Senior Test Automation Engineer at Synergy ECP
Washington, DC
$120,000–$150,000from the description
Jul 6, 2026
Washington, DC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on designing, building, and maintaining automated test frameworks and scripts for complex software and hardware systems, including large-scale immersive environments. Day-to-day work spans writing and executing test cases, analyzing results, identifying root causes of defects, reviewing government test plans, and supporting configuration and release management. It suits an experienced test automation engineer with a background in systems testing and an active TS/SCI clearance.
Senior level · 8+ years · National · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,594 (middle half $82,076–$136,109). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting names no specific test automation frameworks, tools, languages, or platforms anywhere in the description — all skill references are functional/methodological (e.g., 'automated test tools and strategies', 'automated test scripts'). Only the broadest capability categories could be extracted as skills.
Location is not stated anywhere in the posting. The company (NSI/Synergy ECP) is known to operate in the Maryland/Virginia/DC area, consistent with the TS/SCI clearance requirement, but no city or CBSA could be confirmed from the text alone.
The $120,000–$150,000 range is described as a 'typical' starting range, with explicit language that the company will go above that for exceptional candidates — the true ceiling is open-ended.
Active TS/SCI clearance is a hard gate: the posting states 'Must possess active TS/SCI clearance to be considered for this role.'
U.S. Citizenship is also explicitly required.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): test case design, configuration management.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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