Aerospace Ground Software Test Engineer

• Design and develop test procedures for testing our Ground and Flight Software in all-digital and hardware-in-the-loop simulation environments

• Develop software for automating test case execution and report generation

• Setup automated testing of daily commits of new Ground and Flight Software and act as a peer reviewer for Merge/Pull Requests

• Create unit tests for simulation models, Flight Software, and Ground Software

• Adhere to customer test requirements, whether internal or external

• Develop and document requirements, designs, plans, and schedules

• Provide accurate test development milestones and communicate them to the Group

• Use Firefly Aerospace Software Engineering development processes and best practices

• Actively learn new test technologies and techniques and apply them to Firefly Aerospace Software testing

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience, with a strong portfolio demonstrating relevant projects and accomplishments.
• Fulltime Industry experience with formal software testing and reporting
• Good C/C++ and Python knowledge
• Development experience under the Linux operating system
• Knowledge of the Agile Software Development Model
• Use of Git version control on a commercial software product
• Advanced degree in Software Engineering, Computer Sciences, or Computer Engineering (Desired)
• 3 to 5+ years of experience with formal software testing and reporting for releases, FQT and/or Software Certification (Desired)
• Exceptional C/C++ or Python development skills (Desired)
• Experience with software tests running in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Real-Time operating system (Desired)
• Practical experience using an Agile Software Development framework like Kanban, SCRUM, or Lean Development (Desired)
• Experience using Atlassian Confluence, Jira, and Bitbucket (Desired)
• Experience using the NASA Trick Simulation Environment (Desired)
• Practice using the Git Flow Workflow (Desired)
• Working knowledge of DO-178C, NASA NPR 7150.2C, RCC 319-19, or AFSPCMAN 91-710 Vol 3 requirements (Desired)

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Hard Skills

• Software Testing
• Test Automation
• Unit Testing
• Requirements Development
• Test Procedure Design
• Simulation Environment Testing
• Software Certification
• Reporting Generation
• Linux Operating System
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Soft Skills

• Communication
• Collaboration
• Peer Review

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
• Advanced Degree in Software Engineering (Desired)