Medior Mechatronics Test Engineer
STOW Group1 day ago
Lokeren, BelgiumSenior
Responsibilities
- Develop maintainable automated test software in Python with reusable components, clear assertions, and useful error messages.
- Help build SiL and HiL test environments for Linux applications, embedded software, electronics, simulated sensors, and actuators.
- Translate requirements, historical defects, and product risks into automated tests covering failure scenarios, boundary values, and configuration variants.
- Make test execution repeatable and integrate it into development and release workflows with traceable versions, configurations, and results.
- Investigate test failures with developers and determine whether causes are in the product, configuration, environment, or test.
- Document results, recommend corrective actions, obtain stakeholder acceptance, and track defects and issues through closure.
- Collaborate with software, electronics, mechanical testing, and external teams while documenting decisions, sharing knowledge, and onboarding colleagues.
Requirements
- Technical bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechatronics, Electronics, Automation, Computer Science, or a similar field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least five years of engineering experience, preferably in manufacturing, automation, machine building, or aerospace.
- Hands-on experience with software development and automated testing, including the ability to independently maintain a defined test solution.
- Solid Python foundation including structured code, object-oriented programming, SOLID, PEP8, error handling, Git, and testing of test software.
- Experience with test design, Linux investigation of logs, processes, configurations, and communication, and systematic software or integration problem analysis.
- Interest in embedded systems and interactions among software, electronics, sensors, and actuators.
- Clear communication skills in Dutch and English, with English at C1 level or higher.
- Eligibility to work in Belgium and ability to commute daily to Lokeren; no telework is available.
- Preferred qualifications include SiL/HiL, interface simulation, hardware control, pytest, Robot Framework, Docker, Azure DevOps, communication protocols, network traffic analysis, embedded C/C++, electronics measurement tools, and electrical or mechanical testing experience.
- Ability to use AI responsibly for analysis and test development while verifying results.
Benefits
- Company car with fuel card or charging pass.
- Group and health insurance.
- €8 meal vouchers, eco vouchers, net allowances, and a CAO90 bonus.
- Laptop and iPhone with subscription.
- 20 vacation days plus 12 additional days for working a full year on a 40-hour workweek instead of 38 hours, for 32 days total.
- Intensive training, freedom to take initiative, and an international work environment.
- Daily on-site work at the Lokeren headquarters with no telework.
About STOW Group
STOW Group designs, manufactures, and installs warehouse racking and automated storage systems for logistics, retail, and industrial operators. Its portfolio spans pallet racking, small-goods racking, mezzanine structures, pallet shuttle systems, and integration software via its Movu Robotics brand. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Spiere-Helkijn (Kortrijk), Belgium, the privately held company delivers turnkey storage and handling projects, including on-site commissioning and ERP/PLC/robot integrations.