ME00602-Automated Test Engineer

Momentum Engineering, Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

11 paid holidays

Minimum of 3 weeks PTO

Company sponsored group medical plan

Company paid dental and vision insurance

Life insurance and STD/LTD plans

Job summary

Momentum Engineering, Inc. is seeking an Automated Test Engineer to be the primary liaison across engineering teams, supporting test and evaluation processes. You'll contribute to defense initiatives in cybersecurity while working on a multidisciplinary engineering team.

Applicants must have an active Top Secret/SCI clearance and a Bachelor’s in a relevant field along with substantial experience in automated testing solutions. The position offers competitive benefits, including paid holidays and a group medical plan.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph is required.
• At least 7 years of experience creating and executing automated test plans.
• Experience working within cloud infrastructure in classified environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute automated test and evaluation plans.
• Coordinate Evaluation and Testing tasks and products.
• Drive innovation in program testing and evaluation processes.

Skills

Automated test planning

Scripting in Python

Version control (SVN, GIT)

Agile Development

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems

Tools

JIRA

Cloud infrastructure (classified AWS)

Job description

Momentum Engineering, Inc. fosters an employee-centric culture. Our strength lies in our people. With a high percentage of employees holding advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, and related disciplines, we bring deep technical expertise to every mission. Our team includes professionals with security clearances and full-scope polygraphs, ensuring trusted, secure support for the most sensitive national security initiatives. Additionally, our workforce is equipped with industry-leading certifications, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and excellence. Most importantly, our exceptional employee retention rate reflects a culture of professional growth, mission focus, and dedication—ensuring long‑term stability and expertise for our customers’ critical needs.

Job Summary

• Seeking an Automated Test Engineer to serve as the primary liaison across engineering teams to support coordination of test and evaluation ensuring system and capability performance requirements are met
• The ideal candidate will support testing activities as a member of the test, development and deployment team
• The candidate will be supporting key activities in defense of emerging threats in the cybersecurity domain and work as part of a team that develops and tailors capabilities with the common goal to prevent and eradicate threats to critical U.S. systems

Primary Responsibilities

• Work to develop and execute automated test and evaluation plans for custom software as a part of a multidisciplinary engineering team
• Coordinate and integrate Evaluation and Testing tasks and products
• Drive innovation and responsiveness to program changes and evolving test and evaluation (T&E) status to help manage program risk: develop alternative courses of action, work arounds, and fallback positions with a recommended course of action for each risk, and monitor and re‑evaluate risks at appropriate milestones

Required Qualifications

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
• Must have a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or related discipline
• Seven (7+) years’ experience creating and executing automated test plans, scripts, and integrating them into development
• 5+ years of experience applying techniques to create automated solutions in support of dynamic, evolving mission requirements
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable automated test scripts to validate new features, custom applications, configuration changes, and system upgrades
• Experience managing regression testing including comprehensive coverage of all software/system patches, upgrades, releases
• Experience writing/maintaining high‑quality documentation for test plans, automation standards, and execution procedures
• Experience working within cloud infrastructure in classified AWS environment
• Scripting experience/Python is desired
• Ability to work version control systems (e.g. SVN, GIT), and experience with JIRA ticketing tool, and understanding of basic CM principles
• Strong written and verbal communications with experience working as part of an Agile Development Team

Desired Qualifications

• No desired qualifications listed at this time

Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.