Test and Evaluation Lead (Hybrid- Annapolis, MD)

Fairwinds Technologies, L

11h•$96,000 - $124,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The C-UAS Test & Evaluation Lead models comprehensive test and evaluation for DHS C-UAS capabilities, covering verification and validation across sensors, C2 software, networking, cybersecurity, and EW/jamming. Responsibilities include planning and executing DT/OT, ensuring compliance, managing safety, and building evidence for accreditation and fielding. Locations: Annapolis, MD, Baltimore, MD, or DC. Salary Range: $96,000 - $124,000

Requirements

Must be a U.S citizen with an ACTIVE security clearance of at least the SECRET level.
Bachelor’s in Engineering (EE, CE, AE, Systems) or Physics; Master’s preferred.
11+ years of T&E experience for sensor systems, C2 software, or complex C4ISR.
5+ years with UAS/C UAS or RF sensing.
Hands on with RF/radar, EO/IR, sensor fusion, and tracking metrics; experience authoring DT/OT Test Plans and Reports aligned with DHS/DoD guidance.
Demonstrated data analysis competency and dashboarding for operational metrics.
Working knowledge of FAA COA processes and UAS test ranges; ability to coordinate flight operations and obtain authorizations.
Familiarity with spectrum management and RF deconfliction.
Familiarity with NIST RMF, security control assessment evidence, and ATO workflows.
Experience running TRR/OTRR and managing test safety per MIL STD 882 principles.

Responsibilities

Lead integrated DT planning/execution and support OT to characterize operational effectiveness/suitability (including cybersecurity and interoperability) and to inform acquisition decisions.
Craft a cohesive T&E strategy that reuses data across DT/OT and accelerates evidence generation.
Define verification methods, entrance/exit criteria, and full bidirectional traceability from requirements → test procedures → results, consistent with DHS SELC artifacts. Author Test Plans, Detailed Procedures/Test Cards, and Data Collection Plans.
Chair and/or lead TRRs and OTRRs; present test sufficiency, readiness, safety, and residual risk to DHS stakeholders.
Build and maintain the body of evidence (BoE)—test reports, analysis notebooks, configuration baselines, and compliance matrices—for acceptance, A&A/ATO under RMF, and fielding decisions.
Coordinate test ranges/airspace, obtain COAs for live fly events, and integrate threat profiles, scenarios, and safety plans.
Manage RF deconfliction and spectrum supportability artifacts for all spectrum dependent subsystems.
Implement system safety and hazard risk management for test activities in line with MIL STD 882 practices.
Lead spectrum deconfliction, SSRA inputs, and frequency coordination.
Ensure testing respects DHS C UAS legal authorities and component level guidance for detect/track/identify and (where authorized) mitigation.
Drive NIST RMF security control validation evidence to support ATO/ATU and continuous monitoring.
Build analysis pipelines to compute and report Pd, FAR, CEP/geo error, latency, uptime, MTBF/MTTR, and statistical confidence intervals with sound test design and STAT practices.
Design operationally relevant and quantify performance against MOEs/MOPs traceable to KPPs.
Interface with test campaigns and fact finding pilots; align program testing with the DHS S&T testbeds and processes.