Test Engineer (QT Testing & C++)

Role Overview 

We are seeking a Software Testing & Integration Engineer responsible for validating software quality through comprehensive testing, system integration, and compliance with mission-critical industry standards. You will execute the full testing lifecycle for distributed desktop applications in the defence and situational awareness domains. 

Responsibilities 

• Test Execution: Design and execute test plans for unit, integration, system qualification, and performance testing phases. 

• Documentation: Prepare IEEE-compliant documentation, including Software Test Plans (STP), Descriptions (STD), and Reports (STR). 

• System Integration: Validate sub-module interfaces, network communication channels (UDP/TCP), and plugin-based architectures. 

• Specialized Testing: Execute redundancy/failover tests (Hot Standby), Data Fusion integration, and Record & Replay validation. 

• Process Compliance: Work within CMMI-compliant frameworks to maintain strict requirements traceability (RTM) from design to test results. Work with SQAG for generation of necessary reports compliant. 

• Automation & Tools: Use automation frameworks (GTest/Qt Test) and requirements management tools like IBM DOORS or equivalent. 

Required Skills 

• Technical Testing: 2+ years of hands-on experience in testing/integrating multi- module C++ or embedded desktop applications. 

• Standards Knowledge: Deep understanding of IEEE standards (29148, 829, 1063) and SDLC/QA processes. 

• Performance Testing: Ability to define benchmarks and measure system throughput, latency, and GUI rendering performance. 

• Environment Mastery: Proficient in Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu), Git, SQAG and defect lifecycle tools like Jira or Redmine. 

• Protocol & Middleware: Basic understanding of DDS (Pub/Sub) and socket programming to simulate network data sources. 

• Coding Basics: Sufficient knowledge of C++ or Python to write test harnesses and mock/simulation scripts. 

• GUI render performance validation measuring and documenting frame rate under  load using profiling tools (QElapsedTimer, OpenGL frame timing, system-level GPU profiling on Linux) 

• Visual state validation testing - verifying that UI element visual states (e.g. color, shape, overlay) change correctly in response to specific incoming network events, independent of other concurrent activity 

• UI Interaction Testing designing and executing test cases for complex user interactions (multi-item selection, context menus, hover behaviors) under simultaneous high-frequency data load 

• Error Handling Test execution defining and running tests for network disconnection, malformed packet injection, and graceful degradation scenarios 

• Experience in C++ environment testing and Manual/Automation frameworks. 

• Proven ability to produce clear, structured defense/aerospace technical documentation for standards.