QA Engineer

A QA Engineer is responsible for developing high-fidelity plant models and ensuring robust verification and validation across model-based workflows. This role combines expertise in MATLAB/Simulink plant modeling with strong quality assurance CI/CD and test automation practices to guarantee reliable system behavior accurate simulations and compliance with industry standards. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to support design testing continuous integration and continuous improvement of complex systems

Key Responsibilities

MATLAB/Simulink Plant Modeling

• Plant Model Development: Design implement and refine dynamic plant models representing physical systems (mechanical electrical etc.).
• Simulation Accuracy: Validate plant models against real-world data and experimental results to ensure realistic system behavior.
• Parameterization & Tuning: Calibrate model parameters to match system performance under varying operating conditions.
• Integration: Interface plant models with control algorithms for system-level simulation hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) testing.

Quality Assurance Engineering

• Testing Frameworks: Develop and maintain automated test frameworks for verifying plant model performance regression testing and CI/CD pipelines.
• Verification & Validation (V&V): Define and execute test strategies that ensure model accuracy stability and compliance with safety and industry standards.
• Error Analysis & Debugging: Identify root causes of simulation errors or mismatches and implement corrective measures.
• Continuous Improvement: Apply structured QA methodologies to drive improvements in model reliability maintainability and reproducibility.

CI/CD & Test Automation

• Pipeline Development: Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for model building simulation and automated testing using tools such as Jenkins GitLab CI or Azure DevOps.
• Automated Reporting: Integrate automated generation of test reports coverage metrics and simulation results into CI/CD workflows.
• Version Control & Traceability: Ensure consistent versioning branching strategies and traceability between plant models test scripts and simulation results.
• Deployment Support: Facilitate smooth deployment of validated models into HIL/SIL environments or production simulations through CI/CD pipelines.

Collaboration & Support

• Technical Liaison: Support engineers in integrating plant models into broader system designs providing expertise in model accuracy QA practices and CI/CD workflows.
• Training & Guidance: Coach colleagues on plant modeling techniques test automation CI/CD best practices and QA methodologies.
• Cross-Disciplinary Engagement: Collaborate with software hardware and systems engineers to ensure seamless validation testing and deployment workflows.

Documentation & Reporting

• Technical Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of plant models CI/CD pipelines test procedures and QA results.
• Progress & Quality Reporting: Provide stakeholders with regular updates on modeling accuracy QA metrics CI/CD status and identified improvement opportunities.

Qualifications :

• Master industrial engineer or a bachelor/master within Software Engineering.
• 5 years experience in a similar role.
• Experience with Matlab / Simulink.
• You are stress resistant like to take initiative and have a can-do mentality. 
• Fluent in English. Dutch is a plus.

Additional Information :

What do we offer you

• A place in an enthusiastic young organisation with the necessary ambitions
• The necessary freedom and opportunity to take initiative. 
• An intensive training by experienced people.
• An attractive salary in an international environment with many benefits: 
  • Company car with fuel card/charging pass
  • Group & health insurance
  • Meal vouchers (8)
  • Net allowances
  • CAO90 Bonus
  • Laptop
  • iPhone subscription
  • 20 days of vacation plus 12 extra days for working a full year on 40h-workweek instead of 38h (32 leave days in total)
• Satellite office in Berchem ( Antwerp )

Unsolicited representations by third parties (recruitment agencies headhunters ...) of CVs via mail and/or telephone for our vacancies are considered as direct applications where no compensation is provided to the third party. 
Any T&Cs from these third parties will not be accepted unless upon signature of the T&Cs by a person in charge of HR.
Candidates remain registered in the system for 12 months and cannot be proposed again during this period.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time