Are you an experienced
Automation Test Engineer who enjoys working in a diverse team of highly capable engineers?Would you like to help improve the reliability and testability of an enterprise iPadOS Electronic Flight Bag application used by pilots and airline operators around the world? Are you interested in mobile automation, complex iOS workflows, and making sure that software used in commercial aviation remains stable, scalable, and trusted? Then you might be the next person to join one of the iOS teams at Jeppesen ForeFlight.Jeppesen and ForeFlight are bringing together deep aviation data expertise and modern software solutions to build some of the most important digital aviation products in the industry.
In this role, you will work close to the product, developers, and release process, helping us strengthen automated testing, stabilize existing test coverage, and contribute to the future direction of iOS test automation.
About the role
This role is not only about writing automated tests, but also about improving test reliability, understanding application behavior, and working closely with developers to make the product more testable.You will help us maintain and stabilize the existing mobile automation setup, investigate flaky tests, support release testing, and troubleshoot issues across the application, test framework, CI/CD pipelines, and physical iOS devices.We are also evolving our automation strategy, so you will contribute to technical discussions around the future direction of our iOS test automation, including Appium/WebDriver-based and XCTest/XCUITest-based approaches.
Typical tasks
- Maintain and stabilize the existing mobile automation setup.
- Investigate and reduce flaky tests.
- Support release testing and test reporting.
- Troubleshoot issues across the application, test framework, CI/CD pipelines, and physical iOS devices.
- Work closely with developers to understand application workflows and improve testability.
- Contribute to technical discussions around the future direction of iOS test automation.
In order to succeed in this role, you should be able to recognize yourself in most of the following:
- Strong experience in test automation engineering, preferably in mobile/iOS environments.
- Hands-on experience with at least one mobile automation stack, e.g. Appium/WebDriver or XCTest/XCUITest.
- Ability to read, debug, and improve an existing automation codebase in Java and/or Swift.
- Practical familiarity with Xcode, iOS application projects, XCTest results, and accessibility identifiers.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines for automated tests, ideally Jenkins.
- Ability to investigate and stabilize flaky tests using logs, screenshots, reports, test data, selectors, and timing analysis.
- Ability to work closely with developers and understand application workflows at code level.
- Communicative English for daily collaboration with international teams.
It would be a plus if you also bring some of the following:
- Experience with both Appium/WebDriver and XCTest/XCUITest in iOS automation.
- Java, Maven, TestNG, or keyword-driven/data-driven test framework experience.
- Swift experience, especially in the context of XCTest/XCUITest or iOS testability.
- Experience running automated tests on physical iOS devices or device labs.
- Familiarity with WebDriverAgent, iOS provisioning, bundle IDs, UDIDs, Appium/WDA port configuration, and device connectivity issues.
- Experience with Jira, AIO Test, release testing, and test reporting.
- API testing, JMeter, performance testing, or basic security testing experience.
- Experience with aviation, safety-critical, regulated, or enterprise mobile applications.
- Familiarity with TestFlight, Enterprise IPA/SysFun builds, signing, and provisioning.
About Jeppesen ForeFlight:
Jeppesen ForeFlight is a leading provider of innovative aviation software solutions, serving the Commercial, Business, Military, and General Aviation sectors globally. Combining Jeppesen's 90-year legacy of accurate aeronautical data with ForeFlight's expertise in cutting-edge aviation technology, the company delivers an integrated suite of tools designed to enhance safety, improve operational efficiency, and sharpen decision-making.
Why You Should Join:
At Jeppesen ForeFlight, we know you want a rewarding career. To do that, you need challenging projects, a good work environment, and awesome coworkers. We believe in our employees and empower them to make a direct impact on our products and services messaging. Our benefits package includes but is not limited to the following:
- Private medical insurance
- Life insurance
- PPK pension plan with additional 2.5% voluntary Employer contribution
- Access to Multikafeteria platform with a wide selection of products and services, including MultiSport card
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee referral program
- Flight rewards and flight stipend
