Software Test Engineer Validation Engineer

About Us:
Headquartered in Ottawa BTA Design serves the electronic design community from Canada specializing in ASIC and FPGA design and verification and embedded software development services. We augment and enhance our clients teams and accelerate the development of complete designs.

Were adaptable and efficient with a brilliant staff at our core. We aim to be the best at what we do.

Our success continues to fuel growth. We are currently searching for a number of key technical resources including aSoftware Test Engineer / Validation Engineer.

About the Position:
As aSoftware Test Engineer / Validation Engineer you will define and execute validation for a reference software platform where correctness consistency and well-defined behavior are critical. This role is ideal for someone who can turn requirements architecture and behavioral definitions into a disciplined and effective validation strategy while identifying gaps ambiguities and edge cases.

You will design and execute tests for functional behavior integration regression fault handling and conformance. The role includes test automation using modern tooling (including AI-assisted workflows) to improve coverage repeatability and efficiency while maintaining strong engineering rigor.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop test plans test cases and validation procedures from requirements and architecture
• Develop and maintain automated tests for functional integration regression and negative-test scenarios
• Contribute to automated test execution reporting and integration workflows
• Execute functional integration regression and negative tests
• Design and run fault-injection and edge-case scenarios
• Validate system behavior against specifications and reference models ensuring consistency and correctness across scenarios
• Document defects clearly and collaborate with developers on investigation and resolution

Key Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in software validation or test engineering for technically complex systems
• Strong test design and defect analysis skills
• Ability to identify inconsistencies ambiguities and missing behavior in requirements and specifications
• Strong ability to derive test strategies and coverage directly from requirements architecture and interface definitions
• Experience with regression testing and expected-vs-actual result analysis
• Ability to reason about system behavior not just execute predefined test cases
• Strong collaboration with developers in debugging and system-level validation

PreferredQualifications:

• Experience with protocol systems or conformance testing
• Experience validating systems in Linux environments
• Familiarity with fault injection structured validation or model-based testing
• Exposure to modernCconcepts and toolchains
• Experience with scripting or test automation
• Familiarity with UML or requirements traceability methods

Compensation:
$140000 to $180000 plus company bonus and benefits plan.
Salary is heavily dependent on individual experience and capability.

This is a new position. Only candidates selected for an interview will be Intelligence tools are not used in the evaluation and selection of candidates.

Why Work Here
We offer interesting work in challenging stimulating technical environments with companies that lead the world in technology and innovation.

We recognize that our strength is in the individuals who join our team so at BTA Design Services we foster an environment where everyone is appreciated trusted and engaged. We recognize that work-life balance is important and we strive to provide our employees with challenging roles that also allow them to enjoy family friends and life outside of work.