TPZ - Digital Platform Test Engineer

Job Description:

Telespazio is a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%) and one of the world’s biggest suppliers of satellite solutions and services. The company teams up with Thales Alenia Space to form the parent companies’ Space Alliance, a strategic partnership which offers a complete range of space services. Founded in Italy in 1961, Telespazio is based in Rome and counts more than 3000 employees through its various subsidiaries and joint ventures.

Inside the Ground Segment and Systems Engineering Area in Rome, we are looking for a Digital Platform Test Engineer to be assigned to the System Deployment and Qualification Unit.

Activities/Responsibilities

• Validate digital platforms based on distributed cloud technology
• Execute test procedures using the approved AIV plans and in agreement with the test campaigns, including contribution to Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs) and Test Review Board meetings (TRBs)
• Setup, configure and maintain test, reference and target platforms
• Install and update COTS and application SW
• Support the anomaly investigation in agreement with the Anomaly Management process
• Develop & maintain the supporting environments and tools (including automated verification environments) required for the timely and efficient execution of planned test campaigns, including identification of new tools, maintenance and evolution of existing ones
• Prepare test execution and installation report
• Prepare script and/or program aiming to support SW deployment, Test Execution and Test Results collection
• Support the AIV Technical Manager in the AIV duties

Qualifications / Experience

• Master's Degree or equivalent from an institution of higher education in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science or related fields
• At least 4 years of experience

Essential Skills

• Experience in the area of complex Systems Verification & Validation (V&V) activities, including identification of necessary test data and tools, automated testing in support of system testing, software testing, unit testing, software debugging and profiling
• Good knowledge of Windows and Linux
• Good knowledge of Virtual Environments (VMWare, esxi, vsphere, openstack, KVM)
• Knowledge of Agile/DevOps models and related testing approach (e.g. Jenkins)
• Knowledge of containers technology and related environments (e.g. Dockers, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of Cloud-based infrastructure and applications, microservices architectures
• Knowledge of shell scripting
• Good English knowledge

Desirable Skills:

• Experience in integration and validation of SW systems in the framework of Space Systems Ground Segments
• Knowledge of space and ground system engineering processes, and system and software life-cycles and standards
• Knowledge of Networking, Network Protocols and related issues
• Knowledge of programming languages (Java, Python, Bash script, Javascript)
• Basic knowledge of ICT security elements

Qualities:

• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Team player, open and keen to contribute
• Conscientious, hard working
• Attention to detail
• Execution effectiveness and continuity

Place of work: Rome, Availability to travel EU and extra-EU

Involvement, enhancement of skills, care for people's well-being and safety are the core values of our corporate culture.

We fight every day to create an inclusive and stimulating work environment, actively promoting the principles of inclusion, equity and valorization of diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

Seniority:

Primary Location:

IT - Roma - Via Tiburtina, 965

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Contract Type:

Permanent

Hybrid Working: