Test Engineer III
Iridium Satellite LLC2 years ago
McLean, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$95k - $125k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define verification scope, risks, and acceptance criteria during requirements and design discussions.
- Develop test plans, estimates, traceability, and test cases for end-to-end, integration, and user acceptance testing.
- Implement and maintain manual and automated tests, including AI-assisted test design and automation approaches.
- Execute testing, track results and defects, and communicate progress, risks, and mitigations.
- Serve as a technical escalation point, coordinate issue resolution, and review testing artifacts produced by others.
- Monitor verification effectiveness and implement process and tooling improvements based on defect trends and root-cause analysis.
- Support deployment and launch activities with user documentation, training, and operational-readiness assistance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
- At least 5 years of relevant software testing or quality engineering experience, including end-to-end and integration testing for complex applications.
- Expertise with the Software Testing Life Cycle, test planning, estimation, traceability, and verification documentation.
- Hands-on experience building and maintaining automated tests using modern UI, API, and integration testing approaches.
- Experience using AI-assisted tools or models for test case design or automation development, without requiring ML model development.
- Strong analytical, root-cause investigation, communication, prioritization, ownership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Preferred: aviation or safety-critical software experience, leadership of E2E or UAT efforts, automated-testing and reporting-dashboard integration, and mentoring or influence of testing best practices.
Benefits
- Hybrid work policy requires at least four days per week, approximately 80%, in an Iridium office.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) retirement plan options; paid time off and holidays; paid parental leave; and other discounts and perks.
- Potential eligibility for company stock and an annual bonus.
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About Iridium Satellite LLC
Iridium Communications operates a low‑Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation that provides global, pole‑to‑pole voice, data, push‑to‑talk, and IoT connectivity for maritime, aviation, government/defense, and enterprise users. It sells services and devices directly and through a worldwide partner network, including support to the U.S. Department of Defense. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Iridium is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the ticker IRDM.