Software Test Engineer

Company:  SAIC
Location: Chantilly
Closing Date: 02/11/2024
Salary: £100 - £125 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / 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

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

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.

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