Test Architect – Aircraft Onboard Platform and Application Systems

TALENT Software Services

Hillsboro (OR)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

6 hours ago

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Job summary

TALENT Software Services seeks a Senior Test Architect for the Aircraft Onboard Platform and Application Systems in Hillsboro, onsite. You will define the QA strategy for an Edge Compute Hosting Platform that enables secure hosting, orchestration, deployment, and lifecycle management of distributed applications.

You will lead automated testing and non-functional validation—security, reliability, and performance—while collaborating with Product, Development, DevOps, and Platform Engineering to

Qualifications

10+ years of Quality Engineering experience.
5+ years in a Test Architect/Lead role.
Experience with edge compute or distributed hosting platforms.

Responsibilities

Define end-to-end test strategy, test architecture, and quality governance.
Lead functional, integration, API, system, regression, and end-to-end testing.
Validate containerized application hosting, orchestration, workload lifecycle management, and multi-tenancy.
Drive cloud-edge integration testing, provisioning, onboarding, configuration management, and OTA updates.
Lead non-functional validation including reliability, resiliency, failover, security, observability, and disaster recovery.
Establish automated test frameworks and integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines.
Collaborate with Product, Development, DevOps, and Platform Engineering teams to ensure release readiness and quality metrics.

Skills

Quality engineering

Test architecture

CI/CD pipelines

Automation testing

Cloud-edge testing

DevOps

Security testing

Performance testing

Stakeholder leadership

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

XRAY Jira

ALM tools

PyTest

Robot Framework

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Job description

Job Title: Test Architect – Aircraft Onboard Platform and Application Systems
Work Location: Hillsboro, Oregon (Onsite)
Description:
Senior Test Architect responsible for defining and leading the quality assurance strategy for an Edge Compute Hosting Platform that enables secure hosting, orchestration, deployment, and lifecycle management of applications across distributed edge environments. The role focuses on platform reliability, security, automation, and cloud-edge integration.
Key Responsibilities

Define end-to-end test strategy, test architecture, and quality governance.
Lead functional, integration, API, system, regression, and end-to-end testing.
Validate containerized application hosting, orchestration, workload lifecycle management, and multi-tenancy.
Drive cloud-edge integration testing, provisioning, onboarding, configuration management, and OTA updates.
Lead non-functional validation including reliability, resiliency, failover, security, observability, and disaster recovery.
Establish automated test frameworks and integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines.
Collaborate with Product, Development, DevOps, and Platform Engineering teams to ensure release readiness and quality metrics.

Required Skills & Experience

10+ years of Quality Engineering experience with 5+ years in a Test Architect/Lead Test Architect role.
Experience testing Edge Compute, Cloud-Native, Distributed Systems, or Hosting Platforms.
Strong expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS environments.
Hands-on experience with Linux and Embedded Systems platforms.
Experience validating microservices, APIs, containers, and cloud-edge deployments.
Strong knowledge of security, performance, scalability, and resilience testing.

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