Leidos is seeking a
Test and Integration Engineer to lead cutting-edge testing and validation efforts within the
Undersea Systems Division (USD). This role is a unique opportunity to drive innovation in
testing underwater vehicle systems, maritime sensors, subsea telemetry, and ISR solutions that support critical defense and national security missions.
You'll contribute to a multidisciplinary team focused on
testing, integrating, and validating advanced maritime technologies, ensuring system reliability and performance from prototype design to full-scale system deployment for ongoing Navy missions.
What You'll Do- Test and Validate: Write, develop and execute comprehensive test plans, procedures, and protocols to ensure system functionality, reliability, and compliance with requirements.
- Integrate systems and conduct hands-on testing: Write, develop, and execute integration plans to bring complex systems together.
- Perform field and on-water based hands-on testing, validation, and verification of software and hardware systems, including integrated electro-mechanical systems.
- Collaborate: Work closely with systems engineers, software developers, and hardware teams to identify and resolve issues during testing phases.
- Automate Testing: Develop automated testing frameworks and tools to streamline validation processes.
- Analyze Results: Document and analyze test results, providing detailed reports and recommendations for system improvements.
- Support Development: Ensure a "design for testing" focus during system development and integration.
What You BringRequired Experience:- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Ocean), Computer Science, Physics, or Math.
- 2+ years of hands-on testing, integration, validation, and verification experience with software and integrated electro-mechanical systems including developing test procedures
- Proficiency in test automation, data acquisition systems, and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
- U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain a SECRET clearance.
Preferred Experience:- Familiarity with UUVs, deployed subsea systems, and underwater payloads.
- Experience with designing, writing, executing, and evaluating system integration field tests.
- Experience performing software system subcomponent testing/integration and using Matlab or Python for data analysis.
- Proven track record in developing automated testing frameworks and transitioning designs to production.
- Experience with test data management systems and statistical analysis of test results.
SUBSEAMSS
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.
Original Posting:September 23, 2026
Pay Range:Pay Range $69,550.00 - $125,725.00
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.
