At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and coach a team in Test Driven Development practices while ensuring software quality.
- Company: World-class defence organisation focused on innovative real-time software solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hybrid working model, and a compressed four-day work week.
- Other info: Join a dynamic team dedicated to high-quality performance and innovation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in defence technology while shaping engineering culture.
- Qualifications: Strong TDD background and experience with automated testing frameworks.
The predicted salary is between 84000 - 84000 £ per year.
Salary: £84,000 - 84,000 per year
Requirements
- Strong background in Test-Driven Development practices
- Experience with automated testing frameworks and CI/CD
- Extensive hands-on experience designing and executing automated tests
- Experience establishing test strategies from scratch
- Demonstrated ability to coach experienced engineers
- Strong requirements elicitation and analysis skills
- Strong communication and facilitation skills
- Advantageous: C / C++ / MatLab / Simulink
- Advantageous: Jetson Orin NX / Linux
- Advantageous: Hardware-software integration
- Advantageous: Simulation or real-time embedded systems
- Advantageous: Safety-critical or high-reliability systems experience
Responsibilities
- Act as a technical leader, coach, and change agent, embedding Test Driven Development (TDD) practices into a team of engineers.
- Shape engineering culture and introduce TDD principles while maintaining clear organisational separation between development and testing.
- Coach the team and act as a hands-on test practitioner, personally designing, implementing, and executing project tests.
- Provide objective evidence of software quality in line with quality assurance requirements.
Technologies
- CI/CD
- Embedded
- Hardware
- Linux
- Matlab
- TDD
We are a world-class defence organization located in Bristol, focused on creating complex and highly reliable real-time software that powers missile systems. Our UK Embedded Software department is essential to our projects, involved from concept studies to trials and into production. We offer a hybrid working model with a compressed four-day work week and competitive pay rates. Our team values innovation and is dedicated to high-quality performance and functionality.
Test Driven Development Lead employer: Sivara GmbH
As a leading defence organisation in Bristol, we pride ourselves on fostering a culture of innovation and excellence, particularly within our UK Embedded Software department. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through our hybrid working model, a compressed four-day work week, and competitive salaries, all designed to support a healthy work-life balance while empowering our engineers to excel in Test Driven Development practices.
