Work Location
Full-time, onsite in Huntsville, AL
Clearance Required: Active Secret clearance (U.S. citizenship required)
Overview
Penta Research is seeking a versatile and experienced Software Test Engineer to support advanced software development efforts for missile defense programs in a dynamic Agile environment. This role owns test strategy and execution end to end: translating requirements into executable test procedures, automating what can be automated, and quickly diagnosing issues as features evolve.
Key Responsibilities
- Define, develop, and execute test procedures that verify software against documented requirements
- Design and configure complex test scenarios, including sensor and system-level integration cases
- Build and maintain automated test and analysis capabilities to expand coverage and shorten feedback cycles
- Produce detailed test documentation, results, and reports suitable for program and government review
- Diagnose failures, isolate root cause, and work directly with developers to drive issues to closure
- Adapt test artifacts and coverage rapidly as features and requirements change
- Collaborate with stakeholders and government customers to validate system requirements
- Actively participate in Agile events, including PI Planning, Iteration Planning, Sprint Planning, and Retrospectives
- Support team and program-level demos and reviews
Required Qualifications
- Experience testing missile defense systems and familiarity with MDA sensors and assets
- Demonstrated experience with test automation (test execution, analysis, or both)
- Proven ability to test to requirements. decomposing requirements into procedures and documenting verifiable results
- Ability to adapt quickly to changing features and to diagnose and troubleshoot complex issues
- Proficiency with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or equivalent
- Experience with GitLab/Git for software configuration management
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated test execution in a build pipeline
- Ability to work full-time onsite in Huntsville, AL
- Active Secret clearance
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with Kubernetes and container-based test environments
- Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or equivalent), including cloud-hosted test infrastructure
- Familiarity with Agile Scrum methodology
- Experience using Jira or similar Agile project management tools
- Java development experience, particularly in user interface development
- Knowledge of multi-core and multi-threaded programming
- Experience with modeling and simulation tools
What Success Looks Like