Test Engineer
Leidos
- Columbia, MD
- $101,400-183,300 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Design and develop test processes; Participate in the design and building of test scenarios.
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
- Write test procedures and protocols to assess system reliability and evaluate the ability of systems to meet performance standards and specifications.
- Ability to execute and document test cases/result sets for software products in an agile cadence.
- Present and document test plans, reports and project status for responsible products.
- Gather test data and evaluate test results to conclude if system designs and architecture meet specifications and performance expectations.
- Develop test simulations to evaluate how systems react under different conditions and analyze system failure to assess the integrity and reliability of system performance.
- Analyze test cases and scenarios and report results.
- Provide technical advice to other organizations and leadership.
- Analyze performance risk areas to focus T&E planning
- Plan program and event level testing for collection of data required for analysis and to synch T&E events with supported decision points
- Assess operational and system performance requirements for testability and criticality to frame and prioritize T&E objectives and enable evaluation planning
- Coordinate with program Systems Engineering (SE) and review T&E-related SE information to leverage functional analysis, system descriptions, parameter selection and dependencies, Modeling and Simulation, and initial performance risk assessments to inform evaluation planning
- Assess operational environments and priorities for evaluation attention and scenario selection, and to coordinate user participation in T&E
- Plan program and event level risk-tailored performance estimation and analysis of system and operational Effectiveness and Suitability metrics & conditions; levels of T&E include inspection, demonstration, paper analysis, survey, simulation, and physical test
- Ensure test readiness including training of test event participants regarding conduct of the event, equipment readiness, and security, legal, and privacy compliance arrangements
- Produce associated Test Plans, Procedures, and Reports/Briefings, Data Management Plan
- Communicate issues and solutions to the broader government and contract management structure as requested by Leadership
- Drive innovation and responsiveness to program changes and evolving T&E status to help manage program risk: develop alternative courses of action, workarounds, and fallback positions with a recommended course of action for each risk, and monitor and re-evaluate risks at appropriate milestone
- Demonstrated experience with test automation methodologies.
- Software skills, especially in scripting languages
- Understanding and experience in the complete life-cycle of software systems.
- Experience in developing systems requirements, validation and verification strategies, and verification planning.
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
- Strong, effective, and professional communication (written/verbal) and interpersonal skills.
- Collaborator, self-starter, strategic providing input to technical discussions to meet test objectives.
- Ability to plan, prioritize and organize work without close supervision.
- Ability to take initiative in troubleshooting.
- Ability to test both back-end applications processes in addition to front end.
- Significant experience in test data/script development
- Demonstrated ability to work within collaborative environment to execute test cases complimentary to development efforts.
- Demonstrated experience with software performance testing practices.