Quality Assurance Scientist | Connected Things Team (Job Ref.: AICOS_Jobs_2025_26) | Porto, Portugal Porto

Quality Assurance Scientist | Connected Things Team — Porto, Portugal

Job Title: Quality Assurance Scientist

Job Ref: AICOS_Jobs_2025_26

Job Type: Full-time contract

Job Salary: 1. 583, 96

Job Location: Porto, Portugal

Overview

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

Responsibilities

• 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

• Academic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Informatics, Computing Engineering, Information Science, or similar
• Professional Experience: 1 year of professional experience
• Technical Skills: Experience in software engineering and testing; experience in developing automated tests for mobile or web applications is valued; experience working closely with software development
• Other Skills: Excellent English communication skills (technical and general audiences); ability to translate research findings into actionable insights

We Value

• Experience with test case management tools (e. g. , Test
  Rail or similar)
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e. g. , Jenkins or similar)
• Automation experience for Flutter and/or Java (Spring Boot) applications using mocking tools (e. g. , Mockito)

Why Join Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS

• Innovative environment that fosters creativity and collaboration
• Projects with
  - world impact at the intersection of research and society
• Multidisciplinary teams and professional development
• Flexible work arrangements and hybrid opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits including partially funded health insurance
• Supportive culture with collaboration and team achievements

Application Process

Applications are open from 2nd to 10th October 2025. The selected candidate is expected to start on December 1st, 2025.

Applications must be sent to jobs@fraunhofer. pt and contain:

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

Selection Process

Admitted candidates will undergo curricular evaluation. Top-ranked candidates will be invited for an interview. All applicants will be notified of the results via the email provided in their application. After notification, candidates have 10 days to respond.

Projects and Context

The role contributes to research activities within projects such as:

• ATE – Aliança para a Transição Energética
• Connected
  Health – Smart and End-to-end Healthcare Management Platform
• Hf
  PT – Health from Portugal
• Microelectrónica – Agenda Microelectrónica
• Sm
  ILE – Smart Implants for Life Enrichment

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Research, Analyst, and Information Technology