Integration and Test Engineer, National/Tactical Systems
Charlottesville,
Overview
General Atomics pioneers technologies with the potential to change the world. Behind a talented global team of engineers, GA delivers safe, sustainable, and economical solutions to meet growing global demands. Our Engineers have an opportunity to work on first of a kind product lines within an incredible, dynamic environment.
Engineering positions typically require a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience. Candidates from mechanical, electrical, and aerospace engineering backgrounds must know the fundamentals of engineering system developments, requirements, testing, and integration before getting to the final stages of customer interface and project management.
Schedule: Full-Time Salary
Job Level: Mid-Level (3-7 years)
Travel: 0 - 25
Success Profile
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- Analytical
- Collaborative
- Inventive
- Problem Solver
- Team Player
- Creative
Job Summary
General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. (GA-I3), an affiliate of General Atomics, provides custom software development and innovative information engineering solutions to customers in government and private industry. We build and develop best-in-class all domain and globally focused situational awareness capabilities that process petabytes of data from numerous streaming data sources in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features and fuse data from multiple phenomenologies to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground. These analytics are designed to determine not just where something is, but what it is, where it's been and what it's doing. All of this "data to knowledge" is made available to end users in our own browser-based application for visualization, analysis, and understanding. We always want to do more, and that's where you come in!
GA-I3 is seeking Integration and Test Engineers to join our federal team to help shape the future of situational awareness capabilities for our customers. We leverage cutting-edge technology to process petabytes of data and extract features in near real time, all while providing a rich, live view of objects on land, sea, and sky. Join our growing team in taking our systems to the next level, giving end-users the power to see beyond the data and truly understand the world around them.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Collaborate with System Engineers to ensure that tracking system engineering frameworks align with larger System of Systems (SoS) architectures
- Participate in the software development for integration support, data validation, configuration, deployment, customization, and testing
- Validate the integrity and accuracy of data exchanged between system components through scripts, logging, and testing output
- Develop solutions to replicate behavior of external systems/environments to ensure quality and confidence with integration efforts
- Translate system requirements into testable scenarios, ensuring that all aspects of the model are thoroughly tested and validated
- Execute testing of interactions and interfaces between different subsystems or modules, ensuring that data flows smoothly and that all components communicate effectively
- Develop, modify, and execute testing plans based on system requirements, ensuring comprehensive coverage of all functionalities and interfaces
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure effective communication and alignment throughout the testing process
Job Qualifications:
- Typically requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems or a related discipline and five or more years of professional software quality analyst experience. Equivalent professional quality analyst experience may be substituted in lieu of education.
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain, and maintain, a Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility. Additionally, you must also be willing to take and pass a CI polygraph.
- Experience with scripting/programming languages such as Bash, Python, Java, and JavaScript
- Knowledge of, and demonstrated experience with, integration testing methodologies and techniques, including testing of interfaces, data exchange, and system interactions.
- Experience performing verification, validation, and regression testing
- Experience developing scripts or utilities for monitoring, logging, and performance profiling of integrated software systems
- Experience with software development life cycles and best practices
- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and agile development methodologies
- Experience deploying containerized applications and basic containerized orchestration (such as with Docker and Kubernetes)
- Knowledge or previous experience in integrating military systems within secure environments
- Knowledge or previous experience in Geospatial data processing and tactical communications
Salary:$89,180 - $155,825
Benefits
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Healthcare
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Pension, 401(k)/Retirement Plans
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Competitive Pay
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Multiple product lines means a variety of work
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Paid Time Off

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