Senior Component Requirements & Test Automation Engineer

fortil; Vaud; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortil in Vaud, Switzerland is seeking a Component Requirements & Test Automation Engineer (M/F) to join a multidisciplinary team responsible for developing and validating critical software components within a complex system. You will lead requirements engineering, maintain traceability, and drive test automation using Python to ensure software meets functional, performance, and quality goals.

Reporting to a technical manager, you will collaborate with software, systems and verification teams,

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.

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

Software verification

Test automation

Stakeholder communication

Autonomous teamwork

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or Systems Engineering

Tools

DOORS

Jama

Polarion

Jira

Job description

Fortil in Vaud, Switzerland is seeking a Component Requirements & Test Automation Engineer (M/F) to join a multidisciplinary team responsible for developing and validating critical software components within a complex system. You will lead requirements engineering, maintain traceability, and drive test automation using Python to ensure software meets functional, performance, and quality goals.

Reporting to a technical manager, you will collaborate with software, systems and verification teams,