Ground Software Development and Test Support Engineer

$160,001 - $160,001/Yr

SAIC - Roxborough Park, CO

Full-time

Onsite - Roxborough Park, CO

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Ground Software Development and Test Support Engineer will be responsible for evaluating and ensuring the quality of software for a new Spacecraft Ground System. This role involves detailed testing, analysis of requirements, and providing technical support to ensure that software modifications meet operational standards. The position requires a strong background in software development and testing, particularly within the context of the Intelligence Community.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate detailed test plans, procedures and scenarios for software acceptance/verification
• Perform analysis of requirements; evaluate requirement changes for software and system-level impacts and provide feedback regarding requirements testability
• Ensure developer follows software development methodologies and maintains software development standards and procedures; support bi-weekly development sprint demos
• Perform real-time observation/witness of requirements verification (dry runs, DT&E)
• Ensure new software modifications meet requirements and operate satisfactorily in the system environment
• Perform analysis of requirement verification reports, ensuring system through software-level requirements are satisfied and provide recommendations to the program office
• Provide weekly correspondence to the program office of successes and failures of all executed formal test procedures
• Write clear, concise and effective correspondence to local and geographically separated program office personnel
• Provide technical support for software promotions to operational baselines
• Provide technical support for readiness events/exercises and rotational shift support for new spacecraft initialization

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph
• Bachelors degree and 9+ years professional experience (professional experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree)
• 5+ years minimum software development/test experience
• Demonstrated on-the-job experience communicating technical concepts and project information to technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience supporting the Intelligence Community

Nice-to-haves

• On-the-job experience as a tester for spacecraft ground system software/hardware
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum environments
• On-the-job experience conducting end-to-end testing of large or complex spacecraft ground systems

Benefits

• Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000