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The Navy-Marine Corps Business Area is looking for a Test Automation Engineer to oversee Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity (MCTSSA) test and evaluation. Based on four major phases (Planning, Execution, Analysis, and Reporting (PEAR)) to ensure comprehensive, repeatable, and rigorous testing. This approach is augmented through the application of statistical methodologies, e.g., Design of Experiments (DoE), test automation, and the application of mission-based testing in an operational representative employment of systems within MCTSSA’s Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) based test environment to inform acquisition decisions and make the Fleet Marine Force (FMF) more capable.
The Test Automation Engineer is expected to develop a deep understanding in supporting Marine Corps Program Managers and the FMF in supporting all system(s) testing, engineering, and experimentation. This position will report to the Test Director.
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THE CHALLENGE (Primary Responsibilities.)
- Author, design, and execute automated tests by creating scripts that run testing functions automatically.
- Maximize test coverage for the most critical features of the system.
- Determine the priority for test scenarios and create execution plans to implement these scenarios.
- Author documentation for automated processes including test plans, test procedures, and test cases.
- Design and build test automation frameworks.
- Log and document bugs in the tracking system.
- Set up continuous integration test sandbox environment.
- Identify which type of testing/test cases are to automate and identify the test scenarios which are suitable for automation.
- Identify the automation tool that is best suited for automating the identified scenarios.
- Setup, deploy, and operate the automation tool for executing the test cases using the tool.
- Perform Verification and Validation (V&V) that the test automation tool works as desired.
- Design and develop scripts in the programming language that the tool supports.
- Develop programming scripts for manual test cases to convert them into automated test cases.
- Report the test case status by using the reporting feature of the tool.
- Perform test automation best practices when selecting test cases for automation.
- Provide input to the test report, ensuring that all stated requirements and test objectives have been evaluated and the documented results adequately and accurately reflect the collected data and analysis conducted during the event.
- Enhance and maintain scripts for reuse.
WHAT SETS YOU APART (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- 2+ years experience.
- Experience using programming languages such as Java, PHP, or Python to develop code/scripts to execute test automation tasks.
- Experience understanding APIs and SDKs to utilize functions to develop test automation tools or test tools to test system requirements.
- Ability to apply test automation expertise through technology processes, methodologies, standards, or frameworks.
- Experience in applying COTS test automation tools and applying automation methodologies in an integrated test environment.
- Experience with the test and evaluation process from planning, execution, analysis, and reporting.
- Ability to understand when to apply test automation and when it is not beneficial.
- Ability to analyzing system requirements thoroughly to identify how to automate testing of the requirements.
- Experience using PowerShell).
Preferred Qualifications, not required.
- PCAP, Certified Associate in Python Programming.
- Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 8 Programmer Certification.
- CompTIA Security+.
- Hands-on experience using test automation tools such as Automated Test and Re-Test Test Manager (ATRT TM), Selenium, JMeter, Appium, SoapUI, Cucumber, Quick Test Professional (QTP), Load Runner, Ranorex, Rational Functional Tester (RFT), IBM Rational Robot, HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT), Test Complete, Katalon Studio, TestCraft, Perfecto, CloudQA, or Sikuli.
- Experience with System of Systems (SoS) testing.
SMIT-MCTSSA
Original Posting Date:2025-02-14
While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:Pay Range $57,850.00 - $104,575.00
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.
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