Principal Test Engineer

Colorado Springs, CO, US • Posted 15 hours ago • Updated 15 hours ago
Full Time
On-site
USD $120,001.00 - 160,000.00 per year
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Skills

  • Science
  • Surveillance
  • System Testing
  • Documentation
  • Test Plans
  • System Integration
  • Computer Hardware
  • System Integration Testing
  • Automated Testing
  • Software Development
  • DevSecOps
  • Security Clearance
  • Agile
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • SAFE
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • Requirements Management
  • IBM Rational DOORS
  • Continuous Integration
  • Continuous Integration and Development
  • Bamboo
  • Version Control
  • Bitbucket
  • Operating Systems
  • Writing
  • Scripting
  • Korn Shell
  • Shell
  • Python
  • Perl
  • Bash
  • Tcl
  • Information Technology
  • Systems Engineering
  • FOCUS

Summary

Job ID: 2610869

Location: Colorado Springs, CO, US

Date Posted: 2026-04-01

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Test Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_HYBRID

Description

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 Principal 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.


Qualifications
  • Bachelors and nine plus (9+) years' of relevant experience.
  • Active Secret Clearance.
  • Familiarity or experience with Agile software development methodologies, i.e., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, to include use of Jira and Confluence.
  • 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:
  • 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.


Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.


Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 10111346
  • Position Id: 2610869
  • Posted 15 hours ago

Company Info

About SAIC

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500 mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets include secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

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