Mission Test Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance & SIGINT

CACI International

United States

On-site

USD 63,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

CACI International is seeking a Mission Test Engineer to lead test strategy and verification of complex hardware/software essential to signals intelligence. You will design testability, select manual and automated methods, and work with systems, software, and product teams to translate requirements into risk-based test plans.

Applicants should have TS/SCI clearance, 3–5+ years of operational intelligence experience, and proficiency with Jira.

Qualifications

BA/BS degree in computer science, engineering, information management, or a related discipline.
3 to 5 or more years’ operational intelligence experience, including applicable military intelligence schools and training.
Experience with targeting and tool development.
Experience identifying, assessing, and mitigating mission risks across the lifecycle.
Experience creating and executing risk-based test strategies to validate operational effectiveness.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex test results and technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Experience with workload/project management tools (e.g., Jira).
Familiarity with the software life cycle, including requirements, design, development, integration, testing, and deployment.
Must be a US citizen with an active Top Secret/SCI Security clearance.

Responsibilities

Establish and maintain quality and evaluation processes for hardware, software, and documentation aligned to program requirements.
Define and track quality metrics; report status, trends, risks, and recommendations to leadership.
Identify and mitigate risks or issues related to mission software quality and testing processes.
Create risk-based test strategies and plans and oversee execution across unit, integration, system, and user acceptance levels.
Design detailed test procedures for system, functional, regression, performance, load, installation, security, interoperability, stress, and boundary conditions.
Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and customer acceptance; deliver test reports and communicate results, readiness, and risks for release decisions.
Collaborate with stakeholders to align requirements and define test strategies and validation components, including automation candidates.
Support Government authorization processes, including test planning, control validation, evidence collection, and system definition approvals.
Participate in Change or Configuration Change Board (CCB) and Engineering Review Board (ERB) activities, providing test impact analyses, verification plans, and readiness evidence for changes, reviews, and release decisions.