Lead Software Test Engineer

Infinia is changing the way the world uses energy. For nearly a quarter of a century, Infinia has pioneered new ways to meet the world's needs for electricity, heating and cooling. We work in a spirit of partnership with our customers, partners, employees, investors, and the wider community.

Position Overview:

Testing and Supporting Solar Concentrator Stirling Program:

• System architecture design.
• Requirements analysis and review.
• System defect troubleshooting of C and Assembly programming of embedded microprocessors.
• Applications test specification and test execution.
• Troubleshooting legacy systems.
• Supporting In-house Testing Efforts
• Creation of test repository using commercial software.
• Participation in all phases of system development from concept to shipment.
• Writing, maintaining and extending software and system test plans.
• Devise an approach to automated regression testing of embedded software.
• Instrumentation technical support (software, sensors and electrical noise management) for both bench testing and system field-testing.
• Assist in administering 3rd party certification (UL, CE, etc) witnessed testing, where applicable. 
• Supporting Outsourced Development of Software for New Products
• Reviewing third party designs.
• Creating specifications and technical guidance documents.
• Conducting tests to confirm design approaches and system behavior.
• Providing project and vendor management with respect to software QA

Reporting Relationship:

Assigned project leads as specified by the Director of Electronics and Software 

Qualifications:

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge: 

Required:

• General skills in software test planning and execution.
• Ability to create and execute the full spectrum of software system QA:  new feature, regression, automation, patch level, planning and tactical execution
• Project management and planning experience.
• Technical writing experience for manuals and reports.
• BSCS or BSEE with 8+ years experience preferred or comparable hands-on experience.
• Must have initiative.  Will work independently.  Must possess a strong desire to learn.
• Must be familiar with the design process and specifications leading to testing plans and procedures. 

Desired:

• Experience in Analog and digital hardware design and troubleshooting experience. 
• General embedded software testing experience preferred in C and Assembly language.
• LabView experience a plus, for data acquisition and automated test equipment.
• Ability to read, write, analyze, and interpret customer or internal specification documents, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, and correlation techniques.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. 

Education/Experience:

Required:

• Authorization to work in U.S.A.
• BSCS or BSEE with 8+ years experience preferred or comparable hands-on experience.

Desired:

• BSCS or BSEE with 12+ years experience preferred or comparable hands-on experience. 

Working Conditions:

Environmental Conditions:

Office, testing laboratory, outside, occasional travel as needs demand.

Physical and Mental Demands:

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this class.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; talk and hear, both in person and by telephone; use a computer keyboard; use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret information and documents; analyze and solve problems; perform detailed work on multiple, concurrent projects; work under deadlines; and interact with office of the CEO, Senior Management, Direct reports, Program Managers, Internal Peers, Contract Monitors, Outside technical experts.

Critical features of this job are described under the headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. All colleagues may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time-to-time, as needed.

To Apply:

Please apply on-line.

Infinia
Human Resources
6811 W. Okanogan Place
Kennewick WA