Test Techinian - Script Writer

Thales Aerospace Communications; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 400,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company in Cape Town is seeking a candidate to write and maintain test scripts for complex aeronautical products. The ideal individual will have a National Diploma in Electronics and at least 2 years of experience in development or support. Experience in scripting languages and debugging are essential. Affirmative Action and EE candidates will be prioritized.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in electronics or software development.
• Ability to write and maintain automated test scripts.
• Experience debugging production test failures.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain test scripts using in-house tools.
• Analyze test results and perform debugging.
• Follow formal software life cycle processes.

Skills

Understanding of complex hardware systems

Basic software programming principles

Experience in scripting languages

Education

National Diploma in Electronics or relevant qualification

Tools

Jenkins

SQL

SVN

Job description

Overview

Responsible for writing and maintaining test scripts for complex aeronautical products and internally developed test jigs using an in-house developed test writing tool.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain production and verification test scripts, using an in-house developed test writing tool, for aeronautical products as specified by the design and system engineers.
• Write and maintain scripts using batch tools like Jenkins.
• Follow formal software life cycle and release processes.
• Perform debugging of production test failures, analysis of test results, including the use of SQL and other tools.

Qualifications

• National Diploma in Electronics or any relevant technical or software qualification
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in an electronics development, production or support environment or any relevant technical or software development environment
• Ability to understand and translate the functionality and interaction between complex hardware systems into automated test scripts
• A working knowledge of basic software programming principles (conditional logic, loops, variables etc.)
• Working experience in:
  • C – Complex electronic systems
  • Java Script, Python, VB Script or any other scripting language
• Experience in the following would be advantageous:
  • SQL
  • Continuous integration tools, e.g. Jenkins
  • Version control tools, e.g. SVN

Affirmative Action and/or EE candidates will be given first preference as per our employment equity strategies.