AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering & Analysis, Test & Evaluation, and Training.
ResponsibilitiesAs a Systems/Test Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS you will have the opportunity to do the following:
- Plan, coordinate, and execute test activities for aircraft systems, subsystems, and integrated capabilities.
- Develop test strategies, test plans, test procedures, test cases, and test reports for developmental, integration, qualification, verification, validation, and operational testing.
- Support test events involving aircraft avionics, mission systems, communications, sensors, software, hardware, interfaces, and related subsystems.
- Coordinate with systems engineers, software developers, hardware engineers, flight operations, maintenance personnel, and program leadership to prepare for and execute tests.
- Define test objectives, success criteria, data requirements, resource needs, and test configurations.
- Support test readiness reviews, safety reviews, technical interchange meetings, and post-test debriefs.
- Conduct or support bench, lab, hardware-in-the-loop, ground, taxi, and flight test activities, as applicable.
- Collect, analyze, and document test data, discrepancies, observations, and performance results.
- Identify defects, anomalies, integration issues, and performance shortfalls and support corrective action efforts.
- Ensure traceability between requirements, test procedures, test results, and verification evidence.
- Support test environment setup, configuration control, instrumentation coordination, and data collection planning.
- Prepare formal test documentation and status updates for program management, engineering leadership, customers, and certification authorities, as applicable.
- Support regression testing, retesting, and validation of resolved deficiencies.
- Ensure test activities are conducted in accordance with applicable safety, quality, airworthiness, and regulatory standards.
THIS HYBRID POSITION REQUIRES 3 DAYS OF WORK IN THE OFFICE AND 2 DAYS REMOTE PER WEEK
Qualifications- BS/BA and 5-7 years of test engineering and/or systems engineering experience (Related MPRA experience can be substituted for a degree).
- Secret Clearance
- Test and Integration experience on complex flight simulators
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or related MPRA experience substituted for the degree
- 5–7 years of test engineering and/or systems engineering experience
- Secret security clearance
- Test and integration experience with complex flight simulators
AMERICAN SYSTEMS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AMERICAN SYSTEMS and has not been reviewed or approved by AMERICAN SYSTEMS.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — The ESOP provides an ownership stake that adds long-term financial value and complements base pay. This employee-ownership structure stands out within the overall package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with automatic enrollment and broad investment options, alongside the ESOP, strengthens retirement pathways beyond salary. These features are presented as competitive within the defense contracting space.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Base pay is considered fair or comparable to industry peers, particularly for technical roles. Starting compensation is described as solid for areas like cybersecurity, systems administration, and IT engineering.
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What We Do
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.
