Overview
On Site
USD 120,001.00 - 160,000.00 per year
Full Time
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
GitLab
Version Control
Bitbucket
Linux
Operating Systems
Writing
Scripting
Korn Shell
Shell
Python
Perl
Bash
Tcl
Information Technology
Systems Engineering
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Job Details
Job ID: 2508017
Location: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, US
Date Posted: 2025-07-29
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Test Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: Yes
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:
Qualifications
Desired:
Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
Location: COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, US
Date Posted: 2025-07-29
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Test Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: Yes
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
- Bachelor's Degree 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 GitLab.
- Experience with version control tools such as Bitbucket.
- Experience with Linux 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.
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