Job Description
Seeking a new job opportunity in the Plymouth area? Dont miss this software engineering role! Dahl Consulting is currently partnering with a leader in the Powersports industry. We work one-on-one with great candidates to help connect them with local employment opportunities. This Company is hiring a Software QA Engineer for a contract position! Interested? Get more details below.
- Contract Duration: 3 months, potential for extensions
- Worksite Location: Plymouth, MN
- Hourly Rate: $40-45/hr W2
Software QA Engineer Job Summary: Polaris, a global powersports leader, is looking for a Software QA Engineer to build high quality products on the Ride Command team. This is an exciting position on a team building world-class connected rider solutions. As a contributor on the team, you will have the ability and empowerment to make changes and move quickly. This is a unique position to contribute to the team as both a QA Engineer and a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Engineer.
As a HIL Engineer, you will assist the test automation engineer to develop, deploy, and maintain uniquely designed HIL systems for the QA team. As a QA Engineer, you will have the opportunity to directly impact cellular connectivity, infotainment, and cloud development projects at Polaris. The ideal candidate is effective in a fast-paced Agile development environment, pushing industry best practices and system maturity through analysis, automated testing, and performance testing of Ride Command products. Interest in powersports is a plus!
What youll do as a Software QA Engineer: - Work directly with the GEECS V&Q Test Automation Lead to develop future QA HIL test systems
- Maintain and update QA HIL test systems to support team needs and to stay aligned with the rest of validation teams test systems
- Contribute to software quality initiatives by developing robust test cases that exercise full system functionality and align with program requirements
- Organize testing efforts to align with product delivery timelines
- Maintain a customer-focused mindset for delivering a product that is centered around a great customer experience
- Analyze system performance for bottlenecks
- Serve as an active participant in enhancing a mature agile environment
- Thoroughly document issues found, assign proper severity, and drive resolution
- Execute both manual and automated test scripts to verify Infotainment component functional and performance requirements
- Configure benches to support specific test scenarios
- Characterize and document defects including identifying steps to reproduce, linking failures to requirements, and collecting all associated test logs
- Develop and Update test cases as required
- Interact with multiple engineering disciplines (Systems Engineering, Software Development, Validation, Suppliers) to support defect resolution
What youll bring to the Software QA Engineer role:
REQUIRED SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE - B.S. in Engineering (prefer Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering)
- 0-5 years experience, preferably in an embedded software or HMI validation role
- Experience with vehicle communications protocols, CAN/J1939/UDS preferred
- Ability to work in a collaborative, fast-paced team environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with real-time test systems highly desired (e.g., dSPACE, Vector, NI, ETAS, etc.)
- Ability to troubleshoot test and electrical systems using scopes and multimeters
- Flexible enough to work on multiple products being produced for a fast-changing market
- Should be comfortable with testing software on stationary vehicles
- Should be comfortable with moving vehicles around
- Should be comfortable to ride vehicles to do performance evaluation
- Must be able to multitask and change gears between platforms
- Experience developing applications or using test frameworks within an object-oriented programming language, Python preferred
PREFERRED SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE: - Hardware/Software Testing really nice to have; Tools: TestRail, JIRA, CANalyzer, Jenkins, GitHub (can educate on tools)
- Experience using a software version control system, Git preferred
- Experience with Jenkins preferred
- Experience with JIRA, TestRail preferred
- Proven experience testing complex, integrated systems with a cloud connectivity component
- Experience with Bluetooth sniffer tools and protocol analyzers
- Exposure to any CAN tools
- Testing experience on automotive infotainment or embedded systems
- Mobile application testing
- Bluetooth Classic connectivity testing
- User Interface (UI) testing experience
- UAT (User Acceptance Testing) experience
- Experience with designing and building wire harnesses
- Experience with any of the following a bonus: Eggplant, Vector CANoe, ASAM XIL, MATLAB/Simulink, FMI
Take the first step on your new career path! To submit yourself for consideration for this role, simply click the apply button and complete our mobile-friendly online application. Once weve reviewed your application details, a recruiter will reach out to you with next steps! For questions or more information about this role, please call our office at (651) 772-9225.
As an equal opportunity employer, Dahl Consulting welcomes candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. If this position sounds like the right opportunity for you, we encourage you to take the next step and connect with us. We look forward to meeting you!
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