Description
Leidos has an exciting opportunity for a Sr. Manual Test Engineer on an important, fast-paced, mission-critical program. The selected candidate will perform component, integration, and system-level testing by writing and executing system-level test procedures, evaluating changes made to software applications, and verifying defect corrective actions discovered during development, testing, and/or operational use.
The Manual Test team is part of a test organization that includes teams that automate regression tests and maintain a complex testing framework and infrastructure. The selected individual will utilize basic system administration skills and will work with physical equipment in a test lab environment.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Coordinate with other Engineers and customer test stakeholders to define testing priorities and establish test event schedules.
- Partner with System-Level Test Teams and Scrum Masters to identify tasks and resources for test environment preparation, test procedure development, and execution of informal and formal testing.
- Identify and manage cross-team dependencies required to successfully execute program release testing events.
- Perform manual component, integration, system, and end-to-end testing of software applications.
- Develop, write, and execute system-level and integration-level test procedures and test reports.
- Evaluate software changes and verify defect corrective actions identified during development, testing, and operational use.
- Utilize basic system administration skills and work with physical equipment in a test lab environment.
- Develop test data, define test acceptance criteria, and create test methodologies for subsystem interfaces and software modules.
- Plan, perform, and oversee regression testing using a full suite of Operational Test Scenarios for builds/images delivered to the customer.
- Engage with customer points of contact when required, to prepare for and conduct formal test milestones, coordinate customer witnessing of formal tests, and provide test resource support for customer test events.
- Understand all software components and their interface requirements to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
- Develop, review, and contribute to test plans and test procedure documentation as part of a broader test organization.
- Support software configuration management processes related to test artifacts and environments.
- Work collaboratively with Software Development, Systems Engineering, Integration, Deployment, and Sustainment teams.
Basic Qualifications:
- Master's degree with 15-20 years of prior relevant experience or Doctorate with 13-16 years of prior relevant experience.
- Experience testing through a full system development life cycle, including implementing test plans, test cases, and test processes.
- Experience participating in formal test events.
- Demonstrated experience developing and executing formal system tests to verify compliance with customer requirements.
- Experience collaborating with software developers to create formal test procedures.
- Experience working with physical equipment in a test lab environment.
- Experience collecting, analyzing, presenting test results verbally, and reporting test results in writing.
- Experience utilizing elevated privileges to set up and execute manual test procedures.
- Experience documenting test results for corrective actions, reporting, and audits.
- Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Polygraph.
Benefits: Leidos offers competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and more.
Pay Range: $139,100.00 - $251,450.00