Senior Component Requirements & Test Automation Engineer

fortil; Meyrin; On-site; CHF 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortil is seeking a Component Requirements & Test Automation Engineer (M/F) to strengthen our Vaud-based activities. You will join a multidisciplinary team responsible for key software components, ensuring they meet functional, performance and quality goals through rigorous verification and automated testing.

You will craft and maintain component requirements, manage traceability across lifecycle stages, and design Python-based automated tests while collaborating with software, systems and

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of professional experience in software engineering, verification or requirements management.
• Proven experience writing and managing software or component requirements.
• Experience with requirements traceability activities.
• Experience with requirements management tools such as DOORS, Jama, Polarion or equivalent.
• Strong background in software verification and validation.
• Hands-on experience with Python test automation.
• Experience developing automated test frameworks.
• Understanding of component-based software architectures.
• Experience with integration and system testing.
• Familiarity with CI/CD environments.
• Experience with Jira and engineering lifecycle tools.
• Strong analytical and documentation skills.
• Ability to interact with multiple stakeholders and engineering disciplines.
• Ability to work autonomously within multidisciplinary teams.
• Professional proficiency in English.
• Swiss or EU-27 citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Analyze stakeholder and system requirements.
• Define, write and maintain component-level requirements.
• Ensure consistency and completeness of component specifications.
• Maintain end-to-end traceability between requirements, implementation and tests.
• Participate in requirements reviews and validation workshops.
• Create and maintain verification and validation plans.
• Design and develop automated tests using Python.
• Develop component-level integration and verification tests.
• Produce test specifications and test procedures.
• Execute verification campaigns and analyze results.
• Investigate defects and perform root-cause analysis.
• Support software integration activities.
• Ensure compliance with quality and engineering standards.
• Produce technical documentation and verification reports.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with software, systems and verification teams.

Skills

Requirements engineering

Test automation

Software verification

Stakeholder interaction

Documentation

Autonomy

Education

Software Engineering / Computer Science degree

Tools

DOORS

Jama

Polarion

Jira

Job description

Fortil is seeking a Component Requirements & Test Automation Engineer (M/F) to strengthen our Vaud-based activities. You will join a multidisciplinary team responsible for key software components, ensuring they meet functional, performance and quality goals through rigorous verification and automated testing.

You will craft and maintain component requirements, manage traceability across lifecycle stages, and design Python-based automated tests while collaborating with software, systems and