Wireless In-Flight Entertainment Test Engineer

Wireless In-Flight Entertainment (W-IFE) Test Engineer

Location: Atlanta, GA

Employment Type: Full-Time / Contract

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Wireless In-Flight Entertainment (W-IFE) Test Engineer to support the testing, verification, and validation of aircraft cabin entertainment systems.

The ideal candidate will have experience in embedded software and system testing, test case development, requirements analysis, system integration, and defect management. Experience with aerospace, avionics, aircraft cabin systems, or In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) platforms is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze system, software, and customer requirements to develop comprehensive test plans and test procedures.

• Review System Requirements Documents (SRD), System/Subsystem Specifications (SSS), and System Design Descriptions (SySDD).

• Develop, maintain, and execute manual and automated test cases.

• Maintain requirements traceability between requirements, test cases, and verification activities.

• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, and end-to-end testing.

• Execute test procedures in laboratory and system integration environments.

• Verify system functionality, performance, reliability, and user experience.

• Identify, document, track, and verify software and system defects.

• Collaborate with software, hardware, and systems engineering teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

• Perform root cause analysis and validate corrective actions.

• Prepare test reports, verification evidence, test summaries, and quality documentation.

• Communicate testing progress, risks, issues, and recommendations to engineering teams and stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.

• Experience in software and system testing within embedded systems, aerospace, avionics, or related environments.

• Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Test Life Cycle (STLC).

• Experience developing test plans, test procedures, and test cases.

• Experience with manual testing, automated testing, and system integration testing.

• Familiarity with requirements management tools such as Jama.

• Experience with defect tracking tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or equivalent.

• Understanding of verification and validation methodologies.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Wireless In-Flight Entertainment (W-IFE), In-Flight Entertainment (IFE), avionics, or aircraft cabin systems.

• Experience with Python or Shell scripting for test automation.

• Knowledge of TCP/IP, Wi-Fi, networking, and wireless communication protocols.

• Experience working in Linux-based test environments.

• Familiarity with Bash scripting, process monitoring, and file system management.

• Experience preparing verification evidence and engineering test reports.