Software Engineer, QA

About Octave

Octave offers mission-critical software that helps organizations make informed decisions at every stage of the asset lifecycle – Design, Build, Operate, and Protect – wherever performance, safety, and reliability are essential and failure is not an option.

By transforming complex operational data into actionable insights, Octave connects expertise, real-world conditions, and enterprise-wide insights to improve performance, resilience, and responsiveness to incidents where it matters most.

Octave employs approximately 7,200 people in 45 countries. Learn more at octave.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

Why work at Octave?

All in. Always forward. That’s how we work here. We trust our employees because we believe it’s the best way to unlock potential, bring ideas to life, and continuously move forward. That’s why we are committed to a truly supportive work environment and provide you with the resources you need to achieve your goals – regardless of who you are or where you are in the world.

Everyone is welcome

At Octave, we believe that diverse and inclusive teams are critical to the success of our employees and our company. Everyone is welcome here. As an inclusive employer, we do not discriminate – on the contrary, we value differences and are consistently committed to equal opportunities, an inclusive environment, and fairness for all.

Respect is the cornerstone of our actions. Speak up and be yourself – you will be valued here.

Your Tasks

• You will support our project teams throughout the entire project lifecycle, from requirements definition to the final acceptance of our software products and IT systems.
• Together with colleagues from various disciplines, you will translate customer wishes and needs into technical requirements that form the basis for the work of our development team.
• You will create test cases and test procedures, as well as automated tests if necessary.
• You will define the requirements for project-specific test environments and help set them up.
• You will independently plan and execute quality assurance measures.
• You will document test results to ensure transparent communication internally and with our customers.
• You will communicate deviations from expected results and support our project teams in finding solutions.
• You will actively develop our quality assurance processes.

Your Qualifications

• Whether you have completed a degree or vocational training, e.g., in computer science, business informatics, or geoinformatics, is not important to us – what counts for us are your technical skills and your personality.
• You are a team player and actively contribute yourself and your ideas to your work environment.
• You have initial experience in the field of quality assurance.
• You have good knowledge of common testing methods and tools.
• You enjoy working at the interface between users and technology.
• You can present technical issues understandably for different target groups and communicate them.
• Ideally, you have expertise in geoinformation solutions and/or AI software products.
• You have initial experience working in container-based architectures.
• You possess a driver's license class B.
• You have good German and English skills, both written and spoken.
• You wish for an exciting and varied work environment.

Does your qualification profile not match 100%? Convince us with your personality and your willingness to acquire new knowledge!