QA Engineer (Software and Hardware Integration QA)

Join Quandela, a leading company in quantum computing, as a Software & Hardware Integration QA Engineer. In this role, you will be responsible for validating the integration between software and physical hardware, designing and automating integration and end-to-end testing, and contributing to building testing methods, tools, documentation, and quality standards. You will work closely with software, hardware, systems, and industrialization teams to improve overall product quality.

Responsibilities

• Conception et mise en œuvre de tests d'intégration et de bout en bout pour les systèmes de calcul quantique.
• Automatisation des tests et intégration des tests automatisés dans les pipelines d'intégration continue.
• Collaboration avec les équipes de développement pour améliorer la qualité globale du produit.

Requirements

• Good communication skills and the ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams
• Experience with automated testing frameworks and reporting tools; experience with Behave and/or Allure is a plus
• Professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken

Hands-on experience testing systems combining software and hardware

• Experience in industrial environments such as robotics, embedded systems, scientific instrumentation, photonics, semiconductor equipment, medical devices, automotive, aerospace or other complex hardware/software systems would be particularly relevant
• Knowledge of quality standards such as IEC 61508 or ISO 9001 would be appreciated but is not mandatory
• Ability to understand, test and troubleshoot hardware/software interactions and communication protocols

Ability to produce clear and structured technical documentation

• Around 5 years of experience in software QA, system validation, verification & validation, test engineering or a similar role
• Strong experience with test automation and scripting, ideally using Python
• An interest in building and improving testing processes, rather than only executing existing test plans
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Experience working within structured software development and QA processes, including requirements traceability, documented testing, defect management and release validation

Preferred

• An engineering degree or equivalent technical background is welcome, but we value relevant hands-on experience and demonstrated technical skills above all