Software Test Architect

MERITUS Talent are partnering with one of Europe's largest Aerospace & Defence organisations for the recruitment of a Software Test Architect to join their offices in Portsmouth on a contract basis.

Software Test Architect - Portsmouth - Contract - INSIDE IR35 - Up to £60 per hour DOE - SC Clearance beneficial.

Overview of the role:

We are looking for an Embedded Software Engineer to join the 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 development and test within complex systems.

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 ongoing and future development.

Skillset & Experience:

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.