What Your Job Will Be Like

We are seeking Software Engineering professionals to join a high-performing team focusing on system integration and testing for space missions. In this role, you will have opportunities to collaborate on the design, development, testing, and deployment of advanced real-time decision support ground systems. Work will include both manual testing using formal test procedures and automated testing using in-house developed automation test tools. You will work with experienced engineers and testers, receive mentoring, and progressively take on increasing responsibility while growing your skills in test automation, formal verification, and system integration.

On any given day, you may be called to:

• Collaborate with software architects, system engineers, developers, technical leads, customers, and end users to collect and analyze requirements
• Contribute to the design, development, and delivery of technology solutions that improve software quality
• Generate automated tests to verify system functionality
• Participate in testing to assess accuracy and performance of the systems
• Support formal test activities at multiple levels, from components to the enterprise system
• Contribute to research and development activities, including proposing improvements and new ideas
• Work within a team of system testers to perform requirements verification on a large, multi-node, Linux-based satellite ground system
• Contribute to the development of new testing strategies as the ground system is migrated to newer technologies, such as cloud computing and containerization
• Contribute to evaluating and adopting automated test strategies and tools
• Work with developers, systems engineers and other testers to write formal test procedures for requirements verification
• Perform manual testing using formal test procedures and run automated tests on a regular basis
• For both manual and automated testing, analyze results and report status; follow up on failed tests; write release notes for successful tests; and improve and extend test procedures as necessary
• Contribute to the extension of in-house Python-based automation test tools
• Contribute to the evaluation of new automated testing methods and tools as the system evolves to a new architecture
• Develop and apply testing skills to support user requirements for highly complex software/hardware applications
• Support customer-facing formal test activities (e.g., test execution support, reporting, and follow-up)

Due to the nature of this work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range

$102,400 - $199,700

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require

• A bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform technical work.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q and SCI clearance.

Qualifications We Desire

The ideal R&D S&E Computer Science candidate for Sandia National Laboratories will in addition possess the following:

• Graduate degree in Computer Science or a highly related field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, thesis, or dissertation).
• Demonstrated software development skills and familiarity with modern software development practices and tools (e.g., Agile).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams, and a passion to improve and expand technical skills.

Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience:

• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements
• Experience with design, development, and execution of software testing (automated and manual)
• Python, Java, or C++ programming experience
• Experience developing automated tests
• Experience using Confluence, Jira and Zephyr
• Experience using Agile Testing methodology
• Experience with Linux operating systems, associated shells such as BASH, TCSH, etc., common command-line tools such as GREP, and file structure navigation
• Cloud technologies, containerization (OCI/Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Experience working with large, established codebases (3.5M+ lines of code)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and associated tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab/GitHub, Maven/Gradle, Docker)

About Our Team

Organization 06333 is responsible for system integration and testing of a large, complex satellite ground system which is being developed to support high consequence national security missions. Our development supports a range of applications and complexities, including remote sensing systems, satellite communications and control, distributed computing and analysis, and real-time data collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination. Our team's deep domain and technical experience, coupled with an operational mindset builds distinct and extraordinary capabilities for our nation and the people who put their lives on the line to protect it. We have expertise in R&D across many disciplines including large-scale software engineering, computer science, and system engineering. We build this mission together in a culture of collaboration, open dialogue, and respect'recognizing that strong outcomes come from strong teams.

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.