Junior Manual Test Engineer — TS/SCI Clearance

Leidos Inc; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

11 paid Holidays

401K with 6% company match

Flexible schedules

Discounted stock purchase plans

Technical upskilling

Education and training support

Parental paid leave

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Junior Manual Test Engineer to join a fast-paced, mission-critical software program. You will perform component, integration, and system testing, write and execute test procedures, and verify defect actions across development and operation phases.

You will collaborate with software, system engineering, and deployment teams, applying basic system administration skills in a test lab environment. A TS/SCI with polygraph clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Statistics or related discipline with 2+ years of experience.
• Experience with SDLC and basic testing concepts (test cases, plans, defect tracking, regression tests).
• Experience in software testing, system administration, and quality assurance.
• Ability to log, track, and retest defects using bug-tracking tools (JIRA/Azure DevOps).
• Basic SQL or data verification. Experience with physical hardware for integration.

Responsibilities

• Perform system testing of components and integration testing through system and end-to-end evaluation.
• Document test results for corrective actions, reporting, and audits.
• Develop test methodologies and perform subsystem interface and software module testing.
• Develop and implement test procedures and test reports.
• Review test plans and define test acceptance criteria.
• Develop and refine test data.
• Identify interface requirements for software components.
• Support the software configuration management process.
• Provide system testing input for test procedures/documentation.
• Assist teams with test-related tasks as needed.

Skills

Software testing

System administration

Quality assurance

Test case execution

Defect tracking

SQL basics

Hardware testing

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Willingness to learn

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

JIRA

Azure DevOps

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Junior Manual Test Engineer to join a fast-paced, mission-critical software program. You will perform component, integration, and system testing, write and execute test procedures, and verify defect actions across development and operation phases.

You will collaborate with software, system engineering, and deployment teams, applying basic system administration skills in a test lab environment. A TS/SCI with polygraph clearance is required.