Principal Software Systems Test Engineer (AHT)
On-siteHuntsville, Alabama, United States
Job Summary
Develop and maintain test plans, procedures, and test cases for assigned systems and subsystems. Perform system, integration, and regression testing, including manual and automated execution. Analyze test results, troubleshoot issues, and collaborate with development, systems, and QA teams to resolve defects. Document test evidence to support formal reviews, audits, and customer witness events. Contribute to requirements verification by ensuring traceability from requirements to test cases. Develop and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks as needed. Support test environment setup for hardware, software, tools, data, and configurations. Continuously improve test processes, tools, and metrics. Requires a Bachelor's degree in STEM with 5 years of experience or a Master's with 3 years, plus an active DoD Secret Clearance. Based in Huntsville, AL.
Required Qualifications
- Clearance required for start
- Active DoD Secret Clearance
- U.S. Citizenship
- Bachelors degree in STEM
- Masters degree in STEM
- Minimum 5 years of experience
- 3 years of experience (for Masters degree)
- Strong understanding of test engineering principles (verification vs validation, coverage, boundary conditions, negative testing)
- Experience with test case design techniques (equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, use cases, etc.)
- Experience with test automation and at least one scripting or programming language (e.g., Python, Bash)
- Ability to read and interpret requirements, interface control documents (ICDs), and design specs
- Familiarity with configuration management and version control (e.g., Git)
- Experience with API testing, UI testing, performance or security testing as needed
- Must be based in Huntsville, AL
- Must be available for travel
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