Senior Test Engineer - AI-Driven Automation & CI/CD

Leidos; Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Test Engineer to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). The role emphasizes automation, AI-assisted development, and SAFe/Agile practices for a hybrid work arrangement across multiple U.S. sites.

Responsibilities include designing test frameworks, integrating tests into CI/CD, and mentoring junior engineers to ensure quality and delivery velocity in mission-critical systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline with 8+ years of experience, or Master’s degree with 6+ years
• Strong experience with test automation frameworks (Selenium, JUnit, pytest, or equivalent) and Java or JavaScript test development
• Expert integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar tools
• High experience with performance, integration, and API testing for distributed systems using tools such as JMeter or Gatling
• Knowledge of distributed service testing, including service virtualization, contract testing, chaos engineering, and data-driven test automation
• Experience with operational scenario-based testing, behavioral validation, root cause analysis, and defect investigation
• Familiarity with Agile/SAFe testing, quality engineering principles, test management, and defect tracking tools
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust; U.S. citizenship required
• Successful completion of background investigations as required by the government customer

Responsibilities

• Design and implement test automation frameworks for microservices-based platform components
• Build and maintain reusable test libraries and utilities for the L-CAP test infrastructure
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines ensuring continuous quality gates
• Conduct performance testing to validate system behavior under load and stress conditions
• Execute integration testing across platform services, APIs, and external system interfaces
• Develop test plans and strategies aligned with sprint and PI objectives
• Analyze defect patterns and test metrics to identify quality trends and improvement opportunities
• Collaborate with development and systems engineering teams on testability and quality requirements
• Support test environment configuration and test data management activities
• Mentor junior test engineers on automation practices and testing methodologies
• Design and execute test scenarios based on operational ATC workflows ensuring modernized services replicate legacy system behavior
• Develop distributed service validation frameworks verifying inter-service communication, data flow, and performance under operational conditions
• Implement data-driven verification approaches supporting modernization of legacy automation functions
• Embrace an AI-first engineering culture by adopting AI-assisted development tools, automation, and modern engineering practices

Skills

Selenium

JUnit

pytest

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

JMeter

Gatling

API testing

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Master’s degree (optional)

Tools

Selenium

JUnit

pytest

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

JMeter

Gatling

REST Assured

Postman/Newman

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Test Engineer to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). The role emphasizes automation, AI-assisted development, and SAFe/Agile practices for a hybrid work arrangement across multiple U.S. sites.

Responsibilities include designing test frameworks, integrating tests into CI/CD, and mentoring junior engineers to ensure quality and delivery velocity in mission-critical systems.