Rubicon Consulting is currently recruiting for a Test technician on a 18 month contract, based in Lisburn
Role Summary:
The technology domain area is class leading diagnostic and monitoring equipment for electricity distribution, including Dissolved Gas Analysis, high speed FPGA based monitoring electronics and the software infrastructure necessary to build a distributed monitoring environment for a variety of worldwide customers.
As the Systems under test contain both Software and Hardware sub-systems, which are designed in-house; the Laboratory Technician System Test Engineer role is within a multidisciplinary environment.
The Laboratory Technician will be the primary aspect of this role, which will involve the setup and configuration of the equipment in our on-site Lab as listed below. This will be an onsite role based in Lisburn.
The System Test Engineer is responsible for reviewing requirements and for verifying that the products fulfil their functional and performance requirements by test. This will be secondary priority of this role which give the Lab Technician the chance to develop skills in a FW QA testing role as part of an Agile SW/FW QA team in Lisburn and HTC.
What you will do:
• Testing, adjusting, calibrating, and maintaining laboratory equipment with apparatus such as Signal generators, Multi-metres, Oscilloscopes, Oil Line connections and Oil bottle setups.
• Setting up unit configurations by changing PCB boards, add-on modules, daughter boards and plugin boards to manually change unit specifications.
• Enforcing strict health and safety regulations and ensuring lab is kept clean and tidy including oil spills and basic housekeeping.
• Hands on work with DIN rails, wire looms, electrical/electronic wiring, and crimping.
• Communication within teams to find out what is needed for laboratory equipment setups.
• Using Command Line and SSH to directly connect to units and trouble shoot problems within the system.
• Upgrading and downgrading units to the correct firmware versions using multiple upgrade paths.
• Working within a ticketed KANBAN systems to pick up work that is needed for every unit setup.
• Working and liaising with international multi-disciplinary teams that are off-site.
Essential Criteria:
• Ability to use signal generators/oscilloscopes and multi-meters.
• Ability to read Bill of Materials (BOMs) and wiring diagrams for work done within units.
• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated.
• Ability to write detailed and easy to follow work instructions.
• Ability to work with PCB boards and ensuring ESD safety with these boards.
• Have the desire and drive to increase knowledge of all our company products to ensure full coverage of tasks when required.
• Have a great eye for detail when it comes to setting up units and prevent problems appearing due to setups.
• Must have good root cause analysis skills for trouble shooting problems and finding efficient solutions, as well as good reporting skills for these problems.
• Must have strong attention to detail when wiring up equipment using wiring looms, setting up DIN rails and creating crimped wires for jumper cabling.
• Must be proactive and reactive when issues occur within the laboratory.
Desirable Criteria:
• Electrical/Electronics Background.
• Working knowledge of the agile software development life cycle.
• Familiarity with Jenkins
• Familiarity with Confluence and SharePoint.
• Familiarity with JIRA.
FW QA System Test Engineer:
What you will do:
• Focal point for all system test activities within the R&D environment
• Testing complex embedded software systems (both black box and white box)
• Develop an in-depth understanding of our products to provide a user / customer perspective to aid the software development process
• Plan test step-ups based on specific use cases and technical requirements, in addition to defining efficient test strategies and necessary test infrastructure
• Work in close cooperation with developers for analysing bugs, key requirements, and test/system aspects
• Provide feedback to development team to improve design
• Develop tools and test setups to automate testing for rapid release schedules
• Evaluate field issues and propose solutions
• Types of testing: o Graphical user interface testing o Usability testing o Software performance testing o Compatibility testing o Security testing o Regression testing o Installation testing o Recovery testing
Essential Requirements:
• A good numerate/science focused degree including (but not limited to) Mathematics, Physics, Engineering and Computer Science; or qualified to HNC level or above plus significant experience
• Strong knowledge of Test Plan creation and Test case creation
• Strong inter-personal and communication skills
• Excellent report writing & presentation skills
• Ability to present complex data clearly with meaningful conclusions
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Able to plan and prioritise own work and deliverables
• Proficient with Microsoft office tools (word, excel, PowerPoint)
Desirable Requirements:
• Automation expertise (Python) • Design, develop and execute automation scripts using Python
Our Company
Rubicon Consulting is a Talent management consultancy which helps you to optimise business performance and competitive advantage by choosing the right people first time