Test Engineer - AI-Driven Automation & CI/CD

Leidos; Egg Harbor Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 133,000; 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 operates in a SAFe/Agile framework and requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.

The position is hybrid: 3 days onsite and 2 days remote for commuting colleagues; others may be considered for remote work. Design automated test frameworks, build reusable libraries, and drive quality across distributed services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related discipline; 3+ years experience.
• Experience with test automation frameworks (Selenium, JUnit, pytest) and Java or JavaScript test development.
• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
• Experience with performance, integration, and API testing for distributed systems (JMeter, Gatling).
• Knowledge of distributed service testing, including service virtualization, contract testing, chaos engineering, and data-driven test automation.
• Experience with Agile/SAFe testing and defect tracking tooling.
• 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 actively adopting AI-assisted development tools, automation, and modern engineering practices that improve productivity, code quality, and delivery velocity.

Skills

Test automation

Java/JavaScript

CI/CD

Performance testing

API testing

Agile/SAFe

Selenium/JUnit/pytest

Public Trust

US citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Master’s degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

REST Assured

Postman

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 operates in a SAFe/Agile framework and requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.

The position is hybrid: 3 days onsite and 2 days remote for commuting colleagues; others may be considered for remote work. Design automated test frameworks, build reusable libraries, and drive quality across distributed services.