BSD Software Tester

Job ID: 2617579

Location: Huntsville, AL, US

Date Posted: 2026-10-05

Category: Software

Subcategory: SW Testing

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: Interim_Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC has an opening for a BSD Test Engineer in Huntsville, AL.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop software test plans, conduct test case steps and report results.
• Submit software problem reports, and work with other members of the team to accomplish the development mission.
• Provide software test engineering support to the Patriot tactical software life cycle program at the Army's Systems Simulation, Software, and Integration facility (S3I) at Redstone Federal Arsenal.
• Review and verify BattleSpace Designer (BSD), BattleSpace Viewer (BSV), and Patriot Command Post documentation algorithms and requirements.
• Test BSD software to validate program requirements.
• Use various protocols to communicate Link 16 data to the BSD display.
• Perform verification and validation testing on all software requirements and software fixes.

Review test procedures and reports related to BSD testing and Software Requirement Specifications (SRS).

• Validate results by testing over 40,000 software requirements in the program annually and submit Software Investigation Reports to developer for product enhancement.
• Attend team meetings to discuss status/problem reports discovered during testing and integration events.
• Submit problem reports to software developers based on independent testing.
• Report progress on problem resolution to management.
• Develop and test Air Defense, Defense Designs for Global Areas of Operation to validate software requirements using BattleSpace Designer, Interoperability Engineering System (IES) and Network, System

Integration & Test Environment (NSITE).

• Test software written in C/C++ and software on Linux.
• Support contractor and government testing of Patriot software at S3I.

Qualifications

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s and two (2) years or more related experience. An additional six (6) years of experience may be applied in lieu of a bachelors (per contract vehicle).

Clearance Requirements:

• Must have an active Secret security clearance or have the ability to obtain one; U.S. citizenship required.

Required Experience/Skills:

• Experience with Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking, routing, switching, and other basic network concepts.
• Experience testing or operating BSD or other military systems.
• Experienced military trainer.
• Experience testing software.
• Experience operating software on Linux.
• Prior experience working in a fast-paced Government program.

Desired Qualifications:

• Prior experience working in a fast paced Government program
• Experience testing or operating BSD or other military systems.
• Experienced military trainer
• Experience testing software
• Experience operating software on Linux