AI-First Automation Test Engineer (Hybrid)

Leidos; Egg Harbor Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Test Engineer to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the development of the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). This role focuses on designing test automation for microservices, building reusable test libraries, and integrating tests into CI/CD in a SAFe/Agile environment.

Hybrid position: 3 days onsite and 2 days remote when within commutable distance from Gaithersburg, MD; Eagan, MN; or Egg Harbor Township, NJ.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline with 3+ years of experience, or Master’s with 2+ years
• Experience with test automation frameworks (Selenium, JUnit, pytest, or equivalent) and Java or JavaScript test development
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar tools
• Experience with performance, integration, and API testing for distributed systems using tools such as JMeter or Gatling
• Knowledge of distributed service testing, including service virtualization, contract testing, chaos engineering, and data-driven test automation
• Experience with operational scenario-based testing, behavioral validation, root cause analysis, and defect investigation
• Familiarity with Agile/SAFe testing, quality engineering principles, test management, and defect tracking tools
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
• U.S. citizenship required
• Successful completion of background investigations as required by the government customer

Responsibilities

• Design and implement test automation frameworks for microservices-based platform components
• Build and maintain reusable test libraries and utilities for the L-CAP test infrastructure
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines ensuring continuous quality gates
• Conduct performance testing to validate system behavior under load and stress conditions
• Execute integration testing across platform services, APIs, and external system interfaces
• Develop test plans and strategies aligned with sprint and PI objectives
• Analyze defect patterns and test metrics to identify quality trends and improvement opportunities
• Collaborate with development and systems engineering teams on testability and quality requirements
• Support test environment configuration and test data management activities
• Mentor junior test engineers on automation practices and testing methodologies
• Design and execute test scenarios based on operational ATC workflows ensuring modernized services replicate legacy system behavior
• Develop distributed service validation frameworks verifying inter-service communication, data flow, and performance under operational conditions
• Implement data-driven verification approaches supporting modernization of legacy automation functions
• Embrace an AI-first engineering culture by actively adopting AI-assisted development tools, automation, and modern engineering practices that improve productivity, code quality, and delivery velocity

Skills

Test automation frameworks

CI/CD integration

Performance testing

API testing

Agile/SAFe testing

Public Trust eligibility

Citizenship requirement

Java/JavaScript testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Software Eng or related

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Selenium

JUnit

pytest

JMeter

Gatling

REST Assured

Postman

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Test Engineer to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the development of the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). This role focuses on designing test automation for microservices, building reusable test libraries, and integrating tests into CI/CD in a SAFe/Agile environment.

Hybrid position: 3 days onsite and 2 days remote when within commutable distance from Gaithersburg, MD; Eagan, MN; or Egg Harbor Township, NJ.