Principal Test Engineer (Contingent)- Onsite

Principal Test Engineer

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is seeking a Principal Test Engineer to perform a Test Architect role supporting the AF DCGS High Band Mission Applications Software (HBMAS) Sustainment and Development program. The role focuses on defining and executing verification strategies for distributed, cloud enabled mission applications responsible for ingesting, tagging, auditing, and securing mission data. Work is performed using modern agile methods in close collaboration with customer and operational stakeholders.

Position includes occasional CONUS/OCONUS travel (up to 25%).

An active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI clearance is required prior to start date.

This position is contingent upon contract award and customer funding.

What You Will Do:

• Develop and refine the program's test architecture and end to end verification strategy
• Assess and Approve acceptance criteria aligned to needs, interfaces, and operational mission threads
• Create automated and manual test approaches aligned with Dev Sec Ops  deployment pipelines
• Identify test environment needs and testbed design for distributed, cloud enabled systems
• Participate in technical discussions to ensure test influences design and deployment patterns
• Validate containerization, cloud deployment patterns, and security controls through structured testing

Integration & Verification

• Oversee installation, deployment, and test of cloud enabled mission applications across enclaves
• Review verification strategies, test procedures, automated scripts, and manual tests
• Execute test demonstrations, evaluate results, and verify acceptance criteria have been met
• Support troubleshooting of integration, deployment, and dataflow issues across multidiscipline teams
• Maintain test artifacts and configuration consistency through disciplined configuration processes
• Participate in interface control working groups and validate compliance during integration
• Ensure verification activities align with cybersecurity and mission assurance requirements

What You Will Learn:

• Evolution of mission systems across cloud, cyber, data ingestion, and distributed architectures
• Integration of automated testing with Dev Sec Ops  pipelines and modern deployment workflows
• How operational constraints influence architectural, test, and sustainment decisions
• Strategies for validating modernization while supporting legacy system interoperability

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Experience in system verification, test engineering, or integration engineering
• Demonstrated ability to develop test procedures, automated scripts, and structured verification plans
• Experience with cloud based, distributed, or containerized systems
• Understanding of interface and configuration management practices
• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• CompTIA Security+
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, or other cloud native technologies
• Familiarity with Dev Sec Ops  pipelines, automated testing, and CI/CD
• Experience with observability, monitoring, and logging tools
• Knowledge of DoD mission systems, cybersecurity requirements, and secure by design practices

What we offer:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• Optional coverage: you can purchase pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal,  protection
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
• Adoption Assistance
• Autism Benefit
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
• Doctor on Demand, Virtual doctor visits
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
• Relocation assistance may be provided
• And more!

Learn More and Apply Now!

Do you want to be a part of something bigger? A team whose impact stretches across the world, and even beyond? At Collins Aerospace, our Mission Systems team helps civilian, military and government customers complete their most complex missions — whatever and wherever they may be. Our customers depend on us for intelligent and secure communications, miss ionized systems for specialized aircraft and spacecraft and collaborative space solutions.

By joining our team, you'll have your own critical part to play in ensuring our customers succeed today while anticipating their…