Verification & Validation Engineer

Summary

Science and Technology Corporation (STC) is a science, sensors, and systems company that supports various federal agencies. They are seeking a Verification and Validation Engineer to develop and maintain verification and validation deliverables, ensuring that systems and applications meet approved requirements prior to deployment.

Responsibilities

• Develop test strategies, test plans, test procedures, test scripts, and acceptance criteria that directly correspond to defined requirements. Ensure systems, applications, interfaces, and services satisfy approved requirements prior to operational deployment
• Support execution of verification and validation testing activities across development, test, user acceptance, staging, and production environments. Produce test execution reports, defect tracking reports, and final V&V assessment reports documenting results and outstanding issues
• Develop and maintain Verification Cross Reference Matrices (VCRMs) and Requirements Verification Status Reports to demonstrate compliance with approved requirements and support auditability of all verification activities. Ensure bidirectional traceability between requirements, test cases, and verification results
• Perform defect tracking, root-cause analysis, and corrective action coordination associated with failed tests, integration issues, operational discrepancies, and requirements verification deficiencies
• Support compliance activities to ensure cloud-based services and enterprise initiatives align with NOAA, NESDIS, NIST, FedRAMP, and other applicable Federal policies and standards. Utilize Government-designated tools including Jira and Confluence to document test status, track defects, and provide reporting
• Participate in Agile and SAFe planning events, sprint activities, technical reviews, Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), demonstrations, and Program Increment (PI) planning activities to ensure alignment between requirements, development activities, and testing efforts

Skills

• Bachelor's Degree
• U.S Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Experience in developing Verification and Validation Strategy, Verification and Validation Plan, Master Test Plan, Test Procedures, Test Scripts, Test Cases, Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM), Test Readiness Review (TRR) Materials, Test Execution Reports, Defect Tracking Reports, Root Cause Analysis Reports, Requirements Verification Reports, and Final Verification and Validation Assessment Reports
• Experience in developing test strategies, test plans, test procedures, test scripts, and acceptance criteria
• Experience in executing verification and validation testing activities across development, test, user acceptance, staging, and production environments
• Experience in producing test execution reports, defect tracking reports, and final V&V assessment reports
• Experience in developing and maintaining Verification Cross Reference Matrices (VCRMs) and Requirements Verification Status Reports
• Experience in defect tracking, root-cause analysis, and corrective action coordination
• Experience in supporting compliance activities with NOAA, NESDIS, NIST, FedRAMP, and other applicable Federal policies and standards
• Experience in utilizing Government-designated tools including Jira and Confluence
• Experience in participating in Agile and SAFe planning events, sprint activities, technical reviews, Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), demonstrations, and Program Increment (PI) planning activities

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's Degree
• U.S Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Experience in developing Verification and Validation Strategy, Verification and Validation Plan, Master Test Plan, Test Procedures, Test Scripts, Test Cases, Verification Cross Reference Matrix (VCRM), Test Readiness Review (TRR) Materials, Test Execution Reports, Defect Tracking Reports, Root Cause Analysis Reports, Requirements Verification Reports, and Final Verification and Validation Assessment Reports
• Experience in developing test strategies, test plans, test procedures, test scripts, and acceptance criteria
• Experience in executing verification and validation testing activities across development, test, user acceptance, staging, and production environments
• Experience in producing test execution reports, defect tracking reports, and final V&V assessment reports
• Experience in developing and maintaining Verification Cross Reference Matrices (VCRMs) and Requirements Verification Status Reports
• Experience in defect tracking, root-cause analysis, and corrective action coordination
• Experience in supporting compliance activities with NOAA, NESDIS, NIST, FedRAMP, and other applicable Federal policies and standards
• Experience in utilizing Government-designated tools including Jira and Confluence
• Experience in participating in Agile and SAFe planning events, sprint activities, technical reviews, Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), demonstrations, and Program Increment (PI) planning activities

Benefits

• Paid Time Off Starting at 80 hrs/yr
• 11 Federal holidays
• 40 hrs/yr Sick Leave
• 401K with up to 4% employer matching contribution
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Flexible spending account
• Health savings account