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Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Auckland, New Zealand, Rocket Lab [3167669CB]

Field(s) of expertise
Software Engineering Product and Quality Assurance
Job type
Permanent
Education
BachelorDiploma
Deadline
Closed

About this job

Rocket Lab is the global leader in small satellite launch. Our mission is to open access to space to improve life on Earth. There are endless possibilities for what we can achieve with better access to space, and that access is now a reality thanks to Rocket Lab. Our team is 500 people strong and we’re adding to it every week. Collaboration is at our core – every idea is heard, and everyone makes a difference. Teams are nimble, decisions are made quickly, and we are action-oriented. While other companies talk about it, we do it!

Responsibilities

Launching rockets and operating satellites requires a symphony of multiple teams, multiple sites, and multiple complex systems working together towards mission success. Software drives every aspect of this, and Rocket Lab has a large number of complex software products. Working with Rocket Lab’s software team the Software QA Engineer will be responsible for coordination and execution of all aspects of software quality including standards, processes, testing, and configuration management.

Profile

You’ll have a software development background and be comfortable talking in depth with engineers regarding implementation details.

Essential skills

  • Tertiary Diploma, Certificate or degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or demonstrated equivalent level of knowledge.
  • Minimum of 6 years experience in a software development environment with major focus on software quality assurance.
  • Experience with Redmine, Jira or other issue tracker
  • Experience with Team City, Jenkins, GitLab CI or other build system.
  • Experience with SQA of embedded and desktop software applications
  • Use of C/C++ and/or Python for writing automated tests or tools
  • Experience with Linux and Windows
  • Experience with industry and regulatory software standards

Desirable skills

  • Scrum
  • Experience with web applications
  • Network protocol experience
  • Experience with development of embedded systems

Important Information

For security reasons background checks will be undertaken prior to any employment offers being made to an applicant. These checks will include nationality checks as it is a requirement of this position that you be eligible to access equipment and data regulated by the United States’ International Traffic in Arms Regulations. Under these Regulations, you may be ineligible for this role if you do not hold citizenship of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the European Union or a country that is part of NATO, or if you hold ineligible dual citizenship or nationality.

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