Summary: The Software Test Engineer role involves testing software aspects of modem products and associated communications systems, focusing on integration testing within complex systems. The position requires developing software to support testing of satellite modem products based on Software Defined Radio technologies. The engineer will also be responsible for defining, implementing, and validating testing solutions while diagnosing software issues in a prototyping environment. This is a hybrid position with an initial 12-month contract.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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 Skills:

• Robot Framework, Google test or Catch2.
• Linux in an embedded environment.
• 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.

Salary (Rate): £60

City: Portsmouth

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT