Test Engineer

Job Description

Quick Facts

• Work Policy: Onsite in El Segundo, CA, United States (25% travel required; Day shift)
• Job Type: Full Time
• Salary Range: $140,001 – $180,000 USD per year
• Experience Level: 9+ years with Bachelor’s degree (or 13+ years in lieu of degree)
• Clearance: Active TS/SCI clearance required; must be able to obtain and maintain TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Core Tech Stack: Space & Ground Systems Test & Evaluation (T&E), DoD/DoW Test Standards, Test Planning & Requirements

About SAIC

SAIC is a premier mission integrator headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with approximately 23,000 employees and $7.3 billion in annual revenue. Serving defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets, SAIC rapidly and securely integrates emerging technologies into mission-critical operations to protect and modernize vital national imperatives.

About the Role

SAIC is seeking a Test Engineer on the Horizon 2 Program to support the United States Space Force’s Program Executive Office for Space Combat Power in El Segundo, California. In this onsite role (with 25% travel), you will oversee government and contractor test events, develop test methodologies, author test plans and requirements, and coordinate across developmental and operational test organizations for space-based and ground-based systems.

What You’ll Do

• Provide government program office oversight across both government and contractor test events.
• Identify and resolve acquisition-related challenges impacting test organizations and test events.
• Participate in test organization reviews and contribute to test reports and formal test completion documentation.
• Author and maintain program test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, and test requirements.
• Collaborate with development contractors to verify that developmental test objectives align with applicable policies, instructions, and standards.
• Partner with operational and developmental government test agencies to establish test methodologies that satisfy program manager expectations and external stakeholder needs.
• Engage actively in test working groups to plan, track status, and coordinate test-related activities.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline plus 9 years of relevant experience (4 additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree).
• Proven background in systems engineering, technical programs, and test policy/execution for large-scale or new-start space-based and ground-based space systems.
• Hands-on experience developing test plans, requirements, processes, tools, and formal documentation.
• Thorough working knowledge of Department of War (DoW) Test & Evaluation policies, standards, regulations, and requirements.
• Active in-scope security background investigation (SSBI or T5) adjudicated for SCI eligibility and enrolled in Continuous Vetting (if applicable).
• Willingness to be nominated for Special Access Programs (SAP) and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access, and consent to a Polygraph examination.

Nice to Have

• Master’s degree in a management or technical discipline.
• Self-starting, independent work style.
• INCOSE Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP) or ITEA Certified Test & Evaluation Professional (CTEP) credentials.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package ($140,001 – $180,000 target annual salary range) along with SAIC’s comprehensive employee benefits offerings.