Software QA Engineer - Polaris

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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 : 3months, 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 you’ll 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 team’s 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 you’ll 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
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