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 nation's 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 Bachelor's 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:

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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:

Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted. Employment at Torch Technologies is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Torch Technologies, Inc. participates in E-Verify. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Careers Link as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by sending an email to HR@torchtechnologies.com. Thank you for your interest in Torch Technologies. Torch Technologies is dedicated to providing superior research, development, and engineering services to the Department of Defense. As defense contractors, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. From the CEO's desk... When Bill Roark and Don Holder founded Torch in 2002, they knew that employees were the company's greatest asset. They believed that offering employees a stake in the outcome, by making them all owners, was critical to building a successful organization. I share that feeling. Bill and Don's original intent was fully achieved in 2011 when Torch converted to a 100 percent S-Corp ESOP. Since that time, the company has grown over ten-fold and gained national recognition for the success we have demonstrated as an employee-owned company. Today, Torch continues to respect the individual contributions of our employee-owners and to share the rewards of our success. In addition, we continue to foster an environment of employee recognition, respect, development, and comradery while striving to achieve a healthy work-life balance. We recognize that core to our company is a culture of trust with our employees, customers, business partners, and community. Our management team is committed to continue to earn that trust. This past year, Torch proudly announced that we were Certified Evergreen™. A timely achievement for Torch employee-owners as they will celebrate Torch's 20th anniversary this October, becoming Certified Evergreen™ signifies that while Torch employee-owners can look back on Torch's past with pride, Torch is also looking forward. Becoming Certified Evergreen™ means that Torch has committed to finding ways to make 100 percent employee ownership sustainable so that Torch will remain a private company forever. Going forward, Torch will continue to evolve to address market and technology changes in order to become a major provider of cost-effective technical services and solutions to the Warfighter. We are making significant investments into facilities, equipment, business systems, and research to enable us to provide innovations and timely business services to our clients. We feel that always looking to improve our service is key to sustaining customer trust in the future. Likewise, we believe that continuing to share ownership is one of the ways we maintain employee trust and an unparalleled commitment to succeed. Combined, these timeless principles form the basis of the Torch culture. A culture that we are committed to continue and strive to pass on to the next generation of employee-owners as an Evergreen Company.