TEST Engineer – Python/Linux/Automation TS/SCI w/Poly Clearance is req
Listed on 2026-07-21
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Engineering
Systems Engineer
TEST ENGINEER – Python/Linux/Automation - 8+ yrs of Experience - TS/SCI w/Poly clearance is required- HPC Job Description
Test Engineer –Python/Linux/Automation - 8+ yrs of Experience - TS/SCI w/Poly Clearance
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Travel Required: No
Shift: Day
Remote Type: Onsite
Security Clearance: Current TS/SCI
Polygraph: Required
Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements.
The projected compensation range for this position is 196 K to 210 K (annualized USD).
Capabilities- Collaborate with cross-functional agile teams to understand project requirements and user stories.
- Understanding HW Intricacies to help prioritize testing based on risks.
- Design and prototype automated test frameworks for applications and REST APIs.
- Analyze requirements and generate test use cases.
- Identify, analyze, and report defects.
- Verify fixes and track issues to resolution.
- Perform manual testing when necessary to supplement automated testing efforts.
- Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, sprint demos, and retrospectives.
Conduct research into and apply knowledge of Government test and evaluation concepts and related engineering, acquisition, and operations activities as needed to support the T&E activities.
Plan and Execute Performance Analysis.
Review planned acquisition approaches to support T&E schedule alignment with decision maker needs for T&E support.
Analyze performance risk areas to focus T&E planning.
Specify, validate, and adapt Modeling and Simulation for T&E use.
Apply Statistical Analysis of variations in performance behavior to characterize confidence in performance estimates.
Select, develop, and use analysis tools.
Execute the evaluation plan on data collected by Testing Tasks.
Plan and Execute Performance Data Collection.
Plan program and event level testing for collection of data required for analysis and to sync T&E events with supported decision points.
Establish and employ Data and Configuration Management capabilities.
Support Data Authentication group functions; and comply with program Discrepancy Reporting criteria and processes.
Assess operation and system performance requirements for testability and criticality to frame and prioritize T&E objectives and enable evaluation planning.
Coordinate with program Systems Engineering (SE) and review T&E-related SE information to leverage functional analysis, system descriptions, parameter selection and dependencies, Modeling and Simulation, and initial performance risk assessments to inform evaluation planning.
Assess operational environments and priorities for evaluation attention and scenario selection, and to coordinate user participation in T&E.
Plan program and event level risk-tailored performance estimation and analysis of system and operational Effectiveness and Suitability metrics & conditions; levels of T&E include inspection, demonstration, paper analysis, survey, simulation, and physical test.
Design surveys for evaluation of Subject Matter Expert (SME) input and user assessments of performance.
Participate in the T&E Working-level Integrated Product Team (WIPT) and/or Integrated Test Team for coordination of evaluation plans.
Produce Evaluation Plans (metric framework, scenarios/threads, timelines, requirements/T&E cross-walk), Analysis Plans, Data Requirements, Risk Assessments, Evaluation Reports, Status reports; provide input to Government T&E products (e.g., Technology Readiness Assessments, Test & Evaluation Strategy, Test & Evaluation Master Plan, T&E Plans & Procedures and Test Readiness Reports).
Design data sampling schemes to optimize the information/resource balance and to control testing uncertainties.
Select, coordinate, and calibrate Instrumentation, collection and data management tools, targets, and facilities.
Ensure test readiness including training of test event participants re-conduct of the event; equipment readiness, and security, legal, and privacy compliance arrangements.
Participate in T&E WIPT and/or…
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