CareerPlan

Staff Test Engineer

Cedar Rapids, IA, usFull-time$79k–$113k2026-11-04 → 2026-11-10
No visa sponsorship

Core

Design, develop, and facilitate high-quality integration test procedures for locomotive technologies and rail solutions, ensuring system requirements and interface specifications are met.

Role type

Staff Test Engineer (System Integration & Validation)

Builds

Integrated Solutions Test (IST) plans, test procedures, automation tools, and validation artifacts for rail freight and transit systems.

Domain

Rail transportation, locomotive technologies, hardware/software integration, and network design.

Required skills

Software testing principles, verification and validation, test automation scripting (Python, JavaScript, C#), network design (TCP/IP, UDP), packet analysis, database management (MySQL, MongoDB), requirements management tools (IBM CLM, Doors Next Gen), systems design, cross-functional collaboration.

Preferred skills

Broad railroad experience (locomotive technologies, operations), AI-assisted engineering and testing tools (generative AI, machine learning analytics), intelligent automation adoption.

Technologies

Python, JavaScript, C#, MySQL, MongoDB, IBM CLM, Doors Next Gen, TCP/IP, UDP.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain IST test procedures and plans based on new features and defects; conduct peer reviews for test procedure quality; log defects and preserve test execution results for regression cycles; participate in requirements and use case document reviews; contribute to project scope estimation.

Seniority

Staff, strategic oversight and hands-on execution