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 sharp QA & Test Engineer to join our engineering team and take ownership of verification and validation across our safety-critical embedded software platfor

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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

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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

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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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