Software Test Engineer (Porto, Portugal)

About Your Role

The Software Quality team is responsible for ensuring the highest level of quality of all shipped software and customer-facing tech support of Veniam’s software and infrastructure. Our data networking platform includes a complex mix of embedded networking software and cloud-based components that must operate flawlessly in our customer’s devices and infrastructure. 
As a Test Engineer, you will drive software verification and validation through functional testing, code inspection, and overall “let me try to break this” attitude. You’ll work closely with other Test Engineers, Support, Platform Engineering, and DevOps teams to assure all software delivered matches the quality and definition-of-done of our product team and customers. You will be the gatekeeper of Veniam’s software quality by creating detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases as well as estimating, prioritizing, planning and coordinating quality testing activities.
All our customers are global leaders in the automotive industry. They expect the highest standards of software and service delivery, and you will play an important role in the company’s mission while enjoying unique opportunities for learning and professional growth.

Primary Responsibilities

• Test and integrate Veniam Platform’s functionalities while identifying defective functionalities and working with other teams to find and fix their cause;
• Validate each functionality acceptance criteria and match with definition-of-done as established in the Product and Technology Roadmaps;
• Integrate different features/binaries/apps into the platform to deliver according to specifications;
• Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans/cases and coordinate testing activities while ensuring the correctness of the related technical documentation;
• Identify, record, and document tracked bugs followed by thorough regression testing to confirm bug fixing;
• Identify key KPIs for software and functionalities quality assurance like defect densities and open defect counts;
• Stay up-to-date with the technology and recommend improvements to Software Quality at Veniam, while identifying cost, benefit, and risk of implementation.

Technical Requirements

• Solid knowledge of Linux/ARM-based system architectures and networking (TCP/IP, 802.11, etc.);
• Basic knowledge of scripting (e.g., Bash and Python);
• Experience testing cloud environments and APIs (REST, SOAP, etc.);
• Strong knowledge of software validation methodologies, tools, and processes;
• Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases;
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing;
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

Qualifications and Other Requirements

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science;
• 3+ years of experience in software testing and software quality assurance;
• Problem-solving skills with a solution-oriented attitude;
• ISTQB certification foundation level is a nice plus.

About Veniam

We are accelerating future mobility and making places more human by delivering intelligent networking software for connected cars and autonomous vehicles. With an IP portfolio of more than 160 patents, Veniam makes the most out of all available networks to move massive amounts of data between vehicles and the cloud, all with the right quality of service and security profiles. Working closely with the world's largest Auto OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, we aim to improve the lives of millions of people by securely managing the data flows of a new and emerging mobility ecosystem – the Internet of Moving Things – in which connected vehicles not only move people and goods more efficiently but also expand Internet coverage, deliver new human experiences and gather valuable data for smart city applications.
Named by CNBC and NASDAQ as one of the 50 most disruptive companies in the world, Veniam is a global company with its headquarters in Mountain View, California, Engineering Center in Porto, Portugal, and sales offices in Detroit, Munich, and Tokyo. 

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