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Senior System Test & Validation Engineer
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Experience
Senior · 7+ years
Job description
Senior System Test & Validation Engineer at Optics11 responsible for defining and driving system-level verification and validation for complex multidisciplinary products combining sensing hardware, embedded software, edge computing, networking, cloud software, algorithms and customer-facing applications. A senior hands-on individual contributor role focused on validating complete systems and critical customer workflows before release.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Languages
- English
What you'll do
- Define and drive system-level verification and validation for complex multidisciplinary products
- Develop a strong understanding of the product, customer use cases, system architecture, operating environment, and technical risks
- Translate these into effective validation strategies, test setups, and test campaigns
- Validate complete systems combining sensing hardware, embedded software, Edge computing, networking, cloud software, data processing, algorithms, and customer-facing applications
- Ensure critical customer workflows work reliably before release
- Work closely with Product, Systems Engineering, Software, Embedded, Hardware, Algorithms, Operations, Manufacturing, and other IVVQ engineers
- Combine system-level thinking, test design, technical investigation, and practical validation
What we're looking for
- BSc or MSc in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, Physics, or a related technical discipline
- 7+ years of relevant experience in system testing, verification & validation, integration testing, or product qualification
- Experience validating complex multidisciplinary products combining hardware and software
- Strong understanding of system-level test strategy, risk-based testing, requirements verification, and product qualification
- Experience translating requirements and customer use cases into practical validation approaches
- Experience designing system test setups and representative test environments
- Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills across subsystem boundaries
- Working knowledge of Linux and networking
- Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, and modern engineering workflows
- Experience with requirements traceability and verification evidence
- Strong communication skills in English and a collaborative working style
- Eligible for required EU/NATO/security screening or clearance, where applicable
Nice to have
- Python experience for test automation, analysis, or tooling
- Hardware-in-the-Loop or automated system-level testing experience
- Experience with Edge systems, Docker, or cloud-connected products
- Experience with environmental, reliability, lifetime, or mechanical testing
- Experience with industrial sensing, condition monitoring, photonics, energy systems, or similar technologies
- Experience with FAT, commissioning, or field validation
- Experience with requirements-management tools such as Jira, Polarion
Benefits
- Join one of Europe's most promising deep-tech scale-ups
- Work on complex multidisciplinary products combining photonics, hardware, software, cloud, and algorithms
- Shape how system-level validation is done within a growing R&D organization
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Regular team activities, company events, and fresh team lunches
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About Optics11
Key facts
- Described as one of Europe's most promising deep-tech scale-ups
- Products combine photonics, hardware, software, cloud, and algorithms