Develops and executes subsystem, enterprise, and system integration test plans for ground-based radar systems supporting Space Force missions. Documents test requirements and methodologies, supports test readiness reviews and integration planning, develops test automation and DevSecOps solutions, and ensures contract-compliant task execution. The role also coordinates with engineering and software development teams to validate system needs and maintain mission-critical radar capabilities.
SAIC seeks a highly experienced Principal Test Engineer to support the US Space Force, Space Systems Command, in performing operational maintenance and sustainment of ground-based radars critical to US and Allied strategic missile surveillance, warning, defense, and space surveillance missions in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In support of the government customer, the SAIC Program Manager, and the Chief Engineer, the Test Engineer is responsible for development and execution of system test solutions in accordance with engineering documentation to ensure test plans and methodologies meet system needs, are accurate, comprehensive, consistent, and complete.
Job Duties:
- Participate, prepare, and execute comprehensive subsystem and enterprise-level test plans and procedures, and support system/element level test planning and test readiness reviews.
- Document test requirements and methodologies in the requirements management system.
- Support the development of system integration plans, procedures and scenarios used in the conduct of software/hardware system integration testing.
- Development of innovative Test Automation solutions and support the software development teams focused on DevSecOps solutions.
- Ensure personnel management actions are completed, and tasks are conducted in accordance with contract requirements.
- Bachelor’s and nine plus (9+) years’ of relevant experience.
- Active Secret Clearance.
- Experience in using a requirements management tool, such as DOORS.
- Familiarity or experience with continuous integration and deployment environments and tools such as Bamboo.
- Experience with version control tools such as Bitbucket.
- Experience with *ix operating systems.
Desired:
- Familiarity or experience with Agile software development methodologies, i.e., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, to include use of Jira and Confluence.
- Experience sustaining UEWR and/or PARCS ground based radar systems.
- Experience in writing scripts using scripting languages such as Korn Shell, Bourne Shell, Python, Perl, bash, tcl, etc.
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