SW / HW QA Lead

Description Bagira is a leader in the field of training and simulation systems with a track record of delivering high-end, customized, cost-effective solutions for mission readiness. Bagira’s simulators are being used by hundreds of thousands of soldiers at more than 40 sites worldwide. Bagira is looking for a SW / HW QA Lead to join our engineering team at Bagira. We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced technical leader with strong leadership qualities, a can-do attitude, and a passion for technology to help us build and lead a new SW&HW QA testing team within Bagira, responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of our software and hardware-integrated simulation systems. What will you do? Own the QA strategy: define end-to-end test plans, validation strategies, and quality metrics for our systems, with comprehensive coverage across unit, integration, system, and regression testing. Lead system-level validation of hardware-software integrated products, including deep system debugging, root cause analysis, and integration testing across firmware, drivers, and hardware interfaces. Build advanced test automation: design automation frameworks and test infrastructure (Hardware-in-the-Loop, automated test rigs, simulation environments) and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines. Lead and mentor QA engineers, collaborate with embedded developers, hardware engineers, and DevOps, and shape architecture and design decisions to improve testability and reliability.

Required skills

7+ years in software testing / QA, including 3+ years testing embedded systems or firmware and hardware - software integrated products. Experience leading projects or mentoring engineers. Experience with system integration testing and CI/CD pipelines. Experience with mobile app testing (Appium) and web app testing (Playwright or similar). Experience with Embedded Linux environments. Test automation development in Python or similar scripting languages. Familiarity with debugging and integration tools such as Bash, PowerShell, Swagger, RabbitMQ, and Postman. Basic electronics or electronics-lab experience - significant advantage.

Nice to have

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing. Scripting in C, C++, or Java. Testing IoT or connected devices. Familiarity with protocols such as HTTP, MQTT, web sockets, BLE, and Wi-Fi. Experience working in Agile environments.

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