QA System Test Engineer in London

Rubicon Consulting is currently recruiting for a QA System Test Engineer on a 12 Month Contract, based in Northern Ireland.

Role Summary

The technology domain area is class leading diagnostic and monitoring equipment for electricity distribution, including Dissolved Gas Analysis, high speed FPGA based monitoring electronics and the software infrastructure necessary to build a distributed monitoring environment for a variety of worldwide customers. As the Systems under test contain both Software and Hardware sub-systems, which are designed in-house; the System Test Engineer role is within a multidisciplinary environment. This role will involve the setup and configuration of the equipment in our on-site Lab as listed below and this will be an onsite role. The System Test Engineer is responsible for reviewing requirements and for verifying that the products fulfil their functional and performance requirements by test.

Key Responsibilities

• Focal point for all system test activities within the R&D environment
• Testing complex embedded software systems (both black box and white box)
• Develop an in-depth understanding of our products to provide a user/customer perspective to aid the software development process
• Plan test step-ups based on specific use cases and technical requirements, in addition to defining efficient test strategies and necessary test infrastructure
• Work in close cooperation with developers for analysing bugs, key requirements, and test/system aspects
• Provide feedback to development team to improve design
• Develop tools and test setups to automate testing for rapid release schedules
• Evaluate field issues and propose solutions

Essential Requirements

• Strong knowledge of Test Plan creation and Test case creation
• Strong inter-personal and communication skills
• Excellent report writing & presentation skills
• Ability to present complex data clearly with meaningful conclusions
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Able to plan and prioritise own work and deliverables
• Proficient with Microsoft office tools (word, excel, PowerPoint)

Essential Electronic Requirements

• Testing, adjusting, calibrating, and maintaining laboratory equipment with apparatus such as Signal generators, Multi-metres, Oscilloscopes, Oil Line connections and Oil bottle setups.
• Setting up unit configurations by changing PCB boards, add-on modules, daughter boards and plugin boards to manually change unit specifications.
• Enforcing strict health and safety regulations and ensuring lab is kept clean and tidy including oil spills and basic housekeeping.
• Hands on work with DIN rails, wire looms, electrical/electronic wiring, and crimping.
• Communication within teams to find out what is needed for laboratory equipment setups.
• Using Command Line and SSH to directly connect to units and troubleshoot problems within the system.
• Upgrading and downgrading units to the correct firmware versions using multiple upgrade paths.
• Working within a ticketed KANBAN systems to pick up work that is needed for every unit setup.
• Working and liaising with international multi-disciplinary teams that are off-site
• Ability to use signal generators/oscilloscopes and multi-meters.
• Ability to read Bill of Materials (BOMs) and wiring diagrams for work done within units.
• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated.
• Ability to write detailed and easy to follow work instructions.