Senior Software Validation Engineer

Senior Software Validation Engineer

MDA Space

Farnborough, United Kingdom

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Integration Group Manager, the candidate will have the following responsibilities:

• Development and ownership of system test plan with collaboration of development and test teams;
• Investigation of root cause of test case failures and providing corrective action in conjunction with development teams;
• Support validation of Satixy Chipsets verifying functional and performance metrics;
• Execution, development and planning of System tests and Contribute to the evolution of product quality for MDA ESMA products;
• Support Test Management tools and continuous integration methodologies;
• Compilation of regular Test execution summary report with metrics.

Job Requirements – including work experience and education:

• Batchelor/Master Degree in Electronic/Computer Science Engineering;
• Experience of testing Telecommunication or Satellite Systems;
• Experience of system testing, preferably with some exposure to low level (i.e. non GUI) testing;
• Experience in planning, estimating and development of system tests;
• Experience of Devops, Jenkins, Docker containers and automation test frameworks;
• Experience of test management software;
• Defect Tracking and Knowledge Management software (Atlassian JIRA and Confluence preferred);
• Knowledge of testing Methodologies;
• Knowledge of operation of RF test equipment such as Spectrum Analysers, VNAs, power meters etc.;
• Proven experience in program language in an automation test environment (C/C++/Python etc.);
• Excellent Interpersonal skills;
• Knowledge on RF fundamentals and communications theory;
• Independent, self-motivated, team player and multitasking capabilities;
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment.