Quality Assurance Engineer in Product Development

As a Quality Assurance Engineer you help ensure that all principles and practices of software quality assurance are applied throughout the development life cycle, build up a deep understanding of our products, communicate with both developers and other stakeholders , and be a vital part in ensuring that our products are compliant with the highest quality standards.

As an ideal candidate, you have a genuine interest in Quality Assurance, ideally have experience in a technical field such as software development or software quality assurance, and you are also exceptionally organised and methodical. In short, you have the experience necessary to take our products to the next level in terms of accuracy, reliability, security and safety.

A background in the air traffic control domain or a regulated industry is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Be part of a feature team and provide quality assurance for that feature
• Analyse and review requirements and user manuals
• Report and reproduce bugs, validate bug fixes and conduct regression testings and iteration testing
• Participate in Failure Mode Effect Analysis 
• Analyse system and software architecture and designs to support white box testing
• Design and develop system test cases and system test procedures
• Set up test environments in Linux based environments
• Contribute to test automation in component and integration testing
• Contribute to ensuring that the Product Development division meets QA policy and objectives
• Identify and communicate risks related to the product

Professional Requirements

• University degree in Computer Science or Engineering or a related field or a background in the air traffic control domain
• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience
• Experience with our Quality Assurance Technology Stack: Rocky Linux, Python, Virtual environments (VMWare, VirtualBox, Docker), Git and GitLab

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong communication skills combined with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Ability to work independently as well as in a collaborative, team-oriented environment
• Ability to implement effective test procedures
• ISTQB Certified Tester – Foundation Level (within one year of employment at Tern)
• Knowledge of software development, quality assurance terminology, methods and tools
• Ability to work with various software development tools, Linux OS and Object Oriented programming languages

Quality Assurance Technology Stack

We adhere to testing methodology as described by ISTQB, including the use of different test levels. We use Jama for documenting requirements and test cases and maintaining traceability between these. Most of our software to be tested runs on Rocky 8. We use VMWare, VirtualBox and Docker environments when testing software in a non-native environment. We use Python with pytest to develop automatic tests.

Who We Are

Tern Systems designs and builds Air Traffic Management (ATM) software solutions, with nearly three decades of successful deliveries to customers across Europe, Asia and Africa. We are a team of skilled developers and industry specialists who are committed to meet the demands of the future of ATM: we deliver innovation, simplicity and security to global airspace.

We also understand that innovation and dedication thrives in environments where different voices are being heard and valued. At Tern Systems, we employ over 80 people from 14 different nationalities, embracing the richness of perspectives that this diversity brings. While our headquarters is located in Iceland, we operate our satellite offices in Hungary and Poland.

What We Offer

• An international, multicultural environment that fosters personal and professional growth
• A family-friendly work environment with flexible work hours and home office support (incl. home internet and mobile package)
• An on-site canteen that offers lunch, snacks and drinks
• Annual sports and transportation grant – and more

Additional information

All applications shall be submitted in English. To find out more about us, including information about our recruitment process, please visit https://www.tern.systems/.

Applications are stored in accordance with the Icelandic Public Archives Act.

If you have any further enquiries, contact us at hr@tern.is.