Software Test engineer

Portsmouth
2 weeks ago
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Software Test Engineer

  • 12 month initial contract
  • Hybrid working
  • £50 to £60 per hour
  • Inside IR35

    Key Skills:
  • Robot Framework, Google test or Catch2
  • Linux in an embedded environment.
  • Out and out test engineer who can implement and architect Test's

    You will test software aspects of modem products and associated communications systems, using your experience in software and subystem integration testing within complex systems.

    Job Profile

    Developing software aspects to support the test of satellite modem products based on Software Defined Radio (SDR) technologies.
    Definition, implementation, verification and validation activities associated with these solutions.
    Work in response to requirements, defining sub-systems, communicating risk and specifying test and verification techniques.
    Occasionally diagnose software problems in the laboratory prototyping environment.
    Develop and maintain skills to support on-going and future development.Essential:

    Ability to architect, document and implement integration tests
    Experience of unit and integration test tools (e.g. Robot Framework, GoogleTest, Catch2)
    Proven knowledge of Linux tools in a test automation environment
    Experience of automating devices via their management interfaces (e.g. SNMP, HTTP)
    Experience of working with Git for version control

    Desirable:

    Experience of system and software modelling tools such as Enterprise Architect (SysML / UML)

    Experience working in an Agile or Scrum environment would be beneficial (e.g. Atlassian Jira, Confluence, BitBucket)
    Experience of Jenkins configuration and administration
    Experience in user interface design, implementation and test using HTML, CSS and JavaScript
    Experience of test automation using Node.js, npm, Python
    Desirable Comms, Radar and Satellite experience.
    C++ is the main code used, some experience would be useful

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