Software Pack Deployment and Compatibility Operational Engineer

Software Pack Deployment and Compatibility Operational Engineer

Location: Gaydon, UK

Mode: 6 months fixed term employment (with possible extension)

Hybrid work: No, 5 days from client location

Role

Summary:

We are seeking experienced engineers to ensure the quality, reliability, and successful deployment of software releases across vehicle platforms and supporting offboard systems. The role spans plan & executing in-vehicle test campaigns, analysing logs (CAN, Ethernet, diagnostics), and driving defect resolution with cross-functional teams. The role requires hands-on test execution, configuration management, and strong skills in test automation and tooling.

• Develop, maintain, and execute test plans, test cases, and scripts to detect defects and validate release quality across vehicle and offboard environments.
• Manage and run sequences of defined test cases for multiple vehicle updates in parallel.
• Conduct configuration management activities including release control, version control, and change management for new and current products.
• Install software builds and raise OTA campaigns.
• Perform triage of logs: parse, correlate, and root-cause using traces (CAN dumps, PCAPs, ECU logs), error codes (DTCs).

• 2+ years in automotive testing/validation (vehicle-level + HIL)
• Experience with CI/CD (Jenkins/Git Lab), version control (Git), and issue tracking (Jira)
• Needs UK driving license with 2 years pre-validity

Mid-Senior level

Contract

Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting