Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer - Quality Assurance : Aerospace & Defense

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"Aerospace & Defense" business unit at IFS is building solutions including mission critical MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) solutions for worldwide airline operators and defense contractors. Our formula for quality is unique compared to the rest of the testing practices in the industry since we qualify mission critical software for our customers. With our current growth in the business unit, we are looking for a ‘Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer - Quality Assurance’ for the job function listed below. 

• Review requirements & specifications. 

• Ensure the quality of software components delivered. 

• Develop test frameworks and tools (Testware) for the development team. 

• Perform continuous "Quality Inspections" on Technical Design, Process rituals, Test Strategies and Risk management. 

• Guide developers to improve unit tests and integration tests. 

• Quality process compliance with shift left quality principles.   

• Engage with requirement owners and liaise with internal stakeholders. 

• Create automated test frameworks for functional and non-functional testing. 

• Take the lead on Quality assurance tasks within teams. 

• Coach/train software engineers on coding, testing, and engineering best practices. "Lead By Example" is our style of work. (You do it first and show others how to do it!) 

Qualifications:

1. Degree in Computer Science, IT or equivalent qualification. 

2. 3+ years of experience designing, developing, maintaining, and executing manual and automated testing solutions. 

3. Hands on experience in Test Automation for 1 to 2 years. Preferably with REST Assured, Jmeter, Cucumber/Selenium with Java 

4. Hands on experience in software testing practices including Test Design Techniques (TDT), Whitebox TDT is mostly preferable. 

5. Programming skills with Java is a definite plus. 

6. Skills in SQL is a must, previous knowledge of PLSQL is a definite plus. 

7. Experience in using CI/CD tools would be an added advantage 

8. Developers who would be interested in a career shift to Quality Engineering are mostly preferred. 

9. Strong communication and collaboration abilities. 

We believe that coming together as a community, in person, is important for innovation, connection and fostering a sense of belonging. Our roles have the right balance of remote and in-office working to enable flexibility for managing your life along with ensuring a real connection with your colleagues and the broader IFS community.