16 Oct
Altair Engineering
Waterloo
Transforming the Future with Convergence of Simulation and Data
Test Engineer General
Job Summary:
Our client in Waterloo, ON is looking for a Test Engineer General. This is a contract position.
What You Will Do:
The successful candidate will be part of the Test Automation & Tools Development team involved in the delivery of the latest automotive infotainment and connectivity technologies. You will support the development and maintenance of a fully automated pipeline that empowers hundreds of developers every day. Your contribution will enable a large fleet of automation nodes to serve cross-functional development teams around the clock.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Perform automated test execution and results analysis, root cause issues and validate fixes.
- Monitor messaging platforms and provide timely support for development and other test teams.
- Ensure regular lab equipment maintenance including expansion as needed to maintain optimal operational performance.
- Support existing solutions with bug fixes and updates as needed.
- Develop automated test scripts and tools in Python to verify new feature functionality.
- Contribute to code quality by participating in code reviews.
- Interface with development and test teams to understand testing requirements.
Basics:
- Bachelor´s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Analytical with the ability to root-cause problems creatively and effectively.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Highly motivated, self-starter, resourceful.
- Professional experience with object-oriented analysis and design, multi-threading, algorithms, and data structures (co-op experience/schoolwork accepted).
- Professional experience in Python development (co-op experience / schoolwork accepted).
- Position fully onsite.
Preferred:
- Experience with CI/CD (continuous integration/continuous deployment) systems (ie: Jenkins).
- Experience with batch and shell scripting (Windows and Linux command line scripting).
- Experience with embedded OS (QNX, Linux).
- Experience with microcontrollers.
- Experience with automated testing environments and frameworks (ie: PyTest, unit testing, Slash).
- Experience with Groovy, Java development.
- Experience with automated GUI testing solutions (ie: Squish, Selenium). Experience with agile methodologies.
How You Will Be Successful:
- Envision the Future
- Communicate Honestly and Broadly
- Seek Technology and Business “First”
- Embrace Diversity and Take Risks
What We Offer:
- Competitive Salary
- Comprehensive Benefit Package
- Group Retirement Savings Plan (GRSP) with matching contributions
- Paid holidays and vacation time off
- Free training on all Altair products
Why Work with Us:
Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries,
we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.
Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.
For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com
Ready to go? #ONLYFORWARD
At our core we are explorers; adventures; pioneers.
We are the brains behind some of the world’s most revolutionary innovations and are not only comfortable in new and unchartered waters, we dive headfirst. We are the original trailblazers that make the impossible possible, discovering new solutions to our customer’s toughest challenges.
Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair’s history demonstrations a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.
▶️ Test Engineer General
🖊️ Altair Engineering
📍 Waterloo