Software Test Engineer

Software Test Engineer
Location: Portsmouth
Rate: £55-60 ph Umbrella
Hybrid working – a minimum of 3 days a week on site
Duration: 12 Months

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join client’s Modem team within the Product Engineering group.

The team is undertaking the design and implementation of a satellite communications Software Defined Radio (SDR) modem. You will be part of a small multi-disciplinary team containing software, system, firmware and infrastructure engineers. There will be scope in the future to work on further developments as project needs arise.

You will test software aspects of modem products and associated communications systems, using your experience in software and subsystem 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.

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

Desirable:
• Knowledge of system and software modelling tools such as Enterprise Architect (SysML / UML)
• Knowledge working in an Agile or Scrum environment would be beneficial (e.g. Atlassian Jira, Confluence, BitBucket)
• Knowledge of Jenkins configuration and administration
• Knowledge in user interface design, implementation and test using HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Knowledge of test automation using Node.js, npm, Python