Test Architect - Aircraft Onboard Platform and Systems

# Test Architect - Aircraft Onboard Platform and Application Systems Bellevue, Irving, Seattle Apply for this job
* Permanent* Experienced Professionals
* Products & Systems Engineering
* -en _USAt Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, we bring together a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help the world’s most innovative companies unleash their potential. From autonomous cars to life-saving robots, our digital and software technology experts think outside the box as they provide unique R&D and engineering services across all industries. Join us for a career full of opportunities.

Where you can make a difference. Where no two days are the same.##
** Location
* * This is an onsite role in Hillsboro, OR.##
** About the job you're considering
** We are looking for a hands-on Test Architect to own the end-to-end test strategy for an aircraft-wide, edge-compute application hosting platform spanning hardware, embedded software, connectivity, AI-driven features, and a multi-tenant application ecosystem. This role blends strategic ownership (defining and evolving the detailed test strategy), technical leadership (guiding and mentoring the test team), and hands-on execution (test plan execution and building automation frameworks/scripts).

The ideal candidate is equally comfortable authoring a test architecture document and writing automation code.##
** Your role
*** Own and drive the overall test strategy, architecture, and governance across functional, integration, system, performance, security, connectivity, and CI/CD testing.
* Define test approaches, coverage models, entry/exit criteria, and release quality gates for all platform and application layers.
* Design and manage test environments and lab infrastructure, including physical labs, virtual/simulated environments, and network emulation setups.
* Lead and mentor a cross-functional QA/testing team, providing technical guidance, best practices, and quality assurance oversight.
* Develop and execute comprehensive test plans for releases and sprints, ensuring effective coverage across end-to-end testing activities.
* Monitor test execution, defect trends, risk assessments, and release readiness, driving root-cause analysis and regression impact evaluation.
* Design, build, and maintain test automation frameworks and scripts, integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and expanding automation coverage.
* Own Jira/Xray traceability and test reporting, ensuring requirement-to-test mapping, defect tracking, audit readiness, and certification-supporting test evidence.##
** Your skills and experience
*** Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred).
* 8+ years in software/systems testing, with at least 2–3 years in a test architect, lead, or principal test engineer capacity.
* Proven experience defining test strategy for a complex, multi-component or platform-level system (not just single-application testing).
* Strong hands-on experience building test automation frameworks (not just using existing ones) — e.g., API-level automation, UI automation, performance/load testing tools.
* Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests as pipeline gates.

The base compensation range for this role in the posted location is: $73,150-$174,000.Capgemini provides compensation range information in accordance with applicable national, state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws. The base compensation range listed for this position reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation Capgemini, in good faith, believes it may pay for the role at the time of this posting.

This range may be subject to change as permitted by…