Software Test Engineer

Belcan Workforce Solutions are seeking a Software Test Engineer on a 6-month contract to join our client's Defence and Space team in Portsmouth. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the development and construction of Meteorology Satellite Payloads, Satellite Telecommunications Products and Ground Terminals for satellite communications.

They are offering £62.50 per hour Umbrella. Inside IR35. The role is fully on site so you must be able to commute.

Overview of the role:

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.

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

The position is mainly focussed on integration testing in an embedded environment.

Responsibilities:

As a Software Test Engineer you will develop 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.

Experience:

Ideally you will have experience of Robot Framework or similar automation tools, along with Selenium Webdriver and experience of designing, implementing and troubleshooting integration tests.

You will need proven modern C++ software engineering on Linux platforms and experience of device management interfaces (e.g. SNMP, Web) for design, implementation and test.

• Experience of working with Git for version control and Eclipse CDT for development
• Experience of unit and integration test tools (e.g. Google Test, Robot Framework)
• 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 in user interface design, implementation and test using HTML, CSS and JavaScript

Apply today and one of our consultants will be in touch within 48 hours!

Successful applicants will be required to be security screened and obtain a Basic disclosure certificate on appointment.

This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan