Principal Test Engineer

SAIC; Colorado Springs (CO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC seeks a Principal Test Engineer to support the US Space Force, Space Systems Command, in Colorado Springs, performing maintenance and sustainment of ground-based radars for missile and space surveillance missions.

You will develop and execute test plans, document requirements, support system integration testing, and drive test automation within DevSecOps teams, ensuring contract-aligned results. Bachelor’s degree and 9+ years’ experience, active Secret Clearance required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 9+ years of relevant experience.
• Active Secret Clearance.
• Experience using DOORS for requirements management.
• Familiarity with CI/CD environments and Bamboo.
• Version control with Bitbucket; Linux and Windows OS experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and execute comprehensive subsystem and enterprise-level test plans.
• Document test requirements in the requirements management system.
• Support system integration testing plans and scenarios.
• Develop innovative test automation solutions within DevSecOps teams.
• Ensure tasks align with contract requirements and personnel management.

Skills

Test engineering

System testing

DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

DOORS

Bamboo

Bitbucket

Linux

Windows

Job description

Minimum Clearance Required

Secret

Job ID

2617641

Location

Colorado Springs, CO, US

Date Posted

2026-10-06

Category

Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory

Test Engineer

Schedule

Full-Time

Shift

Day Job

Travel

Yes - 10% of the time

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain

None

Potential Remote Work

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Description

SAIC seeks a highly experienced Principal Test Engineer to support the US Space Force, Space Systems Command, in performing operational maintenance and sustainment of ground-based radars critical to US and Allied strategic missile surveillance, warning, defense, and space surveillance missions in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In support of the government customer, the SAIC Program Manager, and the Chief Engineer, the Test Engineer is responsible for development and execution of system test solutions in accordance with engineering documentation to ensure test plans and methodologies meet system needs, are accurate, comprehensive, consistent, and complete.

Job Duties

• Participate, prepare, and execute comprehensive subsystem and enterprise-level test plans and procedures, and support system/element level test planning and test readiness reviews.
• Document test requirements and methodologies in the requirements management system.
• Support the development of system integration plans, procedures and scenarios used in the conduct of software/hardware system integration testing.
• Development of innovative Test Automation solutions and support the software development teams focused on DevSecOps solutions.
• Ensure personnel management actions are completed, and tasks are conducted in accordance with contract requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and nine plus (9+) years’ of relevant experience.
• Active Secret Clearance.
• Experience in using a requirements management tool, such as DOORS.
• Familiarity or experience with continuous integration and deployment environments and tools such as Bamboo.
• Experience with version control tools such as Bitbucket.
• Experience with Linux and Windows operating systems.

Desired

• Familiarity or experience with Agile software development methodologies, i.e., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, to include use of Jira and Confluence.
• Experience sustaining UEWR and/or PARCS ground based radar systems.
• Experience in writing scripts using scripting languages such as Korn Shell, Bourne Shell, Python, Perl, bash, tcl, etc.

Target salary range $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.