System Integration/Test Engineer
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ISGS11323
E1785I / Sys Integratn/Test Eng Sr Stf
Whiteley
ICT & S - NATS DEV
Description of Business Environment:
Lockheed Martin is a large, multi-national corporation specialising in the management of
complex technology programmes. The Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS)
Engineering & Technology Capability (E&TC) Organisation supports Public Services,
Security & Defence and Transportation & Energy lines of business in various UK locations,
including; Farnborough, Gloucester, Lincoln, London, Malvern and Whiteley.
Internationally, the IS&GS E&TC Organisation comprises 15,600 engineers, providing our
UK workforce with access to a wide-range of skilled technical professionals and Lockheed
Martin expertise, technology and capabilities.
Our products and services include: Air Traffic Management, Communications Systems
(Data Links), Geospatial Intelligence, Information Assurance, Information Communications
Technology, Intelligence Analysis Applications, IT and Network Design and Support.
Lockheed Martin has entered a strategic partnership with one of it’s customers that
strengthens the existing supplier relationship and underlines their commitment to further
enable improved efficiency, safety and passenger experience across airports and air traffic
systems worldwide.
The programme will see our customer move to a new technology platform that will improve
operational resilience and offer greater service flexibility.The European Union has an
objective to reform air traffic management (ATM) in Europe in order to cope with a
sustained air traffic growth and air traffic operations under the safest, more cost- and flightefficient and environmentally friendly conditions. This implies de-fragmenting the European
airspace, reducing delays, increasing safety standards and flight efficiency to reduce the
aviation environmental footprint and reducing costs related to service provision.
Lockheed Martin heritage companies pioneered the development of modern air traffic
control systems in the United States more than 50 years ago. Today our systems handle
75 per cent of the air traffic in the States and approximately 60 per cent of the world’s air
traffic, including many countries with their own advanced avionics industries. When it
comes to air traffic safety and efficiency, Lockheed Martin’s proven track record and
industry-leading innovations make it the world’s most trusted air traffic control partner.
Specific Job Description:
Lockheed Martin will deliver system integration and test expertise in support of a major
integration programme which will aid the customer in achieving a sequence of significant
deployments to underpin their wider business transformation. This role will provide
leadership to an integration and test team comprising 30+ engineers from both Lockheed
Martin and our customer. This will require the ability to shape and define the overall Test
Strategy, develop that strategy into practical working approaches and manage execution
of these. A key enabler will be the successful introduction of a test automation capability
which can address system of systems level integration and verification.More widely, the
role will also contribute to the definition and establishment of toolset support for the
integration environment.
Typical Duties:
 Define and implement Test Strategies and Plans
 Develop, promote and provide a clear vision and strategy for the integration and test
team
 Provide goals and objectives for the team in line with the Test Strategy
 Ensure work is on schedule, within budget and meets the customer’s expectations
 Work closely with the Work Package Managers / Control Account Managers
 Lead and coach a highly efficient integration and test team and grow its capability to
achieve the best blend of automation and specialist skills
 Build a framework that provides metrics and real-time reporting for the test engineering
function
 Work intelligently towards building a stable and low maintenance set of automated
tests which remove the requirement to run regression tests manually
 Ensure the engineering team utilises the automated tests so as to get the highest
return on investment (ROI)
 Monitor team progress as well as the ROI from automated tests regularly; and share
and improve results
 Measure and improve effectiveness of the automated test suite
 Be a champion of engineering and operational excellence
 Close liaison with Lockheed Martin Engineering Managers
 Participate in proposals and the development of new business opportunities
Required Skills:
 Significant experience within large scale/systems of systems/portfolio systems
integration programmes
 Experience of test planning, management and execution in large scale, complex
virtualised and cloud computing environments
 Success in technical project management leadership, including test management
 Experience of defining/leading multi-organisation, multi-layerd test teams and the
approaches to integrate the various testing levels together
 Extensive background and experience in system testing, including test automation
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Comprehensive understanding and demonstrable implementation experience of
defining & execution of various test strategies and methodologies at the
portfolio/systems integration level
Ability to work at any point in the verification and validation part of the software lifecycle
Experience with agile development methodologies
Able to use understanding of customer needs and expectations to generate mutually
beneficial solutions or alternatives
Can deliver clear messages through dialogue, written work and formal presentation
Commitment to monitoring progress against expectations, addressing performance
Demonstrates commitment to sharing ideas, technologies and best practices
Willingness to offer fresh, innovative ideas and/or unconventional approaches
Experience communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management
to collect requirements, technical designs, and strategy
Experience with continuous integration tools and source control tools
Desired Skills:
 Test experience with high-integrity real-time systems and/or safety-related systems
 Technical expertise including fluency in one or more popular programming languages
 Experience shipping software products to market
 Knowledge of professional engineering practices and best practices for the full
development life cycle
 Knowledge of web services testing, performance testing, load testing (tools and good
practices)
 Experience writing, maintaining and executing automation tests using frameworks such
as; JUnit, Telerik Test Studio, HP Unified Functional Testing software, Selenium,
TestComplete, Watir or similar
 Experience of using tools to support planning and tracking of timeboxed or agile
approaches
 Creation of and updating technology roadmaps
 Good understanding of UML and SysML
 Familiar with Earned Value Management
Standard Job Description:
Plans, implements, tests, documents, and maintains solutions for the integration and
testing of in-house developed and COTS/GOTS components, elements, subsystems
and/or systems. Synthesizes customer contractual needs and requirements into system
test solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule and cost constraints. Establishes
functional and technical specifications and standards, solves hardware/software interface
problems, defines input/output parameters, and ensures integration of the entire system or
subsystem. Reviews, evaluates and derives requirements for testability, develops and
directs preparation and execution of comprehensive test plans, procedures and schedules
for complete systems and/or subsystems. Coordinates subsystem and/or system testing
activities with programs and other organizations. Performs analysis of test results and
prepares comprehensive subsystem and/or system level evaluation reports which verify
and validate system performance. Writes discrepancy reports and performs integration
regression testing to verify/validate incorporated fixes to software, components,
subsystems and systems.
Typical Minimum Education & Experience:
Ideally require Bachelors degree from an accredited college and capability typically
achieved through extensive professional experience. Will also consider individuals with
equivalent experience / combined education.
Considered an expert, authority in discipline.