The Eaton Americas Innovation Center is currently seeking a Senior Software Test Specialist (STS) to join our team. This position is located in Brossard, Québec. Candidates must reside within 80km of Brossard.
As a recognized employer of choice, Eaton Corporation recruits and retains talented employees who are interested in making a long-term commitment to an organization that continually invests in the latest technology and state-of-the-art equipment as well as its employees. The Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) Center of Excellence and the Energy Automation Solutions (EAS) division are partnering within the Eaton Americas Innovation Center (EAIC) to deliver intelligent energy solutions by combining power systems expertise with innovative technologies to help our customers generate, deliver, and manage energy safely, efficiently, and reliably. EAIC provides a range of power delivery and reliability, automation and control, advanced metering and demand response solutions designed to increase efficiency and smart operations. Eaton serves customers in the utility, commercial, industrial, mining, renewable energy, and other markets with a spirit of innovation crossing decades.
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We are looking for a professional experienced in creating robust test automation solutions to efficiently deliver high-quality solutions.
What you'll do:
Position Overview
As an STS, you will work with Software Architects, Developers, and Test Specialists to design, develop and maintain manual and automated test solutions for effective and efficient test execution. Our application concentrates data from dozens of standard and proprietary protocols and communicates up to higher-level systems for SCADA control, maintenance, and asset monitoring. You will be responsible for developing and enhancing test automation solutions to keep pace with fast-paced Agile delivery and integrate with code delivery and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• You will develop in-depth system and application knowledge to maximize test quality and coverage
• You will set the manual and test automation strategy for your features and approach and research/implement tools which support increased velocity and quality
• You will deliver test solutions in accordance with enterprise standards and within development and operational guidelines
• You will collaborate as part of the Scrum team in grooming user stories and developing acceptance criteria for user stories
• You will create automated test and metric reporting solutions
• You will share and communicate ideas both verbally and in writing to staff, business sponsors, managers, and technical resources in clear, concise language appropriate to the target audience
When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we - as individuals and as a company - are stronger
Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on practice developing test solutions for embedded software or server applications
• Demonstrated experience of software development in Python, Golang, or React JS
• Proficient with developer tools and IDEs, such as Eclipse and Git
• Competent in API test automation (SOAP/REST services) using tools such as Postman
• Effective troubleshooting and reasoning skills: debug and resolve difficult technical problems
• Strong communication collaboration and influencing skills to drive change
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working with Agile methodologies
Skills:
Preferred Qualifications:
• Detailed familiarity with one or more of electrical industry communication protocols, such as DNP3, IEC61850, MODBUS, or others
• Proficient in testing Linux-based applications
• Experience in testing containerized applications and platform agnostic solutions (cloud or edge)
• Experience in integrated system testing involving applications deployed on a server that communicate with devices on the network
• Experience with test automation frameworks or tools such as Selenium, etc.
• Experience working in a CI/CD environment like Jenkins for executing automated tests
• Demonstrated working experience with container runtime and container orchestration platforms
• Versed in the administration of virtual machines
Other Criteria:
• Ability to travel up to 10%
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