Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer/Verification Engineer
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 8 years of experience in software quality assurance or quality engineering.
- Experience creating a software quality process and QA strategy from scratch.
- Experience building, mentoring, or helping scale a software quality team.
- Experience designing test strategies, test plans, test cases, and requirements traceability.
- Hands-on experience with Application Programming Interface (API) testing using tools such as Postman and automated API testing frameworks.
- Experience designing or extending automated test frameworks and writing automated tests.
- Experience with user interface automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or equivalent.
- Experience integrating automated tests into Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Experience with functional, exploratory, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Experience with performance, accessibility, mobile, cross-browser, and compatibility testing.
- Experience leading user acceptance testing and supporting release decisions.
- Intermediate English proficiency (B2 or higher), with the ability to participate in technical discussions with international teams.
- Define and own the QA strategy, quality roadmap, processes, standards, and operating model.
- Build and implement a formal QA process from the ground up, covering manual and automated testing.
- Collaborate with developers, product managers, business analysts, UX, DevOps, and other stakeholders to define acceptance criteria and validate requirements.
- Develop test strategies, test plans, estimates, traceability, and detailed test cases for functional and non-functional testing.
- Design, implement, maintain, and scale automated test frameworks for UI, API, and end-to-end testing.
- Integrate automated tests into Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and promote continuous testing practices.
- Perform and guide functional, exploratory, regression, integration, end-to-end, API, mobile, accessibility, compatibility, and performance testing.
- Apply risk-based testing to prioritize coverage based on customer impact, technical risk, and release scope.
- Lead user acceptance testing and support release-readiness and go/no-go decisions.
- Define and monitor quality metrics such as automation coverage, escaped defects, defect trends, regression duration, and release quality.
- Manage defects through their full lifecycle and communicate quality risks, status, and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Mentor QA engineers, provide technical guidance, and help build a high-performing quality engineering team.
- Drive continuous improvement and advocate for quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
- International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) Foundation Level certification or higher.
- Experience with test management and defect-tracking tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail, Xray, or Zephyr.
- Experience testing REST or GraphQL APIs and microservices.
- Exposure to reliability, resilience, or scalability testing.
About the company
Avionyx provides embedded software and hardware engineering services for the commercial aerospace industry, offering full lifecycle development that complies with DO-178C, DO-254, and ASTM F3153-15. It performs on-site engineering in the United States and runs Avionyx SA in Costa Rica to handle project outsourcing, enabling nearshore collaboration. The company manages avionics from requirements through design, verification, and integration, delivering certified software and hardware solutions for aircraft while supporting certification activities. With AS9100 accreditation and a long history (since 1989) plus offshore capability since 2004, Avionyx differentiates itself through close US-based support coupled with nearshore capabilities and rigorous processes to help customers develop and certify reliable avionics.
Company Size
51-200
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Headquarters
San Francisco, Costa Rica
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Joby acquired Avionyx on February 28, 2026, expanding certification capacity immediately.
- Rapita partnered with Avionyx on February 18, 2026, widening DAL A multicore demand.
- Open jobs in May and August 2026 indicate active demand and continued staffing investment.
What critics are saying
- Joby may reallocate Avionyx engineers toward eVTOL certification, starving external clients by 2027.
- Avionyx's business depends on scarce certification specialists; competitors like Rapita compress pricing now.
- If Joby delays FAA approval, Avionyx becomes an internal cost center with limited standalone demand.
What makes Avionyx unique
- Avionyx combines 35 years of DO-178C and DO-254 expertise in Costa Rica.
- Its AS9100D certification shows zero findings since 2020, signaling disciplined aerospace process control.
- Joby-owned, Avionyx offers near-shore certification services across the Americas for DAL A programs.
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Rapita Systems and Avionyx partner on avionics certification. By Web Team 26th February 2026 2 Mins Read UK-based software verification tools provider Rapita Systems has partnered with Avionyx, a Joby Aviation-owned aerospace engineering company based in Costa Rica, to accelerate avionics software certification for customers in the Americas. The collaboration will combine Rapita's verification tools with Avionyx's 35 years of engineering expertise to support projects requiring certification to Design Assurance Level A (DAL A) under DO-178C, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standard for airborne software. The partnership aims to reduce the time and cost associated with software compliance testing, which can take years and requires specialized expertise that is in short supply. Jamie Ayre, chief commercial officer at Rapita Systems, said, "Rapita and Avionyx joining forces is a logical union given our shared focus on supporting high-criticality aerospace projects and commitment to solving the industry's hardest challenges." The partnership will also address challenges related to certifying multicore processors in modern aircraft. Rapita Systems' MACH178 workflows combined with Avionyx's engineering experience will provide a methodology for satisfying AC 20-193 objectives, the FAA's guidance on multicore processor certification. Tom Ferrell, general manager at Avionyx, said, "This collaboration enables Avionyx to offer our customers a faster, more efficient path to certification, even for the most demanding DAL A and multi-core projects." 25th February 2026 5 Mins Read 24th February 2026 2 Mins Read
Joby Aviation, a California-based company developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOL) for commercial passenger service, announced the acquisition of Avionyx, an aerospace software engineering firm, on the TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility stage on Wednesday. The companies did not disclose the terms of the deal, but Joby did say that it was an acqui-hire, which []