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Systems Test Engineer

Danbury, CT (Hybrid Eligible) · Information Technology
Job Title: Systems Test Engineer
Department: Engineering
Reports to: Manager of Systems Test


Owl Cyber Defense is a leader and trusted partner in cyber security. We deliver solutions that protect and connect the world’s most critical networks. Owl’s product lines of cross domain, data diode, and portable media solutions provide the strongest available security checkpoints for threat prevention and secure data availability. Our in-depth expertise in security engineering at the operating system level enables us to help government and commercial customers meet ever-evolving cyber security threats.

Job Summary:

Owl is hiring a System Test Engineer to join our team. In this position, you will be expected to understand new product designs and features in depth, develop and author rigorous test plans and strategies to cover the development work, execute those strategies via repeatable test cases, and analyze and debug the resulting behaviors to determine the overall quality of our products. The majority of these efforts will be on hardware or firmware based systems.

This role will challenge you to consider the edge cases of a design, to develop efficient automated methods of testing, and debug complex software and hardware-based solutions. Your efforts will directly contribute to the successful delivery of products of the highest quality that meet the needs of the customer base.

The ability to make actionable decisions based off all currently known information is a must. A successful candidate is independent, organized, methodical, resourceful, energetic, a fast learner, and open to new ideas / experiences. 


This role offers a hybrid work arrangement in Danbury, CT, balancing remote flexibility with on-site collaboration.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Understand and analyze requirement definitions and system requirements to ensure a product that meets company and customer demands is produced.
  • Analyze functional and technical system design for testability; Work closely with software developers to develop test specifications independently for a complex feature.
  • Design, develop, and maintain automated system tests to ensure the quality and reliability of software applications.
  • Take a leading role in test scope definition, testcase creation, test execution, and reporting.
  • Identify and report software defects and verify fixes to ensure software quality and requirement conformance.
  • Monitor and direct future efforts based on test execution findings and results – perform coverage analysis, escape analysis.


Requirements/Qualifications:
  • Experience
    • 3-15+ years of experience in Test Engineering, Hardware Engineering, or Software Development
  • Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
    • Experience testing hardware or firmware systems
    • Experience with networking fundamentals (TCP and UDP networking concepts) network testing and troubleshooting.
    • Programming skills in Python, C++, Rust or other scripting languages.
    • Well-practiced in converting system requirements to test plans and procedures.
    • Well-versed in various forms of testing (Manual, Performance, Automation), test methodologies, and test tools.
    • Well-versed in system-level debugging and analysis techniques
    • Experience with creating and maintaining continuous integration and/or test automation tools.
    • Working knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux or its derivatives.
    • Experience with performance testing and using industry standard network performance test tools (ex. IXIA / Keysight products or Spirent products).
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
    • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Clearance Requirements


About Owl Cyber Defense Solutions, LLC
Owl Cyber Defense Solutions, LLC is a fast-growing cybersecurity solutions company, holding a firm leadership position in network security and secure information transfer. It is a privately-owned US company with offices in Columbia, MD, Danbury, CT and Morrisville, NC. For more information, see http://www.owlcyberdefense.com.

Owl Cyber Defense is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.
 

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