Senior Systems Integration & Test Engineer

Senior Systems Integration & Test Engineer

Richardson, TX

TS/SCI

Compensation Range: $100,000 - $140,000

Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.

If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

• In this role, you will work with a cross-disciplinary team of engineers who are leading the industry in ground systems solutions.
• Conduct integration and test activities as a member of an Agile Release Train (ART) team.
• Identify technical issues during software and hardware integration and collaborate with fellow engineers to drive solutions to closure.
• Develop and execute automated test scripts.
• Troubleshoot and debug system issues.
• Operate effectively within an Agile program environment.

• Typically requires a Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience with systems integration and testing of software products in Agile, CI/CD environments
• Experience with regression testing, test scripting, and/or test automation tools
• Experience with troubleshooting and debugging software-based systems and products
• Experience with Linux (Red Hat), Python, and/or Perl scripting
• Active and transferable TS/SCI U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date with the ability to obtain a Polygraph after start.

• Experience working in a Satellite Ground System development or operations environment
• Experience with ground station and satellite domains (such as terrestrial data networking, command and telemetry, launch operations, flight dynamics, mission planning, on-orbit operations), CompTIA Security + or equivalent certification
• Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
• Experience in Test Automation experience (Cucumber, Gherkin, Zypher, SoapUI)
• Experience with Java, C++, or Python, Experience with Linux operating system, Experience in a Cloud environment; AWS certification is helpful