Lead Software Quality Test Engineer

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Job Description Summary

The Test Engineer will work with a cross-functional team including hardware design, systems engineering, software development, program, and project management to deliver best in class products for the global market. This position will be responsible for testing Protection relay and Networking products, as well as for contributing on the test automatization in the V&V (verification and validation) process. The V&V team has a key role in the R&D area, testing the products with a "customer view", including functional and application tests.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

·  Ensures the quality of software products by creating and applying Embedded Software (Firmware) quality tests to a feature, set of features, or whole feature area. Works independently and contributes to the immediate team or to other teams across businesses.
·  Develop, update, and define test strategies, plan tests, and execute test activities with the aim of improving the test strategy and the test management process based on the defined and determined critical metrics.
·  Perform regression testing to verify that bug fixes and new features do not introduce defects elsewhere in the product.
·  Utilize QA procedures and methodologies where applicable.
·  Developing in-depth knowledge of technical discipline and analytical thinking and technical experience to execute policy/strategy.
·  Uses good judgment and has ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters to address more complicated issues. Uses technical experience and analytical thinking to solve tasks. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own teams to arrive at decisions.
·  Collaborate and communicate with different teams and follow standard procedures to escalate unresolved issues and defects to appropriate internal departments.
·  In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how the work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.

Required Qualifications

·  Bachelor's Degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, or a similar field.
·  Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience in the field of protection relay testing and quality assurance. 

Desired Characteristics

·  Available for onsite work.
·  Knowledge in testing concepts with good understanding in Manual testing and automated testing.
·  Knowledge of capturing and diagnosing logs for any application crashes. Defect logging and defect tracking until bug closure. Using tools like Jira for bug tracking.
·  Knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
·  Knowledge/experience in Power Systems (electrical substations).
·  Knowledge of C/C++ programming in an embedded environment, C#, visual programming.
·  Knowledge of scripting languages (Shell, tcl, pearl, python.) for automation testing
·  Basic knowledge and understanding of network communication protocols including Modbus, DNP3, IEC 60870-5-103, IEC61850.
·  Practical knowledge of defect tracking tools and test management systems.
·  Excellent collaborator with strong oral and written communication skills.
·  Excellent analytical skills and critical thinking skills.
·  Experience with performance and/or cyber security testing.
·  Demonstrated ability to deliver innovative ideas for products and processes.

Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. ​

General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

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Relocation Assistance Provided: No