Principal Test Lead (Edinburgh)


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Enigma People Solutions Ltd

Listed on

9th December 2016

Location

Edinburgh

Salary/Rate

£35000 - £45000

Salary Notes

negotiable

Type

Permanent

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Enigma People Solutions has an immediate vacancy for a Test Lead for an outstanding Edinburgh-based electronics client working at the forefront of their field in the development of new and innovative technology.

Those joining this pioneering team will be part of creating our wireless future. LiFi will be the solution that delivers us unlimited bandwidth and unlimited data, powering our connectivity demands of the future.

Role Summary

Working as a Test Lead, you will define and drive the system level testing and verification activities, striving for common test approaches across the different workstream’s dedicated test resource. With an emphasis of ASIC and Optoelectronics test experience, you will liaise, co-ordinate and report back upon the outsource partner’s test activities and also conduct some in-house testing. You will ultimately be responsible for the final quality of the product and you will be the go-to person for all matters test-related and be the test champion internally.

Responsibilities

The core responsibilities include: -

Establish baseline test protocols and procedures, then continuously improve the test procedures using best practice and technological advances

Define and drive integration and system level testing, from writing the test specification, setting the acceptance criteria and executing the test procedures in line with project plans

Liaise closely with the workstream leads and test resource within the different workstreams to create then update the overall test plan and improve overall test efficiency, and where appropriate, highlight possible bottlenecks and resource constraints

Attend internal project and product review meetings to ensure the importance of quality is kept firmly on the agenda with the intention to improve overall system quality

Create and maintain test data and environment parameters with any bugs being recorded and resolved

Act as the primary interface for the outsource partner responsible for delivering the external test data. This includes the planning and coordination of the schedule of work and also the communication back into the workstreams of any modifications or improvements required

Provide technical guidance and mentoring to the test & verification engineers within the different workstreams

Person Specification

Essential

Ideally around 5+ years of experience of testing complex products with at least 2+ years of system level testing

Breadth of testing knowledge gained across a wide range of different technical disciplines such as ASIC, Optoelectronics, Software and Firmware

Experience of co-ordinating complex system level testing programmes and developing system level test plans

Experience testing network/communications equipment

Very good understanding of networking concepts

Natural born problem-solver with desire to find issues, bugs and problems and follow these through to resolution

Previous experience of creating and documenting new test procedures

Proven track record of delivery and commercial success

Proven team-player with the demonstrable ability to lead and work autonomously

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Desirable

Very good electronics test/fault finding capability

Knowledge of programming or scripting languages, such as C, Python, Java, Perl, etc. to automate test procedures where possible

In-depth knowledge of software and/or firmware testing concepts

Excellent MS Office skills, in particular MS Excel at an advanced level

Experience with using source control and versioning tools (e.g., SVN) on a day-to-day basis

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