Software Test Engineer

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Position Details

Summary

Software Test Engineer is a member of Novanta R&D center in Brno which provides a wide range of R&D services for various business units in Novanta.

The SW Test Engineer will partner with System and Software Design team in a definition of test requirements, test specifications, test environment/tools and test software implementation and execution during the product development life cycle.

Primary Responsibilities

• Software testing on embedded medical devices developed in alignment with required medical standards.
• Testing areas can include application software hosted on Linux or Window embedded OS down to the hardware.
• Participate in engineering requirements and specification design by providing verifier’s point of view.
• Develop, design and document formal software test requirements, plans and procedures.
• Record any non-compliance in the defect tracking database and collaborate with developers to reproduce and investigate issues.
• Participate in Test Automation development activities.

General Tasks

• Coordinate with software developers on requirements and testing environment to ensure testing can be executed efficiently.
• Complete testing (preparation of test cases and executing them) per software requirements as needed during product lifecycle.

Required Experience, Education, Skills, Training and Competencies

• Experience with software test/verification processes and methods.
• Software or tests software design and implementation experience. Knowledge of software development lifecycle.
• At least mid-level knowledge of C# is desired (from perspective of test scripting and implementation) or deeper knowledge of C++ or other languages with willingness to learn C# for test automation.
• Good verbal and written English are a must and German is a plus.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office. Experience with embedded systems and hardware/software interaction is a plus.
• Experience with issue tracking SW (e.g. Jira, Azure DevOps) is a plus.
• Experience with version management system (Git) is a plus.

Travel Requirements

• Support occasional business travels

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