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It will also provide high-speed broadband internet to eliminate global connectivity dead zones. To accelerate development timelines, reduce costs, and ensure quality, SES is internalizing a critical segment of the satellite supply chain: the final integration of partner satellite platforms with SES’s software-defined payloads, all within a cutting-edge manufacturing and test facility.\nROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY\nWe are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer in Test to strengthen quality engineering across the meoSphere embedded software team. You will combine hands-on embedded test development with technical leadership, helping the team build a proactive quality culture, establish maintainable test practices, and continuously improve the guidance, tooling, and evidence used to demonstrate software quality. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable testing software close to hardware, enabling engineers through clear standards and coaching, and driving quality throughout the full development lifecycle.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES / KEY RESULT AREAS\nOwn and evolve the embedded software quality strategy, test approach, and quality guidance for the whole embedded software team.\nPromote a proactive quality culture in which testability, prevention, early feedback, evidence, and continuous improvement are shared engineering responsibilities.\nDesign, implement, review, and maintain automated tests for embedded software written in Rust, C, and C++, including unit, component, integration, regression, and system-level tests.\nDefine practical test patterns, coding and review guidance, quality gates, acceptance criteria, and reusable templates that teams can apply consistently.\nBuild and maintain scalable test frameworks, fixtures, simulators, mocks, stubs, and tooling for embedded Linux, bare-metal, and hardware-coupled environments.\nIntegrate automated testing, static analysis, coverage, sanitizers, and quality checks into CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines, with clear and actionable reporting.\nLead software-in-the-loop (SIL), hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), bench, and target-based test activities, including environment readiness, reproducibility, diagnostics, and test asset maintenance.\nWork closely with software architects, developers, systems engineers, hardware designers, FPGA engineers, AIT, security, and mission teams to derive testable requirements and end-to-end verification coverage.\nEstablish and maintain requirements-to-test traceability, test evidence, defect workflows, quality metrics, and release-readiness criteria appropriate for mission-critical embedded software.\nSupport defect prevention and resolution through risk-based testing, exploratory testing, root-cause analysis, anomaly investigation, and verification of corrective actions.\nCoach and mentor engineers in test design, testability, debugging, code reviews, and disciplined engineering practices; facilitate quality reviews and knowledge sharing.\nContribute to design reviews, integration campaigns, mission readiness activities, and the preparation of software quality evidence for internal and external stakeholders.\nIdentify quality risks to mission-critical timelines, communicate them clearly, and drive pragmatic mitigation while adapting to evolving programme needs.\nCOMPETENCIES, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE\nRequired Skills & Qualifications:\nA degree in computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.\nProven senior-level experience in software quality engineering, software development in test, or embedded software verification within satcom, avionics, automotive, industrial, medical, or another mission- or safety-critical domain.\nStrong hands-on experience designing and implementing automated tests for embedded or real-time software systems.\nStrong programming skills in at least one of Rust, C, or C++, plus proficiency with Python or another scripting language used for test automation and tooling.\nExperience with unit, component, integration, regression, system, robustness, fault-injection, and negative testing techniques.\nExperience building or maintaining test frameworks, mocks, simulators, test harnesses, and automated bench or target-control solutions.\nPractical experience with embedded Linux, bare-metal systems, cross-compilation, toolchains, and low-level debugging using tools such as GDB and JTAG.\nExperience integrating automated tests and quality controls into CI/CD pipelines, including static analysis, code coverage, sanitizers, and machine-readable test reporting.\nExperience with SIL, HIL, target-based testing, and the diagnosis of complex software, hardware, timing, concurrency, and interface issues.\nAbility to define clear quality guidance and influence engineering teams without relying on formal authority.\nExperience translating system and software requirements into risk-based test strategies, maintainable test cases, traceability, and objective release evidence.\nStrong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to explain quality risks and trade-offs to multidisciplinary stakeholders.\nPreferred Skills:\nExperience testing satellite payloads, spacecraft avionics, space-grade electronics, or other highly reliable embedded platforms.\nKnowledge of fault management, health monitoring, redundancy management, recovery mechanisms, telemetry, and telecommand interfaces.\nExperience validating FPGA-integrated systems and hardware/software co-design environments.\nFamiliarity with test management, requirements management, defect tracking, and quality dashboards in tools such as Azure DevOps.\nExperience with security testing for embedded products, including secure boot, certificates, key rotation, update mechanisms, and vulnerability remediation.\nFamiliarity with ECSS software engineering and product assurance practices, or standards such as DO-178C, MISRA, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, or equivalent.\nExperience improving team-wide quality culture through coaching, communities of practice, retrospectives, and measurable improvement initiatives.\nRelevant professional certification in software testing, quality engineering, or functional safety is an advantage.\nOTHER KEY REQUIREMENTS / COMMENTS\nThe candidate must be eligible for a “SECRET” security clearance, in accordance with the national regulations as well as EU/ESA/NATO equivalents\nWilling to work at least 60% onsite from office \nAble to travel nationally & internationally\n\nSES and its Affiliated Companies are committed to providing fair and equal employment opportunities to all. 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