Senior SDET for Defense-Grade Test Automation (Remote)

SAIC; Huntsville (AL); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work available

Travel opportunities

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join the JRE software team as a remote role within the United States. The position requires US citizenship and a Secret clearance, with up to 10% CONUS travel.

The role focuses on expanding automated testing across Java/Kotlin components, building performance tests, and mentoring others to raise test coverage on large-scale, mission-critical systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus nine years of experience (or 13 years in lieu of degree).
• Deep expertise in JVM languages (Java, Kotlin, Scala) and concurrent programming.
• Experience testing large-scale mission-critical systems using modern test frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Expand JRE's unit, integration, service, GUI, and end-to-end test automation.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive automated performance test suite (load, stress, endurance).
• Mentor testers in automation best practices and improve test coverage across the codebase.
• Refactor code for testability and introduce new testing interfaces for white-/gray-box testing.

Skills

Java/JVM

Kotlin/Scala

Concurrency

Test Automation

JUnit/Mockito

Education

Bachelor's degree + 9y exp

Tools

JUnit

Mockito

MockK

JMeter

Gatling

Gradle

Job description

SAIC is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join the JRE software team as a remote role within the United States. The position requires US citizenship and a Secret clearance, with up to 10% CONUS travel.

The role focuses on expanding automated testing across Java/Kotlin components, building performance tests, and mentoring others to raise test coverage on large-scale, mission-critical systems.