Test Automation Engineer

Job
Location: RICHARDSON, TX, United States
Date Posted: Dec 1, 2025
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Test Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time
Minimum

Clearance Required:

Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret
Potential for Remote Work: Hybrid
Benefits:

SAIC is seeking a DIPN Test Automation Engineer to join our team to support the Department of Air Force’s (DAF) Advanced Battle Management System’s (ABMS) Digital Infrastructure (DI), Digital Infrastructure Processing Node (DIPN) Product Line Team. ABMS is the Air Force’s latest effort to create a next-generation command and control (C2) system and is a top modernization priority for the DAF.

ABMS will be the backbone of a network‑centric approach to battle management in partnership with all the services across the Department of Defense. The broader effort known as the Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) is focused on rapid integration of capabilities and modernizing the decision‑making processes for combat operations.

The DIPN Test Automation Engineer writes automated test cases based on existing manual tests and future automation suites. As part of the duties of this role, the Test Automation Engineer focuses on the tool suite used to automate testing and assists the development and testing team in the planning and executing of test code to ensure repeatable, quantifiable processes in the Software Development Environment (SDE) and Software Integration Environment (SIE), as well as the monitoring, fault analysis and incident reporting for the Integration & Test portions of these environments.

• Write test cases both manual and automated for development and operation.
• Document issues and bugs with the DDI prototype.
• Build and maintain test environments including cloud, hardware, software, and network components.
• Monitoring progress through appropriate metrics and management reporting.
• Tracking and report status and other metrics against goals on an ongoing basis for service improvement opportunities.

Required Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related STEM discipline and 9 years of experience with related engineering disciplines, domains, and applications.
• Technical expertise including:
  • knowledge of the Python programming language.
  • Experience with software test automation testing tools such as Selenium or Google test.
• The ability to work on a multidisciplinary team to include Software, Hardware, and Cyber domains.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Ansible, Puppet or Chef.
• Experience with agile development and testing methodologies.
• Experience with Site Reliability Engineering responsibilities such as monitoring, fault detection and analysis, incident post mortems, and root cause analysis.

Desired

Skills:

• Experience with SRE monitoring tools like Splunk, ELK/EFK, Prometheus, and time series databases.
• Experience in project tracking and test automation tools like:
  • Selenium, xUnit, the Robot Framework, Google test JIRA, Zephyr, scripting, performance,
  • Load and scanning capabilities; and comfortable with setting up automation when needed.
• Experience with AWS Platforms, HW and SW Testing capabilities.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high‑end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion.

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