Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. They are seeking an Aviation Software Test Engineer to help test and develop software for tactical strike, sensors, CUAS, and UAS solutions, focusing on automated testing and software quality engineering.
This test position involves direct participation as an integral team member who performs key roles with respect to test planning, test strategy and design, test execution, software engineering processes, and recommendations on product quality.
This position also involves reviewing, editing, and generating various documents used for engineering and testing purposes per industry standards.
Qualification
Required
Candidate should possess at least a bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent technical degree with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Candidate should have 2-8 years of relevant technical experience.
Candidate should have recent experience with software development and/or writing software test scripts using one of the following Object-Oriented Programming languages: C++, Python, or Java.
Candidate should have experience writing unit and integration tests with unit test frameworks.
Candidate should possess an aptitude for the technical skills required for software test, configuration management, and software quality engineering concepts.
Candidate should have experience developing test methods and procedures for software products using scripting and/or compiled languages.
Candidate should have a working knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems.
Candidate should have analytical and process improvement skills along with a personal drive for details and quality workmanship.
Candidate should possess an aptitude for the technical skills required for software test and software quality engineering concepts.
Candidate should demonstrate familiarity with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
Candidate should have good communication skills.
Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
Preferred
Experience writing user interface (UI) tests with automated UI testing technologies.
Experience writing software in compliance with applicable industry safety and cyber standards (MIL-STD-882E, DISA STIGs).
Candidate is expected to accept constructive feedback from more senior software team members.
The ability to work across multiple products under development by multiple small teams.
Benefits
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health.
