Join Our Innovative Team at Leidos!

Leidos is at the forefront of revolutionizing simulation, training, and analysis for the U.S. Navy. As part of our High Fidelity Simulation (HFS) Portfolio, we develop, install, and support Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Team Trainers for the US Navy’s submarine, surface, and surveillance fleets and systems. Our work directly impacts warfighter readiness and mission success, ensuring the Navy is prepared for the challenges of tomorrow.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

At Leidos, every day can bring new challenges and adventures. You’ll be at the cutting edge, working with state-of-the-art technology to shape naval training systems like CIAT – Combined Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD).

What’s in It for You

Stability & Growth: Join one of the longest-running Leidos contracts, spanning over 30 years. Enjoy career mobility and professional growth.

Flexibility: Work hours can be set up to accommodate your schedule. The position is 100% on-site in Bethesda and at travel locations.

Impactful Work: Engage in meaningful projects with systems going into production within six months. Your work matters here.

Position Overview

As a Software Test Engineer, you will oversee definition, design and execution of comprehensive test strategies to ensure the highest quality of our software products.  You will collaborate closely with developers to identify, report and troubleshoot bugs while contributing to an automated testing framework initiatives.  This role is critical to ensuring the successful implementation of advanced simulation technologies that enhance Navy training capabilities. 

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Activities:

• Develop test plans and schedules capturing strategy to ensure quality assurance of our visual simulation software product line. 

• Develop test procedures providing traceability to system requirements.

• Generate test reports and document issue artifacts for correction by our development teams. 

• Review system requirements holistically to ensure compliance as components are modernized and tactical systems are upgraded.

Collaboration and Coordination:  

• Coordinate with internal and external teams to identify optimal test strategies throughout each software development release cycle. 

• Travel to integration and testing sites, as well as fielded trainer locations, to support installation, testing, and training events (estimated travel: 10%).

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or Computer Science, or experience in lieu of a degree.

Required Experience

• U.S. Citizenship and eligibility for a U.S. Government granted security clearance. Interim Secret security clearance required to begin employment.

• At least 5 years of experience in software testing.

• Experience testing in Agile and Waterfall methodologies. 

• Comfortable working in Linux and/or Windows environments.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.

• Proactive mindset with the ability to influence complex projects and products.

• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies: automated/manual testing, system, regression, UAT.

Desired Experience

• Experience with engineering tools such as Jira, Confluence, GitLab, and Xray.

• Keen eye for identifying edge cases and potential vulnerabilities

• Experience with automated testing tools.

• Experience with Jenkins pipelines, containerized test environments, and automated regression runs.

• Previous experience in game quality assurance

• ISTQB/ASTQB certificate

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.