System Testing Engineer - Project ITER in FRANCE

Are you looking for a new opportunity to take your career to a higher orbit? To join an international group with a successful track record in Engineering for Space and Scientific Sectors? A job adapted to your career ambitions and in which you could have an impact for the years to come?

We are looking for System Testing Engineers, oriented to services and development of high-quality solutions based on Microsoft technologies:

• On-site at ITER IO premises (Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France): 1 Senior position (at least 10 years of experience in the required domain).
• Starion Group premises (Madrid or Rome): 1 Junior position (at least 3 years of experience in the required domain) and 1 Intermediate position (at least 5 years of experience in the required domain).

The main objective will be to ensure the highest quality of the SW developed, consisting concretely in testing software, to find and report defects, ensuring it works correctly and meets requirements. In addition, you will be responsible for creating and executing test plans, documenting issues, automating tests when possible, and collaborating with the development team to improve software quality.

About the client and location

ITER ("The Way" in Latin) is one of the most ambitious energy projects in the world today, located in southern France, with 35 nations collaborating to build the world's largest system to prove the feasibility of fusion as a large-scale and carbon-free source of energy based on the same principle that powers our Sun and stars.

The service is defined with a mix of on-site and off-site positions, to cover in-house software design, development, testing and deployment of various in-house developed applications and a central database containing all the ITER project-related data (e.g. System Components, etc.).

The complexity of the several tools and types of data used by ITER requires careful integration and management of the data, using Microsoft database web applications, BPM tools and broad range of technologies.

Tasks and activities

The scope of work will include:

• Interface with customer and project stakeholders to ensure the proper delivery matching the requirements and expected level of quality.
• Create and execute test plans to validate changes and change impacts.
• Run non-regression tests; deliver sign off report before deployment.
• Follow defect resolutions, coordinating the stakeholders as needed to ensure prompt resolution.
• Create and monitor the daily status of automated tests in Selenium.
• Audit test tool usage and send weekly reports of QA activities to major stakeholders.
• Writing project/product documentation related to the Test Plan, Procedures, and Reports.
• Preparing and carrying out presentations with the different stakeholders.

Skills and experience

The following skills and experience are mandatory:

• University Degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a relevant field.
• At least 10 years of experience for the Senior position, 5 years for the intermediate and 3 years for the Junior role.
• Proven experience with testing services for web applications and solutions.
• Proven experience with automated testing, using Selenium and Angular.
• Proven experience with REST, Micro-Services, Messaging Systems and similar architectures.
• Proven experience in some of the following technologies: VB.Net, Asp.Net, C#, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Proven experience in complex systems, integrating commercial applications by using APIs.
• Proven experience in Agile environment, working with heterogeneous and international teams.
• Desire to work both autonomously and as part of a team, in an international multicultural environment.
• Solution oriented mindset, with a customer focused communication skill.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

The following skills and experience would be highly desirable:

• Experience with testing services for web mobile applications and solutions (Flutter).
• Experience with testing SW Solutions using APIs of some specific commercial applications (e.g. Primavera, COBRA, SmartPlant, Cleopatra, Matrix, SAP, CAD, CATIA, etc.).

Why should you apply?

• You will have the opportunity to work within leading space organisations across Europe.
• We encourage everyone to think outside the box and to push the boundaries of traditional knowledge. This role is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking company and allows for a deeper understanding of the industry.
• To be part of a company that values integrity, inspiration, care and collaboration.
• Benefits include: competitive remuneration packages; unique career opportunities, including working in other countries; access to training and development programmes; flexible relocation support.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, all genders, LGBTQ+ individuals and ex-service personnel.

About Starion

Starion is one of two new legal entities rebranded from the RHEA Group, focused on space consultancy and space engineering services and solutions. Starion provides engineering expertise and solutions for space, defence and other critical infrastructures across Europe, pushing the boundaries of innovation. Our teams work on world-leading space projects that deliver the pioneering missions that provide us with the information and technologies we use today.

Starion offers over three decades of expertise in professional engineering services, developing and operating systems and solutions tailored to our clients’ needs. By combining space and system engineering with established and emerging technologies, such as AI and quantum, we produce innovative solutions that make a fundamental difference for our clients and for society.

Starion employees are located across Europe, close to our clients’ offices, enabling us to be responsive and agile. Our engineers and researchers are among the most trusted and respected in the industry, helping build space-based solutions that address major challenges on Earth such as civil security, climate change and deforestation.

How to apply

Looking to take your career to the next level or find out more details about this opportunity? Interested applicants should submit their CV and Cover Letter to Starion’s Recruitment team at careers@stariongroup.eu no later than 5 August 2024.

Preference will be given to candidates eligible for an EU or national personal security clearance at the level of CONFIDENTIAL or above.