System Test Engineer

Description

Leidos Defense Systems is seeking a System Test Engineer to join a talented team within the BMD Simulations and Analysis Portfolio. You will be a part of a diverse team of test engineers, system engineers, software developers and analysts supporting our customer's software product test capabilities and internal testing in a missile defense modeling and simulation environment.

Primary Responsibilities

• Developing and executing software test procedures to verify requirements/features
• Creating and configuring complex test scenarios
• Developing software test documentation
• Collaborating with Stakeholders and Government customers for requirement verification
• Working within an Agile team environment, to include Program Increment Planning, Iteration Planning, Feature and Story development, Sprint Planning, and Iteration Retrospectives.
• Participating in demos for the team and program Sprint reviews

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or Software Engineering or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited institution and minimum of 4 years of demonstrated performance in the design, development, and testing of real-time software applications and simulations or MS Computer Science or Software Engineering or equivalent degree from an ABET-accredited institution and a minimum of 2 years of demonstrated performance in the design, development, and testing of real-time software applications and simulations
• Experience with GitLab/Git for software configuration management
• Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS
• Experience programming network connections (message generation, formatting, UDP and TCP/IP interfaces)
• Must be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of Agile Software Development methodologies.

• Must be a resident of Huntsville, Alabama or be willing to relocate to the Huntsville, Alabama area.
• Must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with test automation or analysis automation preferred

Agile Scrum Experience

Experience with Java and user interfaces

Experience with Jira - issue tracking and agile project management, or similar tool

Multi-core and multi-threaded programming

Familiarity with MDA Sensors and/or missile defense systems

Familiarity with modeling and simulation tools

Understanding of systems engineering concepts (not required to be a systems engineer)

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.