What are the responsibilities and job description for the BSD Software Tester position at SAIC?
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
Education Requirements
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.
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).
- Must have an active Secret security clearance or have the ability to obtain one; U.S. citizenship required.
- 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.
- 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