About this role
Augustine Consulting, Inc. is a Woman-Owned Small Business professional services provider of engineering and technical services to the United States Government. We seek an experienced, self-starting Software Test Engineer to serve as a member of our Government Programs Team.
Position Description
- The Software Test Engineer will have opportunities to interface with senior level customers, warfighters, and leadership while performing the following functions: Plan and manage assignments, progress, and evaluate results.
- Conduct integration and test activities of application software on multiple platforms that include System Drivers, Android devices, Windows, and Linux machines.
- Develop detailed Software Test Plans and prepare Test Reports.
- Participate in software design and development meetings.
- Analyze and identify system level integration issues and resolve issues and dependencies in a team environment.
- Conduct detailed interaction and follow through actions with development teams for issues and requirements Conduct testing on software builds and report functionality and interface issues.
- Understand Apps and functionality of Apps as a complete system.
- Perform initial troubleshooting and classification/characterization of defect findings, then enabling software development teams to investigate/fix further.
- Ensure software builds represent military tactics, techniques, and procedures.
- Evaluate test data, assess risks, and develop test result summaries for leadership briefings, Suitability Statements and Milestone Decisions.
- Ensure all Government test planning documents are uploaded to the appropriate databases.
- Interface with customers, vendors, and various stakeholders to identify and resolve problems that cause failures.
- Provides feedback on test trends, returns and vendor performance.
- A Test Engineer who fits our team is: Dynamic: contributes energy and enthusiasm to our daily tasks, to the team’s interactions, and to the Company’s mission.
- Thorough: possesses an unparalleled work ethic; produces complete, even polished products; persistent; mission-focused; asks “Why?” as often as necessary to get to the root of the matter.
- Mature: respects others’ opinions, beliefs, and culture; listens to ideas, shares thoughts, and works independently and together to contribute insights to the company’s leaders.
- Forthright: speaks with conviction; argues based on understanding, respectfully.
- Inquisitive: seeks deeper explanations of how systems work, not the surface-level description of the actors involved; goes beyond “stick-fetching” to connect the unconnected.
- Timely: shows up, ready to think, prepared to get on with the day’s assignments; contributes analytical insights that meet time-sensitive, reasonable requests.
- Honest: knows what’s right, what’s legal, what’s appropriate; conducts himself/herself accordingly.
- Because this role requires a DOD security clearance, all applicants must be able to provide proof of U.S. citizenship.
- Due to the sensitive nature of the work being performed, a candidate must possess or be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
- High School diploma and 20 years' experience, or Bachelor's degree in a directly related field and 10 years of experience, or Master's degree in directly related field and five years of experience Lab and hands-on Debugging Exposure.
- Ability to support occasional travel.