Software Development Engineer in Test (d/f/m) at Arculus

About us At arculus, we design, build, and maintain cutting-edge autonomous mobile robots and the software ecosystem around them. Our Development department brings together software, infrastructure, and product experts in a collaborative, international environment, focused on delivering reliable and high-quality products that make a real difference in intralogistics. Your Role As a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), you will strengthen our automation capabilities and elevate product quality across all software layers. You will drive early and systematic defect detection, enable scalable testing, and build confidence in our releases. Working closely with development, QA, and release teams, you will shift quality validation left and ensure fast, reliable feedback throughout the development lifecycle. Your Tasks & Responsibilities • Define and maintain the automated test strategy aligned with product risk, maturity, and release cadence; establish automation scope across unit, integration, system, and API levels and contribute to quality gates • Develop, maintain, and extend automated test frameworks; implement regression, smoke, and critical-path tests while ensuring test code quality and maintainability • Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to provide fast, reliable feedback and support release readiness through validation of test results • Detect defects early, provide high-quality diagnostics, and support root cause analysis by improving logs, assertions, and test visibility; collaborate with QA Field and Release teams to reproduce issues • Track automation effectiveness, flakiness, and maintenance effort; identify testability gaps and continuously improve automation coverage based on field data and incidents Your Experience • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a comparable qualification • 5+ years of experience in software testing, including 3+ years in test automation development • Experience with API testing (e.g., Postman, REST Assured) and UI automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress) • Hands-on experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks • Experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner) • Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, JavaScript; Rust is a plus) • Solid understanding of testing strategies for distributed systems and scalable automation architectures • Experience with quality management tools (e.g., Jira Xray) • Familiarity with Docker or containerized test environments is a plus Who You Are • Transparent and accountable, proactively communicating results and improvements • Analytical and structured in problem-solving and decision-making • Strong communicator with a collaborative and empathetic approach • Self-driven, with a clear sense of ownership and continuous learning mindset • Aligned with values of responsibility, clarity, and effective teamwork WHY ARCULUS • We are a diverse, global team of 100+ creative thinkers, algorithmic brains, makers, movers, and shakers. • Our approach comes from a continuous cycle: assemble, weld, code, test, deploy or delete, and repeat. That is how we deliver innovative solutions to tackle the biggest intralogistics challenges. • You will find our tech space nestled within the eastern region of Munich. It serves as a hub for our team's creativity and collaboration, featuring state-of-the-art meeting rooms, a fully-equipped electronics lab, and a spacious robotics testing area. Our team also enjoys a variety of social spaces, all within the modern infrastructure of the renowned Neue Balan campus. • We are more than just a workplace: we are a community. We encourage connection and affiliation through a range of activities: hiking trips, running events, ping pong tournaments, and quiz nights — there is something for everyone. • We also believe that work should be rewarding in more ways than just one. That is why we offer competitive salaries and benefits like EGYM Wellpass, language courses, Jobrad, and flexible working hours. • If you are moving to join our team, we provide relocation and visa support to help make the transition as smooth as possible. ABOUT THE COMPANY arculus is a part of Jungheinrich and independently develops high-end mobile robots and software products for intralogistics automation. From mechanics to electronics and code – our engineering powerhouse has it all. We combine the speed and creativity of an agile tech company with the strength of a leading global intralogistics player. Collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning: that is how we achieve an open-minded and fast-paced working culture. COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION We are an equal opportunity employer and highly value diversity and inclusivity, which we see as strengths. While we are making progress, we are not yet where we want to be. Still, we believe in the power of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants of all genders, ethnicities, ages, national origins, sexual orientations, cultures, and educational backgrounds. Our goal is to create a work culture where everyone feels equally heard and included.