Senior Test Engineer

Safran - Navigation & Timing; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus Opportunity

Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA/FSA

Paid Time Off

401k Retirement Program

Gym Membership Reimbursement

Tuition Reimbursement Program

Employee Career Development

Flexible working arrangements

Excellent culture

Job summary

Safran Federal Systems seeks a Senior Test Engineer to join a small cross-functional team and develop an entire product line from a blank page. You will own requirements analysis, test design, test execution, and issue resolution for APNT products and implement software and system verification and validation, including automation scripts.

You will work with engineering to automate tests, support CI/CD, troubleshoot issues, and contribute to test fixtures and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field is required.
• Minimum 4 years of engineering test experience.
• Programming experience for automating tests (Python or C++).
• Familiarity with SpiraPlan or GitLab and test case management.
• Active security clearance preferred / willingness to obtain one on hire.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development of product requirements.
• Design tests to validate requirements with the development team.
• Ensure all requirements have linked tests.
• Automate tests and contribute to CI/CD pipelines.
• Troubleshoot failures with cross-functional team.
• Design, build, and repair test fixtures as needed.
• Use AI tools to increase productivity.
• Provide technical support to engineering teams.
• Participate in daily team meetings.
• Log test results for analysis by the team.
• Contribute to documentation review.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Fast-paced environment adaptation

Python or C++ (test automation)

Test tools (SpiraPlan, GitLab)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

SpiraPlan

GitLab

Job description

The Opportunity

The Senior Test Engineer will have a unique opportunity to work with a small, cross-functional, dedicated team that will develop an entire product line from a blank page. Our team will move fast to build prototypes, test, learn, and build the next version better. It will require a great attitude to collaborate with a team ethos- and a desire to succeed. The selected prototype will be the basis for several products.

The Opportunity

The Senior Test Engineer will have a unique opportunity to work with a small, cross-functional, dedicated team that will develop an entire product line from a blank page. Our team will move fast to build prototypes, test, learn, and build the next version better. It will require a great attitude to collaborate with a team ethos- and a desire to succeed. The selected prototype will be the basis for several products. The Senior Test Engineer will be responsible for requirements analysis, test design, test execution and issue resolution for Safran Federal System’s Assured Position Navigation and Timing (APNT) products. He/she will develop and implement software and system verification and validation testing processes, including the automation scripts, that ensure our products meet their requirements.

Our Technology

Safran Federal Systems provides Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) solutions and custom engineering services to U.S. Government agencies, defense organizations and their contractors. Safran Federal Systems is authorized to work on the full spectrum of U.S. Government classified and unclassified projects, in addition to supporting strategic partnerships for key defense PNT technologies.

How I Will Contribute

• Contribute to the development of product requirements
• Work with development team to understand the requirements and design tests to validate them
• Ensure that all product requirements have tests that link to them
• Where possible, automate tests and work toward building continuous integration and continuous development pipelines (CI/CD)
• Troubleshoot failures and propose solutions with the cross-functional development team
• Design, build, and repair test fixtures as required
• Use AI tools to increase productivity
• Provide technical support to Engineering teams.
• Participate in daily team meetings.
• Perform product testing and log results for analysis by the team.
• Contributes to the documentation review process.

What You Bring To The Role

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
• Minimum of 4 years of experience. A combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Related experience in engineering test
• Programming experience for the purposes of automating tests (e.g. Python or C++)
• Familiarity with test tools including SpiraPlan or GitLab and test case management.
• Active security clearance is strongly preferred, ability and willingness to obtain a security clearance upon hire is required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while handling multiple deadlines.

Some Of “the Good Stuff”

• Annual Bonus Opportunity
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Time Off
• 401k Retirement Program
• Gym Membership Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Career Development
• Flexible working arrangements
• Excellent culture

About Safran Federal Systems

Safran Federal Systems has been awarded as a Winner of the USA Today and Rochester Metro Area Top Workplaces 2026 Award. In 2022, Safran acquired Orolia, now Safran Trusted 4D, the world leader in Resilient PNT. At the intersection of critical infrastructure and national defense, Safran Trusted 4D solutions govern and protect the integrity of systems that shape the world. In early 2019, Orolia Defense & Security spun off as a separate entity from its parent company Orolia, with the mission of providing resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions and custom engineering services to U.S. Government agencies, U.S. Defense organizations, and their contractors. In August of 2019, Safran Federal Systems acquired Talen-X, a U.S. company specializing in advanced GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Simulation solutions and Interference, Detection, and Mitigation (IDM) technologies. Talen-X's portfolio was an ideal fit and has helped to enhance Safran FS's overall offerings. The acquisition enabled Talen-X's existing resources, operations and capabilities to be scaled and accelerated to better support the warfighter. Safran Federal Systems operates as a proxy-regulated company, Free of Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI). As such, Safran FS Defense & Security is approved to work on the full spectrum of U.S. Government classified and unclassified projects and is positioned to support strategic partnerships in the development of key PNT technologies for the defense market.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.