Advanced Embedded Engr

Provides ownership of Test Strategy & Product Quality across different Gas metering product and Meter data management systems.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Gets involved in Requirement reviews to ensure completeness of Deployment scenarios, Use cases & Testability aspects of Functional & Non-Functional requirements using his/her Domain, Product & Functional Test knowledge.
• Works within the scrum team to build the quality product along with development team
• Develops/Contribute Acceptance Criteria and test cases for stories and verifies the product against acceptance criteria.
• Develops Test Design for critical modules of the products and supports the Test Engineers in Test Design reviews
• Works with the System Architect to mitigate the architectural risks of the program in early phases & participates in design reviews to identify failure modes
• Develops Test Strategy to validate theFunctional, Non-Functional & System level requirements for Smart Gas and Electrical Meter related products
• Derives Regression Test Strategy based on Impact Analysis of fixed defects
• Prepares Test Strategy for 3 rd party integrations & dependant hardware, Firmware, E to E and compatibility tests
• Maintains test infrastructure for security, performance/scale, usability testing of software products.
• Develops the Test effort estimates & works together with the Project Lead to do Test Planning
• Develops automation scripts and supports continuous integration and delivery/deployment along with development team
• Identifies Test Automation & Simulation requirements early in the life cycle & supports in execution of the same
• Works with the Program Manager & Product Manager or Product Owner to identify Beta Site requirements & supports in defect prioritization & release readiness reviews along with the Project Lead
• Works with the Information Development team to give pointers on Technical Literature content development and is a critical reviewer of the same
• Provides debug support to Development Team to identify root causes of defects
• Monitors release quality criteria and communicates unbiased product quality view to stakeholders to enable quality release of the product/system

• Business Acumen

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• Participates in Observation Voice of Customer (OVoC) and in Concept reviews in early phases of Product Development Life Cycle as needed.
• Stays up to date with happenings in the Industry & Competition space of the relevant business verticals and driving best practices in Smart Meter testing.

Qualifications/ Experience/ Knowledge

Education / Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor or Masters of Engineering in Electronics & Communication, Electrical & Electronics, Instrumentation
• Minimum of 6+ years of experience in project engineering/testing in relevant industry space
• At least 2 years of experience in a Senior test Engineer role

Technical Skills

• Should have good understanding of Agile methodologies and SDLC/STLC process
• Exposure to Acceptance Test Driven development (ATDD)
• Should have hands on experience on developing automation scripts for firmware testing
• Hands on experience in testing on various Smart Meter products like Smart Electrical Meter, Smart Gas Meter, Water Meter and associated applications from hardware, Firmware, Application software and End to End system testing
• Prior experience on performance & Capacity testing of Industrial Meter, Electrical meter is a plus
• Knowledgeof communication protocols (TCP/IP; Smart metering; M2M Cellular) and Embedded Linux development or Embedded RTOS.
• Experience with different test automation, DevOps and defect tracking tools is must
• Test Certification- ISTQB or equivalent, Scrum Alliance.
• Experience of CMMi or other process evaluation regime.

Professional Skills / Knowledge

• Good analytical thinking, troubleshooting & problem solving skills, coupled with the drive to learn
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written
• Self-motivated and the ability to work independently without supervision and sometimes under extreme pressure
• Prepared to travel domestic or overseas as per project or business needs
• Ability to work together with different functional & delivery teams
• Handling Multi-Disciplinary project will be an added advantage
• Demonstrates Influencing skills to articulate independent Product Quality view
• Right level of Negotiation skills & conflict management capability
• Ability to coach and mentor teams
• Experience working as part of a global development team working across diverse cultural barriers