Test Engineer
QA & Test Engineer Safety-Critical Autonomous Systems | Oxford | £50,000 – £60,000
We're a fast-growing deep-tech startup building the next generation of safety assurance software for AI and autonomous systems. Our technology is deployed in aerospace and land domains, and we're on a mission to make autonomous systems trustworthy at scale
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Based in central London, we're looking for a shar p QA & Test Engine er to join our engineering team and take ownership of verification and validation across our safety-critical embedded software platfor
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The R
oleReporting to the CTO, you'll be embedded (pun intended) at the heart of our engineering function working across CI/CD pipelines, SIL/HIL testing, simulation environments, and compliance frameworks to ensure our software meets the highest safety standar
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What You'll Be D
- oingDesigning and executing test strategies and verification activities for safety-critical embedded soft
- wareBuilding and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, CloudBuild or simi
- lar)Running Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop testing with automated deployment across multiple platf
- ormsIntegrating performance testing across simulation environments (Gazebo, ros
- bag)Static and dynamic code analysis using tools such as LDRA, VectorCAST, Rapita RVS, or Polys
- paceSupporting compliance with DO-178C, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and DEF STAN 0
- 0-55Owning defect tracking, test documentation, and assurance evidence for internal and external rev
- iewsCollaborating with software, hardware, and systems engineers to ensure full requirements cove
rage
What We're Lookin
- g ForHands-on embedded software QA/testing experience in a safety-critical enviro
- nmentExperience with at least one CI/CD platform and infrastructure automation (Python,
- Bash)Familiarity with test frameworks — pytest, gtest or equiv
- alentWorking knowledge of safety standards (DO-178C, ISO 26262, IEC 6
- 1508)Solid understanding of Agile, TDD, and Continuous Integration methodol
- ogiesStrong analytical and debugging s
- killsGit proficiency exp
- ectedDegree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent practical exper
ience
What's On
- Offer£50,000 – £60,000 base
- salarySalary sacrifice pension with 5% matched employer contri
- butionGenerous holiday all
- owanceEV Car
- SchemeCycle to Work
- SchemeGround-floor opportunity at a high-growth deep-tech s
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Interested? Drop me a message or apply
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