Senior Systems Test Engineer

Business Unit:Cubic Transportation SystemsCompany Details:When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people's lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Job Details:Job Summary: The Systems Test Engineer role is required to prepare test plans, test completion reports, and daily test status reports as required. The role will ensure that team members adhere to best practices for test execution, requirements traceability, and defect reporting.  As this is a customer-facing role, the role will be occasionally required to represent Cubic's interests at various test status meetings and respond to customer enquiries related to testing, whilst maintaining and building a good collaborative working relationship with the customer.Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:Prepare detailed functional test specifications for both device and system testsProvide input and/or conduct Performance ReviewsSet and coordinate training activities to ensure that the applicable Test personnel's skills and knowledge are continuously improving.Work to eliminate the single points of failure within the knowledge base within the department.Ensure that adequate training material is available through video clips, slide decks, and Confluence pages. This material is to be reviewed and maintained on a regular basis.Record and report the results of the training progress of applicable Test personnelConduct interviews as requiredUse industry-standard test tools to develop manual and automated tests in a variety of programming languagesConduct subsystem, system, and user-level testingConduct end-to-end testingDocument test results and share findings with development teams and project stakeholdersLiaise with the Engineering departments and customers with regard to the testing of projectsConduct tests both in-house and in the presence of the customerPrepare and conduct in-house reliability testsCoordinate and oversee the work of applicable Test personnel, collating results and reporting defectsAttend project test reviewsPrepare and conduct environmental testsPrepare and issue test reportsPerform Defect Reviews and ensure that they are conducted regularlyPrepare and maintain the test configuration environmentsProvide Bid estimation support for all departmental activitiesProvide resource allocation inputSupport with the automation of testing activitiesComply with Cubic's values and adherence to all company policy and procedures.  In particular, comply with the code of conduct, quality, security, and occupational health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures.In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, the job holder is required to perform other duties assigned by their Manager from time-to-time, as may be reasonably required of them.Skills, knowledge, and experience: Essential:Solid previous experience within a Product test or QA environment.Experience of manual and exploratory testingExperience in building and executing test cases and plansExperience using TestRail and JiraExperience with testing methods, including test-driven development and automated testingExperience of each stage of the Software Development Life Cycle.Effectiveness within the previous role of ensuring software is released with a minimum of defects reaching the customerAbility to write good reports and general word processing skills (Word, Excel, Databases).Good day-to-day planning skills, coordination, and control under pressure.To work equally well on their own as well as within a team.Windows and Linux experienceWorking knowledge of SQL, Basic UNIX, and Confluence.Desirable:Relevant industry/product knowledgeExperience in the Transport or automotive industry testingKnowledge of Serial and TCP/IP comms protocols and configurationAgile/Scrum experienceParticipate in interviews for recruitmentLinux Shell scriptingUse of Project Planning ToolsAwareness of Smart/Payment Card technology and public key encryption technologiesMan management experienceEducation and qualificationsBachelor's or equivalent qualification in an engineering discipline OR relevant industry experience.Six (6)+ years of relevant experience.ISTQB Foundation.The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities and requirements.  Duties, responsibilities and requirements may change over time and according to business need.Worker Type:Employee