Senior Airborne Platform Automation Test Engineer

About the role

As a Senior Airborne Platform Automation Test Engineer, you will be responsible for quality assurance and testing of software for Gogo airborne products on a Linux platform. You will help create, execute, and automate tests for both our existing products and our Next Generation 5G Air to Ground and Satcom solutions. You will be part of an experienced test and development team that integrates closely with other teams across the company. Gogo is committed to the development of full automation test tools and complete automated test environments.

Responsibilities

• Verify, validate, and regression test software features including Linux networking, wireless telecommunications and data protocols, mobile communication, and device’s graphical user interface
• Create test plans, test scripts, and test cases for product validation and bug fixes based on system requirements
• Review, update, and execute existing automated regression tests and analyze results
• Automate regression tests via the Gogo GATE framework
• Identify and effectively troubleshoot software/network problems and implement appropriate corrections

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 4-7 years of software, firmware, and/or system testing experience, including test planning, integration testing, and system-level testing

Skills

Required

• Strong QA experience, particularly in automation scripting
• Fluency in Python 3
• Experience with Linux and development in Linux OS environments
• Experience with testing and troubleshooting Linux routing and networking protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, etc.), including performance and throughput testing

Preferred

• Experience with the Jenkins automation build and test environment
• Relevant software configuration management and tools skills using Git
• Linux server administration skills
• Skilled with the Agile software development methodology and SAFe framework
• Knowledge of Linux container concepts, especially Docker-related
• WEB GUI test automation experience
• Experience with Avionics and ARINC protocols
• Proficient with the DO-178C certification process
• Satellite communication experience
• Cellular network experience

Pay

Base Pay: $100,000.00 - $125,000.00 USD Annual

Target Annual Short-Term Incentive Bonus Plan: 10% of Annualized Base Pay

Eligible for Incentive Stock Program

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with plans tailored to employee needs
• Immediate vesting 401k plan
• Paid time off and volunteer time off
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan