Test Architect - Aircraft Onboard Platform and Application Systems

About the role

We are looking for a hands-on Test Architect to own the end-to-end test strategy for an aircraft-wide, edge-compute application hosting platform spanning hardware, embedded software, connectivity, AI-driven features, and a multi-tenant application ecosystem. This role blends strategic ownership (defining and evolving the detailed test strategy), technical leadership (guiding and mentoring the test team), and hands-on execution (test plan execution and building automation frameworks/scripts). The ideal candidate is equally comfortable authoring a test architecture document and writing automation code.

Location: This is an onsite role in Hillsboro, OR.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the overall test strategy, architecture, and governance across functional, integration, system, performance, security, connectivity, and CI/CD testing.
• Define test approaches, coverage models, entry/exit criteria, and release quality gates for all platform and application layers.
• Design and manage test environments and lab infrastructure, including physical labs, virtual/simulated environments, and network emulation setups.
• Lead and mentor a cross-functional QA/testing team, providing technical guidance, best practices, and quality assurance oversight.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans for releases and sprints, ensuring effective coverage across end-to-end testing activities.
• Monitor test execution, defect trends, risk assessments, and release readiness, driving root-cause analysis and regression impact evaluation.
• Design, build, and maintain test automation frameworks and scripts, integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and expanding automation coverage.
• Own Jira/Xray traceability and test reporting, ensuring requirement-to-test mapping, defect tracking, audit readiness, and certification-supporting test evidence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred).
• 8+ years in software/systems testing, with at least 2–3 years in a test architect, lead, or principal test engineer capacity.
• Proven experience defining test strategy for a complex, multi-component or platform-level system (not just single-application testing).
• Strong hands-on experience building test automation frameworks (not just using existing ones) — e.g., API-level automation, UI automation, performance/load testing tools.
• Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests as pipeline gates.

Pay

The base compensation range for this role in the posted location is: $73,150-$174,000.

Benefits

Capgemini offers a comprehensive, non-negoti