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The team member will be working in a dynamic environment and will be responsible for electrical designs, analyzing data, and working collaboratively within a group of Hardware Engineers. Further responsibility includes creating analysis tools and reporting test results of F/A 18 E/F and EA-18G Integration testing.\nEssential Job Functions:\nThe Engineer will support technical engineering reviews, understand system requirements, learn the technical details of the F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G Integration effort and apply that knowledge to help execute a dynamic test program.\nActively participate in test planning of laboratory and flight/ground test events to ensure decision quality test data is collected.\nPerform timely and accurate analysis to support decision authorities. 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