Software Test Engineer

SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER — SECURE COMMUNICATION | STUTTGART 24-Month Secure AUG Engagement — Up to €115,000 p.a. — 60% Home Office THE ROLE Stuttgart's embedded C/C++ community is well served by automotive radar and drive-system roles. This one is different: you will own test creation and automation for next-generation Software Defined Radio platforms — the secure communications software that underpins defence and government infrastructure. You will work in C/C++ and Python within an agile, cross-site engineering team, and take genuine ownership of quality across the full software stack in an environment where correctness is a delivery requirement, not an afterthought. YOU WILL - Work within an agile, cross-site team on the latest generation of SDR platforms for secure communication applications - Create and execute test cases for development platform code, ensuring quality and reliability across the software stack - Drive test automation — testing code against customer requirements and actively building out test pipelines - Conceptualise, write and maintain structured test documentation as a core part of the software quality process - Collaborate directly with embedded development engineers across C/C++ and Python codebases - Apply test methods, integration strategies and design techniques in a security-critical delivery environment ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS - Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Physics, or equivalent - Advanced embedded C/C++ development experience — production environment, not academic - Python — required for test scripting and automation - (Embedded) Linux — development and operation within Linux environments - Solid test management knowledge: test methods, integration strategies, test design techniques - Git — practical version control experience in collaborative development - German and English — both fluent, both mandatory - EU or NATO member state citizenship — hard requirement. Country of birth applies; naturalisation alone does not satisfy this requirement. ADVANTAGEOUS - Experience with operating systems, networking, or hardware knowledge including Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) and signal analysis - Background in a safety- or security-critical environment (defence, ISO 26262, DO-178C, or equivalent) - CMake build system knowledge THE DETAILS Location: Stuttgart — 60% home office / 40% on-site Contract: 24-Month Secure AUG Engagement Salary: Up to €115,000 p.a. Start: ASAP