What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Test Engineer position at SAIC?
Job Details
Job ID: 2503926
Location: STERLING HEIGHTS, MI, US
Date Posted: 2025-04-04
Category: Software
Subcategory: SW Testing
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: Interim Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description
SAIC is seeking a Software Test Engineer to join our team in Sterling Heights, Michigan.
Job Responsibilities :
The Test Engineer will be responsible for providing input to project release plans that cover project inception through delivery and on-going operational maintenance. They will be expected to analyze and solve complex testing related problems; review other developers and tester's work products for correctness, adherence to the project design concept and user standards. Designs, develops, and implements testing methods and equipment. Plans and arranges the labor, schedules, and equipment required for testing and evaluating standard and special devices. Provides test area with parameters for sample testing and specifies tests to be performed. Compiles data and defines changes required in testing equipment, testing procedures, manufacturing processes, or new testing requirements. Responsible for testing all customer samples and for special tests that cannot be performed in the test area.
Job Duties :
Qualifications
Required Education :
Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; four (4) years or more experience.
Qualifications :
Clearance:
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
Location: STERLING HEIGHTS, MI, US
Date Posted: 2025-04-04
Category: Software
Subcategory: SW Testing
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: Interim Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description
SAIC is seeking a Software Test Engineer to join our team in Sterling Heights, Michigan.
Job Responsibilities :
The Test Engineer will be responsible for providing input to project release plans that cover project inception through delivery and on-going operational maintenance. They will be expected to analyze and solve complex testing related problems; review other developers and tester's work products for correctness, adherence to the project design concept and user standards. Designs, develops, and implements testing methods and equipment. Plans and arranges the labor, schedules, and equipment required for testing and evaluating standard and special devices. Provides test area with parameters for sample testing and specifies tests to be performed. Compiles data and defines changes required in testing equipment, testing procedures, manufacturing processes, or new testing requirements. Responsible for testing all customer samples and for special tests that cannot be performed in the test area.
Job Duties :
- Analyzing complex requirements and design documents to develop test plans and test cases
- Executing manual test cases; documenting actual results during execution; reviewing the test results and reporting anomalies (if any) into the defect tracking database
- Developing new automation scripts and updating existing scripts to meet the newly added functionalities
- Executing automated test scripts; reporting execution results and identifying unsuccessful execution (if any)
- Executing Load/Performance testing by running the load test scripts and generating the load test execution results reports
- Tracking the defects from creation to closure; documenting detail description of defect and working with developers to reproduce
- Deploying software to test environments and monitoring server logs during testing and identify errors and/or unexpected log entries
- Participating and/or facilitating the test case peer review meetings and providing feedback making sure that developed test cases meet the client requirements
- Assisting with generation of Requirements Traceability Matrixes (RTM), maintaining regression test database, and creating test reports at the end of each testing phase
- Performing an internal quality assurance check on all deliverables to ensure they are complete, accurate, and adhere to the client's standards
- Providing assistance to business analyst with business/functional requirements and developers with technical requirements
Qualifications
Required Education :
Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; four (4) years or more experience.
Qualifications :
- Strong knowledge of system and software testing throughout the lifecycle including integration and testing methodologies and best practices
- Ability to analyze complex requirements and design documents to create detailed test cases and scripts
- Expertise in executing test cases and documenting actual results, identifying software defects and creating test reports
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
- Basic Knowledge of Structured Query Language
- Experience with configuration management and version control tools such as Atlassian suite, JIRA and/or Subversion
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Clearance:
- Must be able to obtain a Secret Security clearance; Interim Secret clearance required to start.
- U.S. Citizenship required
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
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