Test Engineer (Hybrid)

Nightwing Intelligence Solutions, LLC

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AL600- 600 Boulevard South, Ste 301, Huntsville, AL 35802 Until 8/23/2026 3+ years exp First posted May 21, 2026 Last posted May 21, 2026
Job description

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

Test Engineer - Hybrid

Work at the forefront of cybersecurity research and development, delivering capabilities to protect national security. Our projects cover the spectrum of security technologies, hardware architecture, and operating systems; if it runs code, we're interested in its security. We see the impact we have on our nation's security each day. We ensure our engineers have the tools they need to excel and we recognize superb results.

We're seeking a Test Engineer for our commercial product team, someone who breaks things, so our customers don't have to. You'll execute test plans, develop manual and automated tests, find bugs, and own test frameworks across our product portfolio. This role requires strong technical skills to validate software that secures systems at the lowest levels

** Must meet the requirements to obtain and maintain a Secret government security clearance. **

Security Clearance:

Qualified applicants may be subject to a security investigation and must meet minimum qualifications for access to classified information. U.S. Citizenship is required. Qualified applicants must meet the requirements to obtain and maintain a Secret government security clearance.

Required Skills Include:

- Strong programming experience with Python

- Bash and/or Batch scripting

- Familiarity with C/C++ development

- Software testing experience (functional, integration, system testing)

- Test automation framework development and maintenance

- Debugging and troubleshooting skills

- Version control systems (Git)

- Experience with Linux and/or Windows operating systems

- Ability to write and execute detailed test plans

- Documentation skills for test cases, bug reports, and test results

- Experience with testing frameworks (Pytest, etc.)

The product team works with a large array of technologies, tools, and concepts, so other valuable skills and experience include:

- Performance and load testing

- Security testing concepts and tools

- Knowledge of OS internals (Linux and/or Windows)

- Experience with build systems (Make, MSBuild, etc.)

- Experience testing kernel-level or driver software

- TPM and Secure Boot technologies

- DOD System Security Engineering and standards (RMF, Cyber Resiliency, Anti-Tamper, etc.)

- Virtualization technologies (QEMU, KVM, VMWare, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, etc.)

- Container technologies (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, etc.)

- Experience with Jenkins, or similar development tools

- Experience validating technical documentation as part of release process

Our ideal candidate is someone with great technical and problem-solving skills, a motivated personality, meticulous attention to detail, and the mindset of "how can I break this?"

Our Interviews:

Our interviews are technical. Be prepared to tell us about your technical background and testing experience, as well as to work through some of our questions on a computer or whiteboard. We hope candidates find our questions to be thought provoking, but we don't ask brain teasers or tricks. This is a chance to have a dialog with our team, and we hope you will enjoy it!

At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. Together, we’ll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.


Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team.

Nightwing is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
 

About this role

Summary

Develop and execute manual and automated tests for cybersecurity products.

Job title

Test Engineer (Hybrid)

Experience level

mid level

Minimum experience

3+ years exp

Industry

cybersecurity

Location requirements

Huntsville, AL; hybrid work allowed.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

PythonBashC/C++software testingtest automationdebuggingGitLinuxWindowstest planstest reportsPytest

Preferred skills

performance testingsecurity testingos internalsbuild systemskernel testingTPMcyber resiliencyvirtualizationcontainersJenkinstechnical documentation

Specializations

cybersecuritysoftware testingautomationLinuxWindows
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

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Hybrid