Principal SDET: Java/Kotlin, Large-Scale Testing, Remote

SAIC; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join the Joint Range Extension (JRE) software development team. This REMOTE role within the United States requires US citizenship and may involve up to 10% CONUS travel.

The JRE is a large, mission-critical, near-real-time system written primarily in Java and Kotlin, with some C++ components. You will lead test automation initiatives, mentor engineers, and expand automated coverage across the codebase, ensuring rapid,

Qualifications

• Must have ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret security clearance; US Citizenship required.
• Bachelor's degree and 9+ years of experience; 4 years in lieu of degree may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Expand JRE's unit, integration, service, GUI, and end-to-end test automation.
• Engineer and maintain a comprehensive automated performance test suite covering load, stress, and endurance testing; support capacity planning for the hardware environment.
• Design, develop, and maintain advanced simulators for IP and serial tactical data link terminals, radios, navigation systems, and sensors.
• Contribute to the definition and ongoing verification of minimum system requirements for JRE's deployment platforms.
• Refactor JRE code for testability, introducing API, RPC, and messaging seams for additional testing.
• Mentor developers, testers, and junior test engineers in test automation best practices.
• Optimize the performance and quality of our test automation suites.
• Quarantine, troubleshoot, and fix nondeterministic tests.

Skills

JVM expertise

Java development

Kotlin & Scala

Concurrency

Test automation

JUnit

AssertJ

Mockito

MockK

Education

Bachelor's degree + 9 years experience

Tools

JUnit

AssertJ

Mockito

MockK

JMeter

Gatling

Gradle

Spring Boot

Spring Data

Spring Security

Job description

SAIC is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join the Joint Range Extension (JRE) software development team. This REMOTE role within the United States requires US citizenship and may involve up to 10% CONUS travel.

The JRE is a large, mission-critical, near-real-time system written primarily in Java and Kotlin, with some C++ components. You will lead test automation initiatives, mentor engineers, and expand automated coverage across the codebase, ensuring rapid,