Software Test Engineer

Job Description

Description

SAIC has a funded need for a Software Test Engineer to fill a key position supporting a Government Intelligence Community (IC) customer charged will delivering solutions across a range of rapidly expanding and complex space and ground system initiatives. This position servers on-site with the Customer located in Chantilly, VA.

The customer is developing a next generation of space and ground systems architectures. 

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to: 

• Oversee planning and execution of requirements verification testing  
• Identify and coordinate test requirements for new contracts and/or contract modifications
• Evaluate test plans and procedures and monitor their use during system testing
• Provide testing subject matter expertise for incorporation of system elements during integrated system tests  
• Create, edit, and lead coordination of test documentation
• Coordinate data inputs/outputs in support of software tests
• Identify and report software testing discrepancies, assess their impacts, and make recommendations on potential workarounds and fixes to ensure requirement verification  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelors and 14+ years of relevant experience; OR Masters and 12+ years of relevant experience
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph
• Experience using industry standard testing principles for software testing and analysis  
• Experience supporting requirements sell-off processes
• Ability and willingness to work collaboratively with test engineers, as well as other technical and non-technical personnel
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships across organizations with competing priorities

 Desired Qualifications: 

• Knowledge of automated testing scripting, execution, and reporting
• Hands on experience with automated test scripting using Selenium or similar tool
• Experience negotiating and ensuring compliance with oversight organizations (e.g., independent test or enterprise test organizations)
• Experience communicating testing strategies, plans, status, and results through presentations and in writing

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.