Description

Job Description

Are you looking for a highly rewarding job with global impact?  This may be the position for you!  Our corporate vision at Leidos is to be the global leader in the development and application of technology to solve our customers' most demanding challenges.  That's where you come in.  We need a results-oriented Test Engineer to support the Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Enterprise Center’s Performance and Testing Team at Fort Meade, MD. 

This isn't just any job. The NC3 Enterprise Center is the Department of Defense’s lead organization for enterprise-level systems engineering and architecture for NC3.  Our customer, led by the Commander, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), applies subject matter expertise and best practices to translate mission and operational requirements into solutions and operational capabilities. 

In this role, you will test and evaluate critical high assurance communication systems.  These test and evaluation activities ensure national leaders have assured communications in both peacetime and wartime.  The position encompasses responsibilities including test tool configuration and operation, developmental and operational test planning, test execution, test data analysis and report writing.  You will work closely with our customers to develop and facilitate execution of detailed test plans.

This is your chance to be a part of a team performing important work.  Working with our customer at Fort Meade, you'll have the opportunity to use your skills to help tackle some of the biggest challenges faced by our nation's leaders.  So, what are you waiting for?  Join our team and become part of the solution, apply today!

Primary Responsibilities

• Working as part of a test team to accomplish technical assessments of high-assurance systems.
• Developing and executing test plans in collaboration with the government customer.
• Executing test events in both laboratory and operational environments.
• Utilizing a suite of hardware and software test and data analysis tools.
• Performing analysis of test data and documenting test results and recommendations.

Basic Qualifications

• Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.
• Master’s Degree in Engineering or Computer Science or an educational equivalent.
• 10 years’ experience in the following:
  • Test and Evaluation of networked hardware and/or software.
  • Test planning and test procedure development and documentation.
  • Conducting test events involving real-time capture of data on IP networks.
  • Digital test data collection, analysis and results documentation.
• Ability to multi-task and work in a dynamic environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to write test documentation and create and deliver presentations.
• Competency in Microsoft Office Suite applications (e.g., Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Experience using collaboration tools (e.g., MS Teams).

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience with network data collection and testing tools, and analysis techniques, including:
  • Sniffing and packet capture using Wireshark.
  • Network traffic simulation/generation using standard tools, such as wget, iPerf, ping, etc.
  • Parsing and analysis of PCap files.
• Python programming and scripting skills.
• Understanding of/and experience with VOIP systems, codecs and transmission standards.
• Knowledge of Nuclear Command, Control and Communications (NC3), National Leadership Command Capability (NLCC) or Senior Leader Command, Control and Communications System (SLC3S).
• Experience working with Nuclear C3 community stakeholders such as Air Force, Navy, NC3 Enterprise Center (NEC), USSTRATCOM, USCYBERCOM, the Joint Staff, and OSD.

Come break things (in a good way). Then build them smarter.

We're the tech company everyone calls when things get weird. We don’t wear capes (they’re a safety hazard), but we do solve high-stakes problems with code, caffeine, and a healthy disregard for “how it’s always been done.”

Original Posting:

December 23, 2025

Pay Range:

Pay Range $92,300.00 - $166,850.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.