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Lead Firmware Test Engineer

AT GE Vernova
GE Vernova

Lead Firmware Test Engineer

Hyderabad, India

Job Description Summary

Working in an Agile Scrum environment, the Lead Firmware Test Engineer will require working with the Scrum development team and product management team to create and execute manual test solutions 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.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of manual QA testers, providing guidance on best practices, test design, and execution.
  • Strong understanding of Testing principles and methodologies.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test documentation based on requirements, user stories, and design specifications of Kelman products
  • Collaborate with product managers, developers, and UX/UI designers to clarify requirements and ensure test coverage.
  • Participate in the complete software development life cycle for products.
  • Review test coverage and test results, ensuring quality standards are met before product releases
  • Track, prioritize, and report bugs using tools like JIRA or similar.
  • Write test cases for the product.
  • Ensure traceability of requirements to test cases
  • Identify, recommend, and implement procedures to improve the efficiency of QA test execution.
  • 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 captures 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.

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Qualifications/Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering or Computer Science discipline or equivalent.
  • 7+ years of hands-on experience in firmware manual testing.
  • Excellent diagnostic and troubleshooting skills.
  • Ability to work independently and be self-motivated.
  • Excellent written and verbal communications and interpersonal skills

Desired Characteristics

  • Understanding of embedded systems and environments
  • Experience of Linux Operating system or RTOS environments.
  • Ability to use signal generators and oscilloscope
  • Good to have knowledge on Analog inputs, digital inputs (microcontroller chips pin layout), registers, sensors
  • Preferably hands-on experience with PyCharm.
  • Familiarity with Robot Framework and Selenium.
  • Familiarity with Jenkins.
  • Familiarity with HP ALM Quality Centre and Rally/JIRA
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline.
  • Familiarity with test automation framework such as Selenium.
  • Strong communications skills, with a proven ability to work successfully within a geographically distributed team.
  • Planning and organizing skills
  • Ability to understand mechanical and electronic systems
  • Enthusiastically research new tools and testing processes.
  • Ability to understand and support cyber security.
  • Working knowledge of Linux to capture system logs or edit scripts for testing.
  • Knowledge of industrial protocols like DNP3, CAN, Modbus serial, Modbus TCP/IP

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

Client-provided location(s): Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Job ID: GE_Vernova-313730491
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Summer Fridays
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
    • Profit Sharing
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Internship Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Unconscious Bias Training

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