{"id":3017811,"url":"https://alion.io/job/leidos-aviation-software-test-engineer-4","title":"Aviation Software Test Engineer","company":{"id":7791,"name":"Leidos","domain":"leidos.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/leidos","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"services","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":78,"open_postings":237,"ghost_share":0.004,"stale_share":0.873,"repost_share":0.004,"time_to_fill_p50_days":28,"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"}},"role":"QA","role_family":"QA","seniority":"junior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Huntsville, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":69550,"max":125725,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":125725},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":2,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"C#","optional":false},{"name":"Java","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":false},{"name":"Outlook","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Windows","optional":false},{"name":"AI Agents","optional":true},{"name":"Jira","optional":true},{"name":"MIL-STD-882","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-19T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-19","last_verified_at":"2026-10-25T10:59:32Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":6,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":6},"description":"Leidos is dedicated to making the world a safer place. This starts with helping our customers in the Defense Industry achieve their critical missions. Our dedicated Defense Group employees are solving critical challenges across the globe. At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. With offices across the United States engaging in the defense, space, cyber and commercial fields, Leidos provides responsive, cost-effective engineering, scientific and IT solutions. Leidos is well known for our people-oriented culture, positive work environment, technical excellence, and resilient business ethics.\nWithin the Defense Sector, the Kinetic Effects Business Area at Leidos currently has an opening for a talented Aviation Software Test Engineer to work onsite in our Huntsville office. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to help test and develop software for tactical strike, sensors, CUAS, and UAS solutions.\nThis position focuses on automated testing, development of robust, innovative software test infrastructures and frameworks, integration testing, informal manual testing, formal software qualification testing, fielding and support, and maintenance of software products. Software products range from analysis tools/simulations, mission planning software, and components of mission-critical systems.\nPrimary Responsibilities\nDirect participation as an integral team member who performs key roles with respect to test planning, test strategy and design, test execution, software engineering processes, and recommendations on product quality.\nReviewing, editing, and generating various documents used for engineering and testing purposes per industry standards. \nDeveloping automated scripts in Linux and Windows for a variety of applications.\nPerform as part of an agile software team for tasking and progress reporting.\nBasic Qualifications\nAt least a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent technical degree with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher.\n2+ years of relevant technical experience. \nRecent experience with software development and/or writing software test scripts using one of the following Object-Oriented Programming languages: C#, Python, or Java.\nExperience in both manual and automated test tools and techniques.\nAptitude for the technical skills required for software test, configuration management, and software quality engineering concepts. \nExperience developing test methods and procedures for software products using scripting and/or compiled languages. \nWorking knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems.\nAnalytical and process improvement skills along with a personal drive for details and quality workmanship. \nFamiliarity with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). \nGood communication skills.\nUS citizenship required, with ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience writing user interface (UI) tests with automated UI testing technologies. \nExperience writing software in compliance with applicable industry safety and cyber standards (MIL-STD-882E, DISA STIGs).\nCandidate is expected to accept constructive feedback from more senior software team members. \nThe ability to work across multiple products under development by multiple small teams.\nExperience with Agentic AI coding tools.\nExperience with designing and implementing software solutions for embedded systems and applications.\nProficiency with Xray Test Management for Jira to develop, execute, and report on test cases for embedded software systems.\nIf 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.\nOriginal Posting:\nOctober 19, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.\nPay Range:\nPay Range $69,550.00 - $125,725.00The 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.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5087,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["National Security","C4ISR","Defense Manufacturing","Engineering Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-21T17:03:31Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 50 · green card filings: 24","filings_12m":50,"filings_prev_12m":58,"green_card_filings_12m":24,"median_offered_wage_usd":124257,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":2}],"liveness":{"score":62,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.618,"p_room":1,"age_days":6,"expected_fill_days":28,"reasons":["conf:1","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:junior,brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":125725,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/leidos-aviation-software-test-engineer-4","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/leidos-aviation-software-test-engineer-4.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-25T23:01:58Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":32444,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-26T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":7791},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=7791"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fleidos-aviation-software-test-engineer-4"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fleidos-aviation-software-test-engineer-4"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fleidos-aviation-software-test-engineer-4"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/leidos-aviation-software-test-engineer-4\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fleidos-aviation-software-test-engineer-4"}]}