Senior / Expert Test Engineer
Active until 31 .8. 2026At Kontron MK, experienced professionals find an environment where innovation meets impact. Whether in engineering, project management, software development, or operations, you’ll work on forward-looking IoT solutions that make industries smarter, safer, and more sustainable.
We value expertise, initiative, and teamwork. With us, you can take responsibility, lead projects with global reach, and contribute your knowledge to a company that drives digital transformation across industries.
Join Kontron Mk and continue to grow, professionally and personally – in a culture built on trust, collaboration, and creativity. Together, we’re making technology work for a better world.
Role overview
The Senior / Expert Test Engineer owns quality for a specialized area of Kontron’s embedded and wireless products — for example security testing, legacy product validation, or broader system and automation testing. As the team’s technical reference point for testing, you will design complex test scenarios, investigate difficult defects, and lift the team’s testing capability through mentoring and technical leadership.
Organization & reporting
Organization: System Test
Reporting: System Test Manager
Location: Skopje, North Macedonia
Mission and main responsibilities
- Own the test strategy and execution for a specialized area (e.g. security testing, legacy product validation, or system/automation testing).
- Design and run complex test scenarios that go beyond scripted cases, including security testing (vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, code review) and certification/compliance testing (GCF, PTCRB).
- Investigate and root-cause difficult, hard-to-reproduce defects using protocol and network testers (Rohde & Schwarz, Anritsu, Agilent, CMW500) and low-level debugging tools (JTAG, UART, memory analysis).
- Mentor junior and intermediate test engineers and review their work to raise team capability.
- Drive improvements in test tooling, automation strategy, and CI/CD test integration.
- Represent the test and quality perspective in cross-functional discussions with Engineering and Product.
Candidate profile
- Technical university degree (e.g. FEIT, FINKI, or equivalent) in Computer Science, Electrical/Telecom Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in software or system testing, manual and/or automated.
- Strong debugging skills and comfort with Linux-based systems.
- Scripting ability (Python, Bash) and familiarity with test automation frameworks.
- Experience with security testing, certification/compliance testing, or legacy product support.
- Fluent English, written and spoken.
Additional skills
- Ability to work autonomously and self-organize.
- Strong mentoring and knowledge-sharing mindset.
- Confident communicating findings and risks to both engineers and stakeholders.
- Analytical thinker, comfortable with ambiguity.
- Ability to work in a multicultural and international environment.
If you are a friendly, independent, curious, and professional individual, you could be a great fit for our team. Your application will be reviewed by our Recruitment Team.
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