Software Quality Engineer: Performance & Automation Leader

Huntington Ingalls Industries; Fort Washington (MD); On-site; USD 90,166 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top Secret clearance support

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ All-Domain Operations (ADO) group seeks a Software Quality Engineer to guide automation frameworks, testing standards, and quality practices across projects. You will balance automated and manual testing, design performance-test infrastructure and strategy plans, and support validation, documentation, and continuous improvement efforts.

The role balances technical leadership with hands-on testing, debugging, and collaboration across Agile/DevOps teams to ensure

Qualifications

• Experience in software-quality engineering and automated testing.
• Knowledge of performance-testing tools and infrastructure.
• Ability to review, evaluate, and audit automated testing solutions and architecture.
• Proficiency in debugging and troubleshooting software issues.
• Familiarity with Agile, DevOps, and DevSecOps in testing.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on automation frameworks and testing standards.
• Design, develop, and maintain performance-testing infrastructure and plans.
• Generate metrics, analysis artifacts, and performance documentation.
• Participate in validation and acceptance phases through release.
• Produce software documentation and quality-management artifacts.
• Debug and troubleshoot software issues to support end-users.
• Review existing automated testing solutions, architectures, and tools.
• Apply Agile, DevOps, and DevSecOps practices to testing workflows.
• Collaborate with development teams to embed quality throughout the lifecycle.

Skills

Automated testing frameworks

Manual testing

Performance testing

Agile/DevOps/DevSecOps

Debugging

Test documentation

Quality engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree or related field

Job description

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ All-Domain Operations (ADO) group seeks a Software Quality Engineer to guide automation frameworks, testing standards, and quality practices across projects. You will balance automated and manual testing, design performance-test infrastructure and strategy plans, and support validation, documentation, and continuous improvement efforts.

The role balances technical leadership with hands-on testing, debugging, and collaboration across Agile/DevOps teams to ensure