Test Engineer - Secret Clearance Required
March Air Reserve Base, CAFull-time$94–157K/yrPosted 6mo agoStill listed today
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Job overview
The Test Engineer supports the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations Center by testing and validating C4I systems before deployment. The role covers software, hardware, network, and sensor integrations in test and development facilities, helping minimize operational risk. It also supports engineering and integration teams, documents test results and defects, and contributes to audits, inspections, and readiness reviews.
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Overview
The Test Engineer supports the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations Center (AMOC) by ensuring that all Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) systems are fully tested, validated, and mission-ready prior to deployment into the operational baseline.
This role is critical to minimizing operational risk by validating software, hardware, network, and sensor integrations within government and contractor-supported test and development facilities, prior to operational release.
Responsibilities
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Test & Development Facility Support
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Support Test and Development activities as defined in the SOW.
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Perform integration, system, regression, and acceptance testing of AMOSS, ISR Systems, telecommunications, and ancillary C4I systems.
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Ensure new projects, system upgrades, patches, and enhancements are fully tested before connection to operational systems.
Software & Hardware Testing
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Test and evaluate:
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AMOSS and WebAMOSS software
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ISR Systems applications and databases
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C4I supporting services, operating systems, and network configurations
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Validate compliance with:
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DHS and CBP security requirements
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Configuration Management baselines
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Approved Change Requests (CRs)
Engineering & Integration Support
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Support Engineering & Integration (E&I) teams during:
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System upgrades
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New sensor or data feed integrations
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Expansion or reconfiguration efforts
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Assist in debugging new, modified, or existing systems in lab environments.
Test Documentation & Reporting
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Develop and support required test documentation including:
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Systems Acceptance Test Plans (SATP)
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Installation Plans (IP)
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Software Version Description Documents (SVDD)
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Document test results, defects, and remediation actions.
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Support audits, inspections, and readiness reviews.
Qualifications
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U.S. Citizen
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Secret Clearance Required
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Bachelor's degree and 5-7 years of related work experience
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Minimum 3–5 years of experience in:
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System testing, integration testing, or lab engineering
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Testing complex IT, C4I, or mission-critical systems
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Experience testing with Linux-based systems, Networked systems and client/server architectures, Hardware and software integrations
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Familiarity with:Test plans, procedures, and defect tracking, Configuration management processes
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Working knowledge of: Linux/UNIX environments, Networking concepts and protocols, Databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, or similar)
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- Experience with: Virtualized environments, Test automation tools or scripting (preferred), Issue tracking systems (e.g., Jira), Technical Skills
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience supporting federal, DHS, CBP, DoW, or law enforcement systems
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Familiarity with: AMOSS, ISR systems, or radar/sensor-based systems, Agile development and testing methodologies
Pay Transparency Statement AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $93,900.00/Yr. - USD $156,800.00/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance. EEO Statement EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status
How this job compares
Set against the 2,954 open Test Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$94–157K/yr
- California median$120–178K/yr592 salary ranges
- US median$100–160K/yr1,990 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $125K, is 18% below the California median midpoint ($152K) — in the lowest quarter of Test Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 740 open Test Engineer jobs in California and 2,954 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Test Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,455 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,515 of the 2,954 open Test Engineer jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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