Test Engineer – Aviation Data Transfer and Emerging Capabilities

Torch Technologies

Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County headquartered in Huntsville AL. Our team provides superior research development and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of War. As one of the nations top 100 defense companies the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: Lighting the Pathway of Freedom. And as a Certified Evergreen ESOP we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!

Torch Technologies Inc. is seeking a Test Engineer to support the development integration and testing of aviation data transfer systems and emerging technologies. This role involves ensuring the robust and reliable operation of critical data links and evaluating cutting-edge capabilities within an aviation context.

As a Test Engineer your duties will include the following but are not limited to:

• Develop and execute test strategies plans procedures and reports for aviation data transfer software middleware APIs and supporting services.

• Design manual and automated tests covering functional behavior performance reliability fault tolerance interoperability and cybersecurity-relevant conditions.

• Support verification and validation of data movement across edge airborne support ground and enterprise environments.

• Create and maintain test cases for transfer protocols interface services message handling retry logic error recovery and audit logging.

• Build or maintain automated test frameworks for backend services APIs web applications and integration workflows.

• Conduct integration regression system and user-focused test activities in coordination with developers system engineers and operational stakeholders.

• Analyze defects isolate root causes document findings clearly and support corrective action through closure.

• Validate software behavior in constrained disconnected intermittent or degraded network conditions where applicable.

• Support requirements traceability and objective evidence for formal test readiness technical reviews and delivery milestones.

• Contribute to test data design test environment setup configuration control and release validation.

Required Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science Information Systems or related technical field.

• Active secret clearance and ability to maintain clearance is required to start.

• Experience testing software-intensive systems web applications APIs services or middleware integrations.

• Understanding of structured software test methodologies defect lifecycle management and verification practices.

• Experience with test automation tools scripting or frameworks used for API service UI or integration testing.

• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals and data transfer concepts including secure transport messaging and system interoperability.

• Ability to read logs trace failures and work closely with developers to reproduce and resolve issues.

• Experience with configuration management source control and Agile or iterative development environments.

• Strong written communication skills for test procedures anomaly reports and verification evidence.

• Experience with version control systems (e.g. Git) and issue tracking software (e.g. Azure DevOps).

• Ability to interpret technical documentation schematics and system specifications.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Schedule:M-F; 8-5

Work Location: Onsite

Travel:No

Relocation Assistance Available: No

Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: Yes

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Benefits:

Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment a competitive salary and an excellent comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation 401(k) match and safe-harbor contribution medical dental vision life insurance short-term disability long-term disability flexible spending accounts Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts EAP education assistance paid time off and holidays.

Applying to Torch Technologies:

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