ME00602-Automated Test Engineer

Momentum Engineering; Maryland; On-site; USD 175,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

11 paid holidays

Minimum of 3 weeks PTO

Company-sponsored medical plan

Company-paid dental, vision, life insurance

STD/LTD plans

Job summary

Momentum Engineering, Inc. is seeking an Automated Test Engineer located in Annapolis Junction, Maryland. This role involves developing automated test plans and coordinating testing activities while ensuring compliance with performance requirements.

The ideal candidate will have at least seven years of experience in automated testing and a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field. The position offers competitive salary ranging from $175,000 to $205,000 per year based on experience and qualifications, alongside excellent employee benefits.

Qualifications

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph.
• Seven years’ experience creating and executing automated test plans.
• Experience designing and maintaining scalable automated test scripts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute automated test and evaluation plans.
• Coordinate and integrate evaluation and testing tasks.
• Drive innovation for managing program risks.

Skills

Automated test creation

Scripting with Python

Version control systems (SVN, GIT)

Agile Development Team communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems or related discipline

Tools

JIRA

Job description

ME00602 — Automated Test Engineer

Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States.

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

• Serve as the primary liaison across engineering teams to support coordination of test and evaluation, ensuring system and capability performance requirements are met.
• Support testing activities as a member of the test, development, and deployment team.
• Assume 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

• Develop and execute automated test and evaluation plans for custom software as 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, workarounds, 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.
• Five (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 with Python is desired.
• Ability to work with 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.

Salary Information

Pay range: 175,000 - 205,000 USD per year (NBP).