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 our 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 ability of Linux tools in a test automation environment Knowledge of automating devices via their management interfaces (e.g. SNMP, HTTP) Proven ability of working with Git for version control Selenium Desirable Knowledge: System and software modelling tools such as Enterprise Architect (SysML / UML) Working in an Agile or Scrum environment would be beneficial (e.g. Atlassian Jira, Confluence, BitBucket) Jenkins configuration and administration User interface design, implementation and test using HTML, CSS and JavaScript Test automation using Node.js, npm, Python ADZN1_UKTJ

Location: H M Naval Base, GB

Posted Date: 5/1/2025