Space Protection Software Test Engineer

SAIC • Chantilly, VA

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About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Space Protection Software Test Engineer to join its Air Force, Space, and Intelligence Business Group, providing systems engineering and technical advisory services to a Government Intelligence Community customer developing next-generation space and ground systems, architectures, and hardware and software solutions.

The engineer will serve as a subject matter expert and System Program Office representative, coordinating with the development contractor and stakeholders, including end-user operators, to verify new space protection and Indications and Warning capabilities before operational deployment. Working with mission-related subject matter experts, the engineer will coordinate requirements and mission validation testing, support verification testing and sell-off, identify and track discrepancies, and assist with transition-to-operations activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 9 years of experience, master’s degree and at least 7 years of experience, or Ph.D. and at least 5 years of experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Poly.
• Experience developing, testing, or fielding space software systems, including space or ground components.
• Hands-on experience using industry-standard software testing principles and methodologies, including functional, regression, integration, system, and user acceptance testing, for software testing and analysis.
• Familiarity with space mission operations, preferably at NRO.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in space protection or space domain awareness systems, activities, or operations.
• Experience developing automated integration tests.
• Experience with test management and defect-tracking tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail, Bugzilla, or similar.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and tools such as Confluence and Jira, including participation in scrums, development of solution epics and features, and continuous integration/continuous deployment.
• Familiarity with NRO’s Systems Engineering Directorate (SED) and its Requirements Development/Management, RFC, and Lifecycle Readiness processes.

Responsibilities

• Complete validation testing to ensure Space Protection and Indications and Warning software operate as expected in the intended environment and meet user expectations.
• Oversee, manage, plan, and execute requirements verification testing.
• Lead planning and coordination efforts for designated enterprise System Test events.
• Identify and report software testing discrepancies, assess their impacts, and recommend potential workarounds and fixes to ensure requirement verification.
• Participate in refining requirements, designs, and testing capabilities to meet user needs.
• Assist the System Program Office in overseeing software development, implementation, deployment, and operation of ground processing systems that provide space protection capabilities.
• Represent the System Program Office at third-party software developer Program Increment planning, pre-planning, Sprint close-out, and demonstration events, communicating the office’s priorities for test events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior