Software Test Engineer

Software Test Engineer

MSA Safety's Verification and Validation Engineering organization is looking for a technically savvy, and inquisitive Software Test Engineer. The successful incumbent will join our growing global team and will work closely with the developers, stakeholders, and other Software Quality Engineers and testers to ensure our products meet our quality requirements, and that we accomplish our goals as efficiently as possible. While this work is dynamic and diverse, the role will have a significant focus on automation development in all areas of testing.

Responsibilities:

• Work in the global R&D organization, developing, launching and supporting life-saving products, while meeting our quality requirements.
• Evaluate product requirements, architecture, and development process compliance.
• Ensure review mitigation activities are completed.
• Ensure that testability and performance requirements are captured and satisfied for new product developments.
• Actively participate in code reviews.
• Develop automation tools for embedded software testing, including integration, regression, performance and system-level validation.
• Develop test suites and scripts.
• Improve and maintain our test automation systems and tools as necessary.
• Participate in automated and manual testing efforts as required.
• Identify, and track software issues, collaborate with developers to debug them.
• Collect data in support of actionable quality metrics, use metrics to drive development and testing activities and improvements.
• Report on test results.
• Up to 10% domestic/international travel may be required.

Qualifications:

This position is responsible for developing test methodologies, processes, tools, and automation for complex embedded software systems, and therefore must have demonstrated skills in the following areas:

• Understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Experience supporting embedded product development
• Strong Python scripting skills
• Experience in developing test cases, test harnesses, and test scripts
• Experience in developing test automation in an embedded environment
• Understanding the application of testing methodologies, such as Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, System Testing, and Performance Testing.
• Experience using version control, issue tracking, and collaboration tools (e.g. Git, Jira, Confluence etc.)
• Experience using Continuous Integration tools, such as Bamboo, Jenkins, or Travis.
• Experience with software development and related quality metrics
• A passion for software development quality, and a strong desire for learning and continuous improvement
• Strong communications skills, and a desire to work in a global, multicultural team

Preferred:

• Familiarity with industry-standard communications protocols (Bluetooth, SPI, I2C, ModBus, USB, etc.)
• Ability to read and understand electronic schematics
• Familiarity with software and hardware debugging tools (debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.)
• Embedded software development experience in C/C++ is a plus
• Experience with security topics is a plus
• Experience with cloud or mobile app testing, including the use of standard automation tools is a plus

Education and experience required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or relevant discipline from an ABET-accredited program
• Software Quality/Testing Certification from a recognized professional organization is a plus