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Software Test & Automation Engineer - System Operations

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In-Office
Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Mid level
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Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Mid level
The Software Test & Automation Engineer will verify and validate software, develop automated test strategies, and ensure compliance with cybersecurity standards throughout the product lifecycle.
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Responsibilities / Tasks

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Test & Automation Engineer to strengthen our Development and Validation organization. In this hybrid role, you will be responsible for the verification, validation, and automated testing of software components, systems, and applications used in digital agriculture and operational platforms.

You will support the entire product lifecycle—from early development and integration to main release and beyond (bugfix, hotfix, and update releases)—ensuring that our software is delivered with outstanding quality, robustness, and security. The position combines hands-on test engineering, test automation, infrastructure development, and compliance with international cybersecurity standards (IEC‑62443‑3‑3 / IEC‑62443‑4‑1).

Testing & Validation

  • Design, implement, and maintain test plans, test cases, and test strategies for software modules, interfaces, and complete systems

  • Execute functional, non-functional, security, integration, system, and regression tests functional, integration, system, and regression tests‑functional, integration, system, and regression tests

  • Analyze failures, debug issues (logs, traces, debuggers, monitoring tools), and support corrective actions

  • Define test coverage, acceptance criteria, and quality metrics for releases

  • Ensure full traceability of all test activities and test results

  • Contribute to design and code reviews with focus on testability and quality

Test Automation & Infrastructure

  • Develop and maintain automated test scripts and using frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Robot Framework, etc.)

  • Build automated test environments for API, UI, integration, and regression testing

  • Integrate automated test execution into the software development workflow using CI/CD pipelines

  • Maintain and optimize test environments, tools, and infrastructure

  • Ensure automation and validation processes comply with IEC‑62443‑3‑3 and IEC‑62443‑4‑1

  • Support PLC‑related validation tasks where applicable

  • Continuously improve test methodologies, test coverage, and automation strategy

Collaboration & Reporting

  • Work closely together with development and QA teams

  • Identify, document, and track defects and inconsistencies

  • Analyze test results and create detailed reports and documentation

  • Contribute to continuous improvement programs and KPI development

  • Stay up to date with industry trends in automated testing and secure development

Your Profile / Qualifications

Technical Qualifications

  • Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar

  • Proven experience in software testing, validation, and automated testing

  • Strong proficiency in Robot Framework/Selenium, Playwright, Git, and CI/CD‑based automation

  • Experience with tools such as Selenium, Robot Framework, JUnit, Postman

  • Solid understanding of testing methodologies, ISTQB standards, and version control

  • Familiarity with embedded systems, firmware workflows, and interfaces (GraphQL, REST, MQTT, JSON Schema, AsyncAPI, OpenRPC)

  • Knowledge of IEC‑62443 cybersecurity standards

  • Experience with test documentation and configuration management tools

  • Working knowledge of ISO/CE/EMC regulatory environments

  • Familiarity with Windows and Linux; SAP/PLM experience is a plus

  • Strong automation mindset: “I’m too lazy not to automate this.”

Soft Skills

  • Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities

  • Structured and detail‑oriented working style

  • Proactive mindset, capable of working independently

  • Strong communication and teamwork skills

  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks

  • Good written and spoken English

  • Willingness to travel internationally

Why Join Us?

  • Work in an innovative environment shaping the future of digital agriculture and intelligent systems

  • Take ownership of the full testing lifecycle from concept to release

  • Collaborate with cross‑functional teams across software, firmware, hardware, and operations

  • Opportunity to drive automation excellence and influence testing strategy

  • A role with real impact on product quality, reliability, and security

Did we spark your interest?
Then please click apply above to access our guided application process.

Top Skills

Ci/Cd
Git
Junit
Playwright
Postman
Robot Framework
Selenium

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