Software Quality Tester

If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.

Full Time Regular Picatinny Picatinny, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $87,000.00 To $92,000.00 Annually

Software Quality Tester – AFATDS/IFATDS

Position Summary

Total Technology, Inc. (T2) is seeking a Software Quality Tester to support software testing, verification, validation, and quality assurance activities. The successful candidate will support the Government in evaluating software functionality, identifying and documenting defects, executing formal and informal test procedures, performing regression testing, and verifying corrective actions associated with artillery fire control and related software systems.

The position requires demonstrated artillery experience and a working understanding of artillery fire direction, fire mission processing, tactical operations, and associated command-and-control systems.
Experience with the International Field Artillery Tactical Data System (IFATDS) is highly desired; experience with the Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) is acceptable.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Software Quality Tester will:

• Develop, review, and execute software test procedures, test cases, test scenarios, and acceptance criteria based on system requirements, software requirements, interface requirements, and Government-defined operational use cases.
• Perform functional, integration, system, regression, and software quality testing of artillery fire control and command-and-control software.
• Support testing of IFATDS and/or AFATDS functionality, interfaces, message processing, fire mission workflows, and related artillery operational functions.
• Evaluate software performance against approved requirements and expected operational behavior.
• Execute representative artillery operational scenarios to verify software functionality under realistic mission conditions.
• Identify, reproduce, isolate, document, and track software defects and anomalous system behavior.
• Prepare detailed defect reports containing test conditions, steps to reproduce, expected results, actual results, supporting evidence, and recommended disposition.
• Perform regression testing following software modifications and defect corrections to verify successful resolution and identify unintended impacts to previously validated functionality.
• Support software builds, releases, configuration verification, installation, and test-environment preparation.
• Verify software and test configurations prior to execution to ensure test results are repeatable and traceable to the appropriate baseline.
• Analyze test results, system logs, software messages, interface data, and other available diagnostic information to assist engineering personnel with root-cause determination.
• Participate in technical reviews, test readiness reviews, defect review boards, configuration reviews, and Government Integrated Product Team meetings.
• Coordinate with software developers, systems engineers, artillery subject matter experts, Government personnel, and other stakeholders to resolve technical issues.
• Maintain accurate test records and provide test results, status reports, defect metrics, and supporting documentation as required.
• Support Government testing at contractor and Government facilities and field/test locations when required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated U.S. Army or DoD artillery experience is highly desired
  .
• Practical knowledge of artillery operations, fire direction, fire mission processing, tactical procedures, and associated fire control systems.
• Experience conducting software testing, system testing, operational testing, quality assurance, verification and validation, or similar technical testing activities.
• Ability to translate operational requirements and system requirements into executable test cases and scenarios.
• Experience documenting software defects and communicating technical findings to software developers, engineers, and Government personnel.
• Ability to execute repeatable test procedures and accurately…