Test Engineer Intern

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. As a Test Engineering Intern for Space, Cyber and Intelligence Systems (SC&I), you’ll be a member of a cross functional team responsible for building software and platforms that support our customer’s most important missions in the Space and Intelligence domains.

Responsibilities

• Apply your classroom-learned skills to a program supporting the defense of our country
• Design, build, test, deploy, and improve software services and platforms within a cross-functional agile team
• Ensure software quality is built in early and is testable
• Develop and participate in the QA/test approach, methodology, and process
• Implement, execute and troubleshoot automated tests
• Test applications through automated and manual back-end functions as well as through UIs
• Research, learn, communicate, and apply new technologies/tools to solve unique customer domain challenges
• Integrate as a member of a test team and complete assigned tasks, that will nurture and expand your technical skills
• Learn systems in order to update information
• Populate repositories with targeted data
• Research and document various data processes
• Abide by all security and safety procedures outlined by the company

Skills

• Candidates should demonstrate a thorough understanding of engineering technology
• Engineering Interns must be enrolled in an accredited degree program in Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or other related scientific or technical discipline with a preference for a standing of a sophomore or higher
• Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required
• Knowledge of test methodologies, writing test plans, creating test cases and debugging
• Test Automation using Playwright, Pytest, Selenium, Test Complete, Cucumber, Apache JMeter or similar tools
• Languages: Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, HTML, CSS, Ansible
• Frameworks: Spring Boot, React/Redux
• Tools: Gradle, NodeJS, RHOSP/AWS/Azure
• Comfortable working with IDEs (VSCode, IntelliJ, etc.)
• Experienced with various Server Frameworks, DOM, and Java Web App Platform (Tomcat)
• Adept with Microsoft Office - especially Excel, Power-Point, and Word
• Comfortable working with Windows 10, 11, and Linux
• Related courses: Data Structures, Algorithms & Complexity, Object-Oriented Programming in Java, Database Management Systems, Advanced Programming, Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, Software Engineering
• Design, build, test, deploy, and improve software services and platforms within a cross-functional agile team
• Ensure software quality is built in early and is testable
• Develop and participate in the QA/test approach, methodology, and process
• Implement, execute and troubleshoot automated tests
• Test applications through automated and manual back-end functions as well as through UIs
• Research, learn, communicate, and apply new technologies/tools to solve unique customer domain challenges

Company Overview