2 PhD students at the intersection of requirements engineering and testing
Utrecht University and Open Universiteit
We offer two PhD positions regarding the AUTOLINK project: Automated Unobtrusive Techniques for LINKing requirements and testing in agile software development. This project is a collaboration between Fabiano Dalpiaz (Utrecht University, NL) and Tanja Vos (Open Universiteit, NL). A brief description of AUTOLINK is as follows:
Software practitioners struggle with specifying requirements and testing, especially in agile development settings, where the short and frequent iterations motivate developers in taking shortcuts to allow for timely releases. A common outcome is low-quality software. AUTOLINK explores the synergies between requirements engineering and software testing and aims at their seemingly integration into agile contexts. AUTOLINK will propose techniques that assist practitioners in increasing the quality of their software by testing it against the requirements, in an unobtrusive manner and with low cost and effort.
AUTOLINK employs a widely adopted artifact for expressing requirements in agile development: user stories. For testing, to avoid the writing and maintenance of test scripts, we will build upon scriptless testing, an emerging theory for testing at the user interaction level. This approach employs intelligent agents that mimic the user and decide what to test next through different action selection mechanisms.
Starting from the background research and tools of the two collaborating research groups, AUTOLINK will build and experiment with automated software tools that (i) establish trace links between requirements and software, via natural language processing; (ii) enable the effortless testing of requirements, through automated scriptless testing; and (iii) increase the value over time by improving trace link accuracy and test effectiveness, via machine learning.
To gather empirical evidence on the effectiveness of our tools and techniques, we are going to conduct in-vivo, longitudinal case studies within collaborating software companies.
Various: PhD, postdoc, research software engineer
Lero (Ireland) & The Open University (U.K.)
PhD scholarship (U.K.)
Topic: SE/RE for trustworthy autonomous systems (technical, but also collaborating with social psychologists)
Postdoc & engineer (Ireland)
RE4ML (formal methods/analysts, collaborating with large tech company)
Link:
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PhD student in RE
University of Cologne
We have an open position for a PhD student in RE here in Cologne at the chair for Software and Systems Engineering (Andreas Vogelsang).
We are looking for motivated students with an interest in RE topics such as (but not limited to):
- RE4AI
- AI4RE
- Explainability
- RE for Scientific Software
The PhD position is full-time and paid reasonably well (roughly 50,000 EUR per year)
Assistant Professor-Software Engineering
Ontario Tech University
The Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering invites applications, from qualified individuals, for tenure-track and/or tenured positions at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor in the broad field of Software Engineering, with preferred expertise in any of the core areas of Software Engineering including but not limited to software quality assurance, system modelling, requirements engineering, performance engineering, software security, and artificial intelligence. This position is subject to budgetary approval, and would start on January 3, 2023, or as soon as it is filled.
More details:
https://ontariotechu.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/292?c=ontariotechu
Link:
https://ontariotechu.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/292?c=ontariotechu
Requirements Engineer / Digital Design Hero - TAKE THE INITIATIVE
Fraunhofer IESE
Fraunhofer IESE has been a leading research institute in the field of RE for over 25 years. Many of today's names in RE are or have been employed at Fraunhofer IESE. Prominent RE techniques such as TORE, ReqMan, the NFR Method, CrowdRE and Ubiquitous RE were developed there, and are actively applied in both industry and research. Fraunhofer IESE also worked with IREB to shape the novel Digital Design Professional certification; an essential step towards the future of RE practice.
Whether you are a “traditional” computer science student or have another university degree – we like to bring together different talents and bright minds to find and develop the best and most creative solutions together. If you also enjoy your profession and are curious about new things, then we are the right place for you. We often work across disciplines and in very diverse teams, because only by thinking outside the box can we broaden our horizons!
At our institute, you will work with software architects, user experience designers, requirements engineers, security experts, data scientists, psychologists, and sociologists, among others. We always find working in such a diverse environment extremely exciting and rewarding.
Our work is diverse and varied – you can do research, experiment, evaluate, simulate, program, communicate, publish, debate, discuss, and much more. Enrich our teams with your know-how!
Link:
https://jobs.fraunhofer.de/job/Kaiserslautern-TAKE-THE-INITIATIVE-67663/808393301/
[in German] SENIOR UX DESIGNER*IN, UX DESIGN JEDI-MEISTER*IN, „MIYAGI OF UX DESIGN"
Fraunhofer IESE
Als Abteilung Digital Innovation Design sind wir für die frühen und erfolgskritischen Phasen von Software- und Systementwicklungsprojekten verantwortlich. In kleinen interdisziplinären Teams erarbeiten wir gemeinsam mit unseren Kunden und Partnern Anforderungen, Ideen und Lösungskonzepte für zukunftsfähige Produkte und Systeme und begleiten deren Weiterentwicklung über den gesamten Lebenszyklus.
Was Du bei uns tust
Das Fraunhofer IESE arbeitet in allen Geschäftsfeldern und Branchen. Du bekommst somit Einblick in unterschiedlichste Unternehmen. Genauso abwechslungsreich ist dein Aufgabenspektrum:
- Du bist Teil von spannenden Projekten mit vielen unterschiedlichen Kunden aus der Wirtschaft, mal als Projektleiter, mal als Fachexperte.
- Du ergründest eigenverantwortlich oder gemeinsam mit deinem Team die Herausforderungen und Bedarfe unserer Kunden und konzipierst entsprechende Lösungsvorschläge. Das kann je nach deinen Fähigkeiten und der Projektsituation ganz unterschiedliche Dinge umfassen.
- Du arbeitest nutzerzentriert und setzt verschiedenste UX Research und Design Methoden ein, wie z.B. Design Thinking, Kreativitätsworkshops, Interviews oder Ethnografische Studien.
- Du arbeitest in Forschungsprojekten mit und entwickelst dabei deine und unsere Kompetenzen weiter.
Link:
https://jobs.fraunhofer.de/job/Kaiserslautern-SENIOR-UX-DESIGNER%2C-UX-DESIGN-JEDI-MEISTER%2C-%E2%80%9EMR-MIYAGI-OF-UX-DESIGN-67663/766247301/
Software Solution Architect
Swisslog
RE related role. More vacancies available.
Link:
https://www.swisslog.com/en-gb/about-swisslog/careers/openings
Senior Business Analysts (at Swiss Government)
Stoiber Informatik GmbH (resp. Swiss government as client)
Positions are temporary (2-3 years) for freelancers (privately or with own company) or with temporary employment for the duration of the project. Very well compensated.
Must Requirements
- 5 years project experience as a Business Analyst
- 2 completed reference projects within last 4 years
- IREB-FL certification or equivalent one in BA
- German C1 (fluent)
- French B1 (basic to intermediate)
- English B1
- 80%-100% availability
- 1-2 days per week physically at client site in Berne, Switzerland (remaining days remote)
- long-term assignment (2-3 years)
Additional requirements (nice to haves) for project 1:
- German C2 (spoken and written)
- UML Tools project experience
- agile project experience
- DDD project experience
- testing project experience
- start date at 19. September 2022
- good appearance
- good terminology / rhetoric in BA
- soft skills
Additional requirements (nice to haves) for project 2:
- UML Tools project experience
- project experience in migration field (residence, asylum, citizen rights)
- SOAP architecture interfaces project experience
- SoapUI project experience
- Altova XMLSpy good knowledge
- Jira / Confluence good knowledge in both
- start date at 01. November 2022
- good appearance
- good use of terminology / rhetoric in BA
- soft skills
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