SDET

• Execute production acceptance tests on ordnance-actuated mechanical systems in accordance with approved test procedures.
• Manage work orders, materials procurement, and test scheduling for production test campaigns.
• Configure test setups, fixtures, and instrumentation per test plans and standards.
• Coordinate manufacturing activities for energetic device assemblies and ordnance components.
• Conduct hands-on testing involving pyrotechnic devices, high-pressure gas systems, and mechanical separation hardware.
• Maintain test equipment, tooling, and testing area cleanliness and readiness.
• Ensure all operations are performed safely, on time and in a professional manner.
• Work with test, flight and safety critical hardware, tools, and shop equipment.
• Conduct and/or oversee several test projects simultaneously while supporting production schedules.
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate cost, schedule, and technical risks.
• Support development of test procedures and acceptance criteria documentation.
• Coordinate with suppliers on acquisition of test materials and consumables.
• Have frequent inter-organizational interactions on production test status and hardware disposition.
• Work independently to determine and develop approaches to solutions.
• Contribute to the mentoring & training of other personnel.

Mechanical Test Engineer II

• Develop and author Test Plans, Test Procedures, and Test Results.
• Consult with design engineers or subject matter experts to determine test requirements.
• Conduct hands-on explosive, shock, vibration, thermal, humidity and vacuum testing on flight hardware in accordance with AIAA-S113A, MIL-STD-810, SMC-S-016 and MIL-STD-1540.
• Lead the conduct of Test Design Reviews, Integration Readiness Reviews, and Test Readiness reviews.
• Design and develop Special Test Equipment (STE) and integrate Ground Support Equipment (GSE) to simulate and stimulate Articles Under Test (AUTs) or capture AUT output and interface performance.
• Operate test consoles and work with a team of engineers & technicians to execute component level testing.
• Ensure all operations are performed safely, on time and in a professional manner.
• Work with test, flight and safety critical hardware, tools, and shop equipment.
• Maintain cleanliness of test equipment and testing area.
• Conduct and/or oversee several test projects simultaneously while supporting operation schedules.
• Configure test setups, fixtures and instrumentation per test plans and standards.
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate cost, schedule, and technical risks.
• Participate in development and gated design reviews of system under test to implement testability, instrumentation, and operability features during the design phase to facilitate verification.
• Coordinate with suppliers on acquisition of requisite GSE and STE while leveraging standard commercial devices to the maximum extent possible.
• Have frequent inter-organizational and customer interactions on difficult technical issues.
• Work independently to determine and develop approaches to solutions.
• Contribute to the mentoring & training of other personnel.

Mechanical Test Engineer III

• Work directly with Blue engineering teams on projects in support of business units
• Gain hands-on test experience
• Design, analysis, test planning, and operation of test systems for testing fluid, propulsion, mechanical, avionics software, structures, GNC, and electronic systems
• Some projects will involve working at a test stand and will include working at heights

Test Engineering Internship, Undergraduate

• Work directly with Blue engineering teams on projects in support of business units
• Involve applied test engineering including design, analysis, test planning and operation of test systems
• Testing fluid, propulsion, mechanical, avionics software, structures, GNC, and electronic systems
• Some projects may require comfort with heights

Test Engineering Internship – Graduate

• Collaborate closely with software engineers and product managers to define test strategies
• Perform in-depth testing on delivered features and bugs
• Build and maintain automated test coverage for UI and API
• Execute automated tests and analyze results for defects or test updates
• General exploratory testing to identify issues before shipping to customers
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical design discussions
• Drive quality engineering best practices and continuous improvement across teams

Expert Software Development Engineer in Test, SDET

• Design, develop, and maintain automated testing solutions across UI, API, integration, and end-to-end workflows.
• Continuously expand automated test coverage using tools such as Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium.
• Partner closely with developers to integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and ensure quality is built into every release.
• Create and maintain test plans, test cases, and quality processes that support rapid product development.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to review requirements, acceptance criteria, and user stories to ensure clear, testable outcomes.
• Validate front-end, back-end, and AI-enabled functionality across multiple products and platforms.
• Identify, document, and track defects through resolution using established quality assurance methodologies.
• Assess production readiness and validate release quality prior to deployment.
• Develop and execute API, integration, and backend validation testing using modern testing frameworks and tools.
• Verify data integrity, system interoperability, and reliability across connected services and external integrations.
• Design and execute performance and scalability testing scenarios to evaluate system responsiveness and stability.
• Troubleshoot issues related to APIs, databases, and distributed system interactions.
• Support weekly production releases through testing coordination, validation, and stakeholder communication.
• Deliver demonstrations of completed functionality and provide feedback to development teams.
• Analyze quality trends and recommend improvements to testing strategies, tooling, and processes.
• Help shape the future of quality engineering at Slingshot by introducing new tools, frameworks, and best practices.

QA Automation Engineer

• Architect and implement AI-powered automation solutions using Large Language Models (LLMs), AI Agents, and Agentic Workflows.
• Design autonomous and human-in-the-loop agent systems for planning, reasoning, and task execution.
• Build multi-agent architectures integrating enterprise applications, APIs, databases, SaaS platforms, and business processes.
• Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Browser Agents, and MCP-based or Skill based integrations.
• Design scalable workflow orchestration solutions using platforms such as n8n, Zapier, and custom automation frameworks.
• Integrate AI agents into operational and business workflows with reusable automation patterns and best practices.
• Design scalable cloud-native and event-driven architectures for AI automation platforms.
• Establish standards for security, reliability, maintainability, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate across engineering and business teams to deliver enterprise-grade solutions.
• Implement end-to-end monitoring, tracing, logging, and auditability for AI agents and automation workflows.
• Drive performance optimization, cost management, incident analysis, and operational governance.
• Ensure compliance, security, and responsible AI practices.
• Build feedback loops and evaluation frameworks to improve agent performance and accuracy.
• Optimize prompts, workflows, and decision-making using telemetry, analytics, and user feedback.
• Drive continuous platform enhancement through measurement, experimentation, and automation.

AI Automation Architect – N8N, Zapier, OpenAI, Anthropic

• Conduct comprehensive penetration testing of web applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments using both manual and automated techniques.
• Develop custom scripts, tools, and methodologies to enhance penetration testing capabilities and automate security testing within CI/CD pipelines.
• Apply cloud‑specific offensive techniques, including IAM abuse, container and serverless exploitation, and cloud misconfiguration testing.
• Collaborate with engineering and development teams to analyze vulnerabilities, develop remediation plans, and strengthen application security across development and production lifecycles.
• Perform detailed security assessments using DAST, SAST, and SCA tools to ensure continuous validation and improvement of security controls.
• Lead and participate in attack simulations and tabletop exercises to validate security controls and improve organizational response capabilities.
• Research emerging threats, attack vectors, and adversarial techniques to inform offensive and defensive strategies.
• Partner with internal teams to design and execute threat assessments based on intelligence feeds and threat actor analysis.
• Communicate and present penetration testing and security assessment findings to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Provide actionable remediation guidance and risk mitigation strategies to strengthen the organization’s overall security posture.

Lead Penetration Test Engineer

• Use your combination of knowledge, skill, and experience to tackle the toughest challenges in the Intelligence Community
• Translate your customer’s IT needs and future goals into a plan by crafting design specifications, statements of work, requirements, scripts, and test cases
• Mentor the next set of developers to help them grow into tomorrow’s solutions architects

Senior Automation Test Engineer

• Develop comprehensive test plans and detailed test cases from user stories and system requirements; perform requirements analysis, synthesis, and maintain bidirectional traceability including test methods and success criteria.
• Design, build, and maintain automated test scripts, custom test harnesses, and data-generation tools using Python, Cypress, or similar frameworks; integrate automated tests into CI/CD workflows.
• Execute manual and automated developmental and operational test events, collect and analyze test data, and evaluate functionality, reliability, performance, and user experience against acceptance criteria.
• Identify, document, and track defects with clear reproduction steps and severity assessments; work closely with developers to prioritize fixes and verify resolution through retesting.
• Use MBSE artifacts (Cameo, Rhapsody, SysML models) to align test coverage with system design and configurations; ensure tests reflect system changes and operational impacts while adhering to DoD Instructions 5000.87 and 5000.89.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to improve test processes, maintain test documentation and reports, and contribute proactive recommendations to increase software quality and sustainment.

Test Engineer

• Partner with the applications’ engineers to learn and understand their applications, interconnections, mission threads, functional requirements, and dependencies
• Trace legacy and new functional requirements to third-party apps in development
• Write testable and understandable acceptance criteria for the automated tests
• Track the completion dates for an application’s internal and external dependencies
• Develop E2E autonomous systems testing strategies using real-world user scenarios and realistic, dynamic test data in an agile-based test environment
• Design scripts for automated tests that exercise UI-based and API-based functionality and satisfy the test’s acceptance criteria
• Collaborate with developers to implement test scripts for automation that verify functional requirements across multiple cloud-based applications
• Maintain and enhance existing tests to exercise newly deployed and/or updated software features developed by third-party agile programs

Systems Integration and Test Engineer

• Craft design specifications, statements of work, requirements, scripts, and test cases
• Lead transformation in technology usage for the Intelligence Community including cloud migration
• Mentor the next set of developers to grow them into tomorrow’s solutions architects

Automation Test Engineer

Systems Engineer – Test Automation Architect

• Own QA strategy and automation across API, integration, UI, and end-to-end testing.
• Develop and maintain automated test suites using Playwright/Cypress and Postman/Rest Assured.
• Validate REST APIs, event-driven workflows, database integrity, and AWS services.
• Perform SQL-based database validation across PostgreSQL or SQL Server.
• Ensure testing coverage for audit trails, workflow transitions, and role-based access controls.
• Collaborate within Agile delivery teams and support CI/CD testing practices.

Senior QA Automation Engineer

• Define test and calibration methods for cameras and other optical sensors including algorithm development and test station hardware definition
• Drive test station manufacturing with third-party vendors
• Support tester bring up in collaboration with our manufacturing partners, write and maintain tester documentation, and review GR&R data
• Troubleshoot and debug test stations and test software and firmware releases
• Support failure analysis through review of test data in collaboration with the camera design engineers
• International travel up to 15% to support factory builds

Test Engineer, Camera and Sensing

• Lead for a team of System Administrators, DevOps SMEs, and Test Engineers
• Act as the Lead for a reproducible secure and immutable test network for integration, test, and prototyping
• Develop and manage software test infrastructure and ConOps
• Collaborate with counterpart leads in integration and lab operations to accel and deliver program milestones
• Coordinate and implement derived requirements from software development stakeholder teams

Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Test Engineer

• Support integration and testing of satellite mission operations systems
• Execute test plans across telemetry & command (T&C), data operations, and mission applications
• Perform trending and analysis to validate system performance and identify anomalies
• Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts using modern testing frameworks
• Utilize test management tools to track test cases, defects, and overall system quality
• Troubleshoot system issues, identify root causes, and support resolution efforts
• Collaborate with software, systems, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery

Test Engineer – Journeyman

• Develop test plans, test scripts, and test procedures for system verification, validation, and operational acceptance in accordance with program and contractual requirements.
• Plan, develop, and execute integration, regression, and acceptance testing for system updates, upgrades, and deployments in a DevSecOps environment.
• Conduct functional and integration tests; document and analyze results; support defect tracking, triage, and remediation activities.
• Produce and review traceable test plans and test cases, ensuring requirements-to-test traceability and clear documentation of expected results.
• Configure and manage test environments, including virtualized, networked, and database components, to accurately reflect operational configurations.
• Coordinate deficiency tracking and reporting, collaborating with development, QA, system administration, and cybersecurity teams to resolve issues and verify fixes.
• Deliver verification and validation evidence to demonstrate operational readiness and support formal system acceptance.
• Apply experience in software and hardware integration engineering and hardware Level 1 troubleshooting to support test execution and issue resolution.
• Support configuration management practices and tools to ensure consistent, repeatable test baselines and accurate configuration documentation.

Test Engineer III – DevSecOps Support

• Lead end-to-end systems engineering and integration across mission-critical interfaces including space-to-space, space-to-ground, ground-to-ground, and cross-segment integration for space vehicle, ground control, user segments, and communication networks.
• Develop and execute comprehensive system integration and test plans including Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMP), Systems Integration Plans (SIP), System Engineering Plans (SEP), System Test Plans (STP), and Systems Engineering Management Plans (SEMP) that support all acquisition lifecycle phases and milestone decision reviews.
• Plan, conduct, and analyze Developmental Test and Operational Test (DT/OT) events for complete space and ground systems ensuring compliance with government and commercial policies, standards, and best practices for systems test planning and execution.
• Review and evaluate requirements for space and ground systems, engineering models, simulations, test beds, and special test equipment ensuring appropriate verification and validation techniques throughout program development.

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