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Test Systems Software Engineer

Employer
QuEST Global Engineering
Location
Flexible/remote working with occasional travel to Edinburgh
Salary
Available as contract or permanent
Closing date
30 Jul 2021

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Clearance Level
DV, SC, BPSS
Sector
Defence, Engineering, Information Technology
Job Type
Permanent

We have exciting contract and permanent opportunities within QuEST’s Defence Electronics team for Senior and Principal Test Systems Software Engineers to design and develop test program software across the spectrum of techniques.

We're ideally looking for a background in Software Development for RF, Digital, Analogue and Power.

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to join a very capable and growing engagement within QuEST.

Key Responsibility Areas

  • As a Test Systems Software Engineer, you are responsible for test verification and validation, systems requirement reviews, drafting test plans and generating test reports.
  • Fully documenting and recording your work products; keeping them under configuration management and providing plans and reports on progress
  • Contributing to engineering process improvement
  • You will work closely with Hardware and Firmware engineers to solve real integration problems on test systems

Essential Skills:

  • Degree qualified in Software Engineering or related science or equivalent work experience
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Capable of adapting to different contexts and situations
  • Programming in C language
  • NI LabWindows/CVI and TestStand
  • Low Level Driver Development
  • Good knowledge of developing software within a development process framework
  • Able to demonstrate experience in most areas of the software lifecycle from requirements definition through to implementation, integration test and delivery
  • At Principal Engineer level, the expectation will be to mentor, coach and develop more junior members of the team in order to develop overall capability

Desirable Skills:

  • Knowledge of LabVIEW and LabVIEW FPGA would be beneficial
  • Developing software for test system environments.
  • RF test system environment experience would be beneficial
  • Good understanding of Software Configuration Management tools e.g. Dimensions would be beneficial
  • Knowledge of Requirements management tools such as DOORS would be an advantage but not essential

Due to security requirements, these posts are open to SOLE UK NATIONALS ONLY

About us:

QuEST is a global engineering solutions company offering end-to-end engineering solutions across aerospace, defence domains on product development, product lifecycle management, aftermarket and supply chain, and digital transformation for our customers. We help our customers accelerate product development and innovation cycles, enhance consumer experience and make design, manufacturing processes, operations & supply chain more efficient. With our expertise in Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and Embedded Systems, Enterprise and Product Engineering software, we support defence, aero systems, avionics, airframes to name a few.

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