Test Automation Engineer

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

Role Summary

This role will require working with the Scrum development team and product management team to create and execute test solutions, both manual and automated, for product releases. You will work among a talented and motivated R&D team, applying technologies such as On-line Dissolved Gas Measurement (DGA), Bushing Measurement (Tan Delta and Capacitance), Partial Discharge (PD) detection (UHF & Electrical) and Fast Transient measurement. The scope of the team is unique, covering fundamental research on new measurement technologies, through to advanced Cloud based Industrial Internet concepts and deployment.

Key Responsibilities

• Define, implement, and execute manual and automated tests across our fleet of products to ensure product functionality and robustness.
• Identify opportunities and tools to automate the test process.
• Develop automation test frameworks using Python, Robot Framework or other object-oriented language.
• Implement test automation where appropriate to improve test efficiency, repeatability, coverage, and accuracy.
• Methodically review user stories, acceptance criteria and product requirements.
• Create detailed, well-structured and comprehensive test plans and cases.
• Ensure traceability of requirements to test cases.
• Identify, recommend, and implement procedures to improve the efficiency of QA test execution.
• Work closely with the scrum development team to carry out smoke and regression test executions in a timely manner (manual and automated).
• Assist in prioritization and analysis of reported defects and work with development to facilitate timely closure.
• Validate that firmware defects have been fixed.
• Triage and analyse the test results.
• Participates in peer review of test designs / scripts.
• Maintain a record of test results for release documentation. Write test results and release documentation.
• Maintains a repository of software and firmware release artifacts.
• Ability to capture debug output and stack traces to assist developers identify and fix root causes for firmware bugs.
• Should have strong attention to detail and should be able to work in a team in a fast-paced changing environment.
• Carry out additional duties as requested by the Embedded Software Leader.

Requirements

Essential Criteria:

• Extensive experience as a Firmware test and automation engineer.
• Designed and maintained a complete test automation framework.
• Excellent diagnostic and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated.
• Excellent written and verbal communications and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to multitask.
• Hands on experience in testing microservices in a docker environment.
• Hands on with Python and Robot-Framework.
• Familiarity with Jenkins.
• Familiarity with test automation framework such as Selenium.
• Competent in use of configuration management tools preferably github.
• Planning and organising skills.

Desired Criteria:

• Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering or Computer Science discipline or equivalent.
• Understanding of embedded systems and environments.
• Preferably hands-on experience with PyCharm or VS.
• Familiarity with CI / CD pipeline.
• Experience of Linux Operating system.
• Familiarity with HP ALM Quality Centre and Rally / JIRA.
• Ability to use signal generators and oscilloscope.
• Ability to understand mechanical and electronic systems.
• Enthusiastically research new tools and testing processes.
• Evidence of mentoring/coaching software team members.
• Ability to design and construct electronic hardware simulators.
• Experience in testing of both Photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) gas detection, Bushing Monitoring (BMT) and Hydran.

Our Company

Rubicon Consulting is a Talent management consultancy which helps you to optimise business performance and competitive advantage by choosing the right people first time.