# Principal Test Engineer

SAIC is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Test Engineer to support a critical program for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico. In this role, you'll be at the forefront of delivering reliable, mission-ready software and ground system capabilities that enable space operations across the Department of Defense. As a member of the engineering team, you will play a vital role in validating, improving, and certifying software solutions that directly support operational users. You'll work closely with developers, system administrators, mission partners, and end users to ensure capabilities are thoroughly tested, operationally relevant, and ready for deployment in demanding mission environments. This position offers the opportunity to influence test strategy, drive continuous improvement, implement modern testing methodologies, and help transition critical capabilities from development to operations. As the Test Engineer, you will: Lead software and system test activities for mission-critical space operations capabilities, ensuring functionality, performance, security, and user requirements are fully validated prior to deployment. Collab

- **Id**: 3839995
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/saic-principal-test-engineer-2>
- **Role**: QA
- **Role family**: QA
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Kirtland, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 9
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T20:35:33Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T15:42:36Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3542
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Digital Government, Systems Integrators, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 58788
- **Name**: SAIC
- **Domain**: saic.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/saic>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 93
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.892
- **Repost share**: 0.011
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 24
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 9
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T22:20:17Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:4, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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