Quality Assurance Scientist | Connected Things Team (Job Ref.: AICOS_Jobs_2025_24) | Porto, Portugal Porto

Quality Assurance Scientist | Connected Things Team (Job Ref.: AICOS_Jobs_2025_24) | Porto, Portugal
Porto
Porto, Porto District, Portugal

Job Title: Quality Assurance Scientist

Job Ref: AICOS_Jobs_2025_24

Job Type: Full-time contract.

Job Salary: The range is between €1, 751. 27 and €1, 834. 93, depending on the candidate's professional experience (1 year or more).

Job Location: Porto, Portugal.

Job Description

Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS is seeking a talented Quality Assurance Scientist to join our dynamic and multidisciplinary team within the Connected Things (Cyber-physical systems) Group, namely in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs. It is expected that the candidate will contribute to the business area of Digital Health.

Your Role

• Document and maintain software requirements;
• Document, execute and maintain test cases based on requirements;
• Develop and maintain UI tests;
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
  
  

Your Profile

• Mandatory Requirements:
  
  

> Academic Qualifications: Master's degree or equivalent academic qualification in Informatics, Bioengineering, and Computing Engineering or similar;

> Professional Experience: Preferably 1 year of professional experience in the field.

• Technical Skills:
  
  

> Candidates should have experience in software engineering and testing. Experience in developing automated tests for mobile or web applications is highly regarded. The candidate will work in close contact with software development, so experience within this field will be highly valued.

• Other Skills:
  
  

> Excellent English communication skills (technical and general audiences);

> Capacity to translate research findings into actionable insights for
- world applications.

We Value

• Experience with test case management tools, such as Test
  Rail or similar;
• Experience with CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins or similar;
• Candidates experienced in automating tests of Flutter and/or Java (Spring Boot) applications using mocking tools such as Mockito or similar is highly valued;
• Experience with Quality Management System maintenance or auditing, according to standards such as ISO 13485:2016 or ISO 9001:2015, is valued.
  
  

Why Should You Join Fraunhofer Portugal

• Innovative Environment: Be part of a
  - centric workplace that fosters creativity and
  -
  -
  - box thinking. We encourage the development of new ideas and ensure that every voice is heard;
• Research with Impact: Engage in projects that sit at the intersection of research and
  - world applications, contributing to technology that makes a tangible difference in society;
• Multidisciplinary Teams: Collaborate with professionals from diverse backgrounds, enhancing your learning and professional growth;
• Professional Excellence: Work within a culture that upholds professional standards and best practices, promoting continuous improvement and excellence in research;
• Flexible Work Arrangements: Benefit from flexible working hours and hybrid work opportunities, supporting a healthy
  - life balance;
• Comprehensive Benefits: Benefit from a partially funded health insurance plan, and a variety of additional perks;
• Supportive Culture: Join a team with an excellent spirit, where collaboration, mutual support, and team achievements are celebrated.
  
  

Application Process

Applications are open from the 5th to the 20th of August 2025.

The selected candidate is expected to start working October 1st, 2025.

Applications must be made to the email jobs@fraunhofer. pt and contain:

• Curriculum Vitae – mandatory;
• Motivation Letter – optional;
• Recommendation Letters – optional.
  
  

Selection Process

Admitted candidates will be subject to a curricular evaluation. Based on the results, the
- ranked candidates will be invited for an interview. All applicants will be notified of the results of the call via the email address provided in their application.

After notification, all candidates have 10 days to comment.

Note

The research activities in the scope of this job opportunity are planned to be developed within the framework of the following projects:

• ATE – Aliança para a Transição Energética, with Notice No. 01/C05-i01/2021 and Project Reference No. 56 Next
  Generation
  EU (PRR);
• Connected
  Health – Smart and End-to-end Healthcare Management Platform, with Notice No. 26/SI/2016 and Project Reference No. POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046858;
• Hf
  PT – Health from Portugal, with Notice No. 02/C05-i01/2022 and Project Reference No. 41 Next
  Generation
  EU (PRR);
• Microelectrónica – Agenda Microeletrónica, with Notice No. 01/C05-i01/2021 and Project Reference No. 19 Next
  Generation
  EU (PRR);
• Sm
  ILE – Smart Implants for Life Enrichment, with Notice No. HORIZON-HLTH-2023-STAYHLTH-01-01 and Project Reference No. 101136376 Horizon Europe Framework Programme.

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