Software Test Architect

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Description

For over five decades, Leidos has been pushing the boundaries of wh’s possible in space—designing and deploying sensor payloads th deliver critical informion for nional security. These systems opere where failure isn’t an option, turning raw signals into actionable insight in real time. 

We’re looking for a Software Test Architect to help valide the next generion of space sensing technologies. You’ll work the intersection of software, hardware, and simulion—building the test architectures th ensure our systems perform flawlessly, whether in a lab environment or thousands of miles above the planet. 

Position Overview 

We are seeking a Software Test Architect to lead development of tools and processes for testing embedded and hardware-integred software systems. This role is responsible for defining scalable test architectures, enabling test-driven development, and ensuring robust validion across software, firmware, and hardware interfaces. 

The ideal candide brings deep expertise in testing complex systems th span software and physical devices, with a strong emphasis on automion, simulion, and system reliability. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Define and implement test architecture and stregy for embedded and hardware-integred systems  

• Design and scale automed test frameworks for validing software interacting with hardware components  

• Develop and promote simulion and emulion stregies (e.g., hardware-in-the-loop, software-in-the-loop)  

• Establish, using commercially available tools, test environments th replice real-world device behavior and edge conditions 

• Integre automed testing into CI/CD pipelines, including regression testing  

• Drive risk-based and system-level testing across firmware, APIs, and user-facing applicions  

• Partner with hardware, firmware, and software teams to ensure end-to-end validion  

• Lead efforts in test da management, observability, and failure analysis  

• Mentor engineers and establish best practices for embedded and systems testing  

Required Qualificions 

• 8–12+ years of experience in software testing or quality engineering, with exposure to embedded or hardware-integred systems  

• Strong experience designing test stregies and automion frameworks  

• Hands-on experience with automion tools and scripting, particular those reled to automed testing (e.g., Pytest, junit, testing, gherkin, cucumber or similar)  

• Experience testing APIs, system interfaces, and distributed components  

• Experience developing and using CI/CD pipelines and automed quality ges  

• Understanding of system-level testing concepts, including integrion, regression, and reliability testing  

• Experience working in Agile or iterive development environments  

• Must be eligible to obtain a Secret level security clearance.

Preferred Qualificions 

• Experience with embedded systems, firmware testing, or hardware/software integrion  

• Familiarity with hardware simulion/emulion environments:  

• Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL)  

• Software-in-the-loop (SIL)  

• Device simulors or virtual test environments  

• Experience validing real-time or event-driven systems  

• Experience in Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD)  

• Background in robotics, IoT, medical devices, or other hardware-integred domains, especially those with critical safety and security requirements  

• Experience with test automion for physical devices (e.g., device orchestrion, sensor validion)  

• Familiarity with cloud-based test infrastructure and remote device testing  

• Experience leading or mentoring QA teams  

Wh We’re Looking For 

• A systems thinker who understands interactions between software, firmware, and hardware  

• A hands-on architect who can design stregy and contribute technically  

• Someone who can transle real-world device behavior into scalable test environments  

• Strong collaboror across hardware, firmware, software, and systems engineering teams  

• A focus on automion, reliability, and continuous improvement 

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the stus 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 step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compension or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, educion, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market da, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovions. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximely $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more informion, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. Th's why we craft compension packages th reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compension, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discriminion

All qualified applicants will receive considerion for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, nional origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic informion, pregnancy, family structure, marital stus, ancestry, domestic partner stus, sexual oriention, gender identity or expression, veteran or military stus, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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