at amentum.com to explore how we deliver excellence for our customers’ most vital missions.

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