Senior Test Engineer

Job ID: 2617984

Location: Indianapolis, IN, US

Date Posted: 2026-10-15

Category: Engineering and Sciences

Subcategory: Test Engineer

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a well-rounded Senior Test Engineer to lead test activities for a team of EEs, MEs, programmers and other project personnel involved in delivering concepts and products related to aircraft and other military systems. The candidate will directly support Government program(s) as a test engineer throughout the entire program lifecycle. This position will be onsite at our facility in Indianapolis, IN.

JOB DUTIES:

• The candidate will support test during all aspects of design and will test and debug circuit card assemblies, embedded systems and other hardware and software systems.
• Candidate will be expected to lead and advise other test personnel as well as other engineers.
• Candidate will work multiple projects and will develop test plans, procedures and reports.
• Candidate will work with test equipment architects to determine test strategies for products.
• Candidate will work with team on requirements allocation, will identify best method for verification of requirements, and will author analyses to document system compliance with customer requirements.
• Candidate will analyze test results, assist with fault analysis of electronic assemblies and SW constructs, and work with engineering team on corrective actions and potential product improvements.
• Candidate is expected to possess excellent communication skills to interface to multi-disciplinary design team as well as customers.

Qualifications

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND CLEARANCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant engineering discipline and five (5) years or more experience, or master’s degree and three (3) years or more experience
• Experience with requirement generation, management, allocation, and tracking
• Strong background with electronic power systems, communications protocols, RF systems, sensor systems, and other military electronic assemblies
• Background in troubleshooting embedded SW and electronic components on CCAs.
• Strong background in developmental and qualification testing of embedded systems, to include test planning, documentation, set up, and execution
• Strong background in product design review processes, to include preparation of review documentation and products, and presentation of material in a structured development environment (i.e. defense, medical, automotive, etc…)
• Must be U.S. citizen
• Must be able to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance

DESIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with Labview and test stands
• Experience with environmental and EMI/EMC testing of components and systems
• Experience with design and implementation of BIT in electronic systems
• Experience with military organizational, intermediate, depot and factory acceptance level test and test equipment
• Experience with military QA and Change Management requirements
• Experience with power systems, optical systems, RF systems, acoustic systems, communications protocols, and embedded systems and devices
• Experience with DoD weapons integration, aircraft systems and weapons control and delivery systems and associated test equipment
• Already possess military security clearance at the Secret or above level

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.