Software/ Systems Test Engineer (Junior and Mid-Senior Level)

MAJOR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyze functional requirements, customer use-case scenarios to design test procedures to perform system-level testing on new software/firmware builds, release candidates. Testing will involve smoke testing, new feature testing, regression testing, stress-tests etc.
• Develop and execute detailed test plans and validation procedures. Articulate findings, report observations/bugs to the development team. Prepare test reports.
• Design test bed architectures using necessary networking equipment (routers, switches etc.), TDM and Network traffic generators/analyzers.
• Act independently with considerable judgment & initiative to determine methods and procedures on complex, high-impact testing/troubleshooting assignments.
• Troubleshoot, characterize and report bugs, issues, product variances from requirements to improve product quality, reliability and performance - ultimately leading to an improved product experience for the customers.
• Develop a test plan and determine test methodology for testing new features. Assemble test equipment (routers, switches etc.) for testing/troubleshooting etc.
• Join highly-collaborative, fast-paced, team-oriented R&D group focused on rapidly bringing innovative customer solutions to market.
• Document the test results, bugs, issues using online tools such as - Bugzilla, JIRA etc.
• Perform reporting to development team using online bug reporting tools

Required Qualifications

• An individual with strong passion towards product quality and desire towards adding value to the R&D group by making significant contributions.
• BSEE or BSCS Degree, Master's degree preferred.
• At least 1-4+ years of experience in testing complex industrial products in the area of Teleprotection, Networking, Distribution & Substation Automation.
• Experience with planning, documenting, automating and implementing grey box, black box testing solutions.
• Solid understanding of the hardware and software development lifecycle and QA best practices
• Proficient in using test, validation tools such as Wireshark, Terminal Emulators (SSH, Telnet, PuTTY etc.).
• Ability to perform test automation using scripting languages (TCL/TK, Python, Shell Scripts, etc.) OR software tools such as Test Complete, Selenium, JMeter etc.
• Must possess positive, proactive approach to solve problems and get things done.
• A self-starter who can work with considerable sense of urgency.
• Must have the aptitude for grasping/learning new concepts, technologies such as Carrier Ethernet, MPLS-TP, SDN to successfully perform functional testing on the products designed with these technologies.
• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate test findings/bugs/observations.
• Must have solid protocols, applications and interfaces
• The ideal candidate has a proven track record working with the following test equipment: TDM and Ethernet traffic generators/ analyzers (MTTPlus, ONT-600, Fireberd, Xena, Sage etc.), Network impairment tools such as - Spirent Attero-X, Communication protocol analyzers etc.

About Aerotek:

We know that a company's success starts with its employees. We also know that an individual's success starts with the right career opportunity. As a Best of Staffing® Client and Talent leader, Aerotek's people-focused approach yields competitive advantage for our clients and rewarding careers for our contract employees. Since 1983, Aerotek has grown to become a leader in recruiting and staffing services. With more than 250 non-franchised offices, Aerotek's 8,000 internal employees serve more than 300,000 contract employees and 18,000 clients every year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in talent solutions. Learn more at Aerotek.com.

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