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# Test Engineer

- **Company:** Nova GmbH
- **Location:** Gilching, Germany
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Unit Testing, C++ (Programming Language), Code Coverage, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Qt Modeling Language (QML), Qt (Software), E2e Testing, Strategies of Testing, Reliability of Systems, Git, Integration Tests, Stream Processing
- **Published:** August 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5849253851

## About the Role

* Strong experience in C++ development.
 * Hands-on experience with automated testing (unit, integration, CI pipelines).
 * Ability to design clear, reliable test cases and frameworks.
 * Familiarity with modern development workflows (Git, CI/CD, code review culture).
 * Experience with Qt/QML, especially for UI-driven testing.
 * Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
 * Ability to communicate fluently in German and English.

It's a plus if you have:

 * Knowledge of testing embedded, real-time, or robotics systems.
 * Experience in the entertainment tech, UAV, or simulation domains.

## Description

As a Test Engineer at Nova Sky Stories, you will own the design, development, and maintenance of our manual and automated testing infrastructure. You will work closely with software, hardware, and production teams to ensure that our flight-control software, creative tools, and show-orchestration systems meet the highest standards of reliability and performance., * Creating and maintaining automated tests (unit, integration, system-level) for our drone light show applications built with C++, Qt, and Dear ImGui.

 * Designing test frameworks, mock environments, and test utilities that help validate critical real-time and UI-driven functionality.
 * Building and improving our CI/CD test pipelines, ensuring fast, reliable, and repeatable verification for every code change.
 * Collaborating with software engineers, designers, and drone operators to understand feature behavior and translate it into effective test strategies.
 * Testing components involving real-time data processing, mission-critical control interfaces, and operator tools used in live drone show production.
 * Investigating issues, reproducing complex edge cases, and providing detailed feedback to help engineers maintain the highest level of software reliability.

You will be responsible for:

 * Develop and maintain manual and automated unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end test suites.
 * Build and optimize test pipelines to support continuous integration and delivery.
 * Collaborate with developers to identify, diagnose, and resolve software defects.
 * Design test strategies for new features and system components.
 * Contribute to improving internal QA processes, tooling, and best practices.
 * Work with C++ and Qt/QML codebases to write effective, maintainable test code.
 * Ensure test coverage and reliability for mission-critical systems used in large-scale drone show productions.


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