Business Unit:

Cubic Defense

Company Details:

When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.

We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.

Job Details:

Job Summary

Cubic Digital Intelligence is seeking a Test & Release Engineer to join the Unified Video (UV) engineering team supporting the sustainment and modernization of our Full Motion Video (FMV) platform. This role will focus on improving software quality and accelerating release cadence across the Unified Video ecosystem, including Feed Management Portal (FMP) and NetOps. The engineer will develop automated testing solutions, enhance release pipelines, improve deployment reliability, and partner with software engineers to identify opportunities for automation throughout the software development lifecycle. This is a hands-on engineering role responsible for helping the team achieve a consistent, high-quality release cadence through modern testing, automation, and AI-assisted development practices. This is a full-time hybrid position located in Ashburn, VA with limited travel as required.

Essential Functions

• Design, develop, and maintain automated testing frameworks for web applications, APIs, and backend services.
• Develop and maintain automated UI and end-to-end tests using Playwright.
• Create, execute, and maintain manual and automated test plans, test cases, and regression suites using Jira Xray.
• Improve and automate software release processes to support a consistent weekly release cadence.
• Develop and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines supporting automated testing, quality gates, and software deployments.
• Collaborate with software engineers to improve application testability, reliability, and deployment efficiency.
• Investigate test failures, identify root causes, and work with development teams to resolve issues.
• Support software validation across Linux-based environments, containerized applications, and PostgreSQL-backed systems.
• Evaluate and implement AI-assisted testing techniques to improve test coverage, defect detection, and engineering productivity.
• Contribute to process improvements, release documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in software quality assurance, software testing, release engineering, or DevOps.
• Experience developing automated tests using modern testing frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or similar.
• Experience working with Git, GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile software development methodologies.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Playwright and modern browser automation frameworks.
• Experience using Jira and Xray for test management, traceability, and test execution.
• Familiarity with Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and Linux environments.
• Experience building or maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines and release automation.
• Experience validating REST APIs and backend services.
• Experience using AI-assisted testing or development tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex, etc.) to improve testing efficiency and software quality.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills with a continuous improvement mindset.

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Cubic Pay Range:

$117,000.00 - $127,000.00 + benefits.

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The Cubic 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.

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Worker Type:

Employee

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We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law.