Senior Test & Evaluation Lead — Systems Integration

SAIC; California; On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) is seeking a Test & Evaluation Lead to support planning, coordination, execution, and continuous improvement of testing activities across a complex ecosystem of mission systems and external integrations.

This role serves as the technical lead for integration and test activities, working closely with Capability Providers, systems engineers, operators, and government test organizations to ensure capabilities are thoroughly validated prior to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and fourteen (14) years or more of related experience; OR Master's degree and twelve (12) years or more of related experience; OR PhD and nine (9) years or more of related experience.
• TS/SCI clearance and U.S. citizenship.
• Experience supporting Developmental Test (DT), Operational Test (OT), or formal government test activities.
• Experience planning, coordinating, and executing integration, system, validation, or developmental testing activities.
• Experience supporting software-intensive systems, mission systems, or complex IT environments.
• Experience developing and improving test procedures, test scenarios, and test documentation.
• Experience identifying, documenting, and tracking software defects, discrepancies, and integration issues.
• Experience working directly with developers, engineers, and stakeholders to validate capabilities and resolve problems.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and execute integration, validation, developmental, and system-level testing activities.
• Coordinate with Capability Providers to develop, improve, and maintain test procedures, test scenarios, and test artifacts throughout the release lifecycle.
• Execute hands-on testing and validation activities supporting system releases, upgrades, and capability integrations.
• Support and coordinate Focused Area Tests (FATs), System Acceptance Tests (SATs), release validation activities, and official Developmental Test events.
• Plan and coordinate test data, simulators, data feeds, and external test assets required to support integration, validation, and testing activities.
• Validate machine-to-machine interfaces, OMS/UCI message exchanges, data flows, and interoperability between systems.
• Identify, document, track, and verify resolution of defects, discrepancies, and integration issues.
• Analyze test results and assess system performance against requirements, operational objectives, and user expectations.
• Develop test reports, readiness assessments, and recommendations supporting release and deployment decisions.
• Coordinate closely with Capability Providers, government testers, systems engineers, and operational stakeholders to ensure test objectives and results are clearly understood.
• Support the development and implementation of automated testing capabilities, working alongside DevSecOps and test automation personnel to improve test coverage and repeatability.

Skills

DT/OT testing

Systems testing

Test planning

DevSecOps

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitLab

Job description

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) is seeking a Test & Evaluation Lead to support planning, coordination, execution, and continuous improvement of testing activities across a complex ecosystem of mission systems and external integrations.

This role serves as the technical lead for integration and test activities, working closely with Capability Providers, systems engineers, operators, and government test organizations to ensure capabilities are thoroughly validated prior to