Senior Software Tester

SAIC; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Software Test Engineer to join the THAAD program in Huntsville, AL. The Theater High Altitude Area Defense Interoperability Section is hiring a Sr. Test Engineer to test TFCC software versions and interfaces, including CDLIM, Link 16, and DoD test activities.

You will develop test documentation, perform test execution, analyze results, and support external customers while traveling up to 1–2 weeks per year. Requires ability to obtain Secret clearance and US citizenship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years’ related experience, or Master's with 3+ years, or PhD with 0 years.
• Ability to obtain full Secret clearance; interim Secret to start; US Citizenship required.
• Experience with DoD test programs and ability to produce customer-ready documentation.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing Requirements.
• Test development, execution, analysis and reporting.
• Authoring Documentation.
• Generating Trouble Reports.
• Supporting external customers.
• Maintaining deployed systems.
• Testing Hardware/Software.

Skills

DoD test programs

Documentation writing

Team coordination

Travel readiness

TFCC/Link16 experience

Education

Bachelor's degree + 5+ years

Master's degree + 3+ years

PhD + 0 years

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Minimum Clearance Required None

Job ID 2615904

Location

Huntsville, AL, US

Date Posted

2026-08-20

Category

Software

Subcategory

SW Testing

Schedule

Full-Time

Shift

Day Job

Travel

No

Minimum Clearance Required None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain

Secret

Potential for Remote Work

ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a Software Test Engineer to join The Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program in Huntsville, AL. The Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Interoperability Section of the THAAD Evaluation Center (TEC) is seeking candidates for a Sr. Test Engineer position in the team. The position involves duties on the THAAD Weapon System, particularly interface testing of the THAAD Fire Control Component (TFCC) and its various subsystems. The Test Engineer will provide technical expertise to the THAAD Interoperability teams’ effort to test and certify TFCC software versions through the life cycle of the weapon system. Support for this effort includes the testing activities associated with THAAD internal/developmental tests, preliminary testing of the Common Data Link Interface Module (CDLIM) software product in THAAD, the THAAD Army Service Level Test, US Army Interoperability tests, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Ground and Flight test and the Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Interoperability Tests of the TFCC Link 16 interface. Duties include the operation of the TFCC, multiple data link simulation tools, analytical tools, analysis of collected Link 16 messages and the development of test documentation (test plans, test procedures and test reports).

Duties include

• Analyzing Requirements.
• Test development, execution, analysis and reporting.
• Authoring Documentation.
• Generating Trouble Reports.
• Supporting external customers.
• Maintaining deployed systems.
• Testing Hardware/Software.

Qualifications

Education Requirements

• Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience.

Clearance Requirements

• Candidates must be able to obtain a full Secret clearance. Interim Secret clearance required to start; US Citizenship required.

Required Skills

• Experience with the execution of test programs for Department of Defense programs is desired.
• Ability to develop and author documentation to be distributed to customers, stakeholders, and end users. Experience with MS Office products is desired.
• Must be proficient acting in small teams, as well as coordinating and communicating customer requirements.
• This position has a requirement to travel, usually no more than one (1) to two (2) weeks within a calendar year.
• Any experience with US Army Air and Missile Defense Fire Control systems such as THAAD, Patriot, C-RAM and the Air Defense Command Post (ADCP) deployed in Air Defense Command and Control (C2) nodes.

Desired Skills

• Any experience with the Common Data Link Interface (CDLI) in either the Patriot or THAAD configuration.
• Any experience with automated data collection/data analysis tools, such as NSITE, or data link simulation tools such as the IES, or the Northup Grumman MLST3 simulator.
• Any experience with the Missile Defense Agency’s Ground Test program and associated MDA systems such as Aegis or Ground Based Mid-Course Defense (GMD), etc.
• Any experience with the Solaris and Linux operating systems, at the user level.