Cleared Integration and Test Engineer, National/Tactical Systems
General Atomics - Charlottesville, VA
posted 5 days ago
About the position
The Cleared Integration and Test Engineer position at General Atomics involves spearheading software development and integration testing efforts within the National Tactical Department. The role focuses on collaborating with Model-Based System Engineers (MBSE) to design and develop scalable, high-performance systems that utilize advanced modeling methodologies. The engineer will be responsible for ensuring the integrity and accuracy of data exchanged between system components, translating system requirements into testable scenarios, and executing comprehensive testing plans. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to critical national priorities in a rapidly growing business area.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with MBSEs to ensure that MBSE frameworks align with System of Systems (SoS) architectures
- Participate in the software development for integration support, data validation, configuration, deployment, customization, and testing
- Validate the integrity and accuracy of data exchanged between system components through scripts, logging, and testing output
- Develop solutions to replicate behavior of external systems/environments to ensure quality and confidence with integration efforts
- Translate system requirements into testable scenarios, ensuring that all aspects of the model are thoroughly tested and validated
- Execute testing of interactions and interfaces between different subsystems or modules, ensuring that data flows smoothly and that all components communicate effectively
- Develop, modify, and execute testing plans based on system requirements, ensuring comprehensive coverage of all functionalities and interfaces
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including MBSEs and project managers, to ensure effective communication and alignment throughout the testing process
Requirements
- Typically requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems or a related discipline and five or more years of professional software quality analyst experience
- Familiar with scripting/programming languages including Bash, Python, Java, and JavaScript
- Experience with integration testing methodologies and techniques, including testing of interfaces, data exchange, and system interactions
- Experience in developing scripts or utilities for monitoring, logging, and performance profiling of integrated systems
- Experience with software development life cycles and best practices
- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and agile development methodologies
- Familiar with containers and basic orchestration (Docker, Docker-Compose and similar)
- Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts and present findings to stakeholders
- Ability to develop solutions to a variety of routine and non-routine problems of moderate scope and complexity
Nice-to-haves
- Experience integrating military systems in secure environments
- Experience with verification, validation, and regression testing
- Knowledge of relevant domains such as aerospace or defense industries
- Interested in Geospatial data processing and tactical comms
- Curious and excited to learn new technologies
- Excited about understanding our customer's needs and mission
- Interested in maintaining and adapting complex systems
- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaboration tools
- Familiar with RESTful APIs
Benefits
- Relocation Assistance Provided
