Test Architect – Aircraft Onboard Platform and Application Systems

TALENT Software Services

Hillsboro (OR)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Job summary

Test Architect – Aircraft Onboard Platform and Application Systems in Hillsboro, OR, onsite. Senior QA lead responsible for defining the quality strategy for an Edge Compute Hosting Platform that supports 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 while collaborating with Product, Development, DevOps and Platform Engineering to

Qualifications

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

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 hosting, orchestration, workload lifecycle, and multi-tenancy.
Drive cloud-edge integration testing, provisioning and OTA updates.
Lead non-functional validation including reliability, resiliency, security and disaster recovery.
Establish automated test frameworks and CI/CD integration.
Collaborate with Product, Development, DevOps and Platform Engineering for release readiness and quality metrics.

Skills

Quality Engineering

Test Architect

Edge Compute testing

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Linux

Embedded Systems

APIs & Microservices testing

Security testing

Tools

XRAY (Jira)

ALM tools

Cucumber

PyTest

Robot Framework

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

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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