Test Engineer

Company Background : Frequentis USA Inc. is dedicated to creating a safer world. With over 75 years of experience, Frequentis understands controllers in safety critical situations encounter new challenges daily.

Our mission is to develop and market highly reliable, optimized, custom-tailored, and user centric communication and information systems for mission critical solutions.

As an industry leader in voice communication data information systems, we create a safer world through integration, digitalization, and automation while maintaining world class safety standards.

We proudly serve many U.S. government agencies including the FAA, DoD, and NASA. Safety as our number one priority pushes us to constantly learn about the ever-changing needs in safety critical environments to deliver innovative solutions.

Job Duties Summary : The successful candidate will be responsible for the testing of Mission Critical software subsystems, network infrastructure, and radio-telephone communications software and hardware elements to meet customer requirements.

The candidate will conduct and provide support for informal testing, formal testing (FAT / FQT), customer acceptance testing, and other Test related activities.

In addition, the candidate is expected to interface with customers and partners on a technical level, discuss system-level and site-specific requirements, and test plans / solutions.

Major Functional Areas and Description of Duties :

• Create and execute test procedures including : functional (demonstration, test, inspection), maintenance / reliability, stability / load, performance, analysis, security, voice quality, and environmental tests
• Manage test environment for assigned Test program(s), including managing test scripts and test equipment
• Plan verification strategies and test specifications based on customer and product requirements, software and hardware requirements, and use case scenarios.
• Identify and fully document any defects / unexpected anomalies identified during testing with instruction of how to recreate the issue
• Review and interpret system and software requirements from a testability perspective
• Assist Engineers in reproducing and resolving identified defects
• Identify and propose areas of improvement throughout the Engineering process
• Maintain well organized record of test results and generate historical analysis of test results
• Communicate technical issues or project details with Test Management, Engineering, and customers
• Work with the Support and Engineering groups to help perform root cause analysis of issues found in the customer test and production environments

Qualifications :

• BS in Information Technology, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience (at least 3 years) with IT and telecommunications hardware and software
• At least 5 years test-related work experience
• Experience in developing internal and deliverable test plans and test procedures, preferably for mission critical equipment, within a production environment.
• Experience working with telecommunications / telephony systems and related technologies (VoIP, T1, ISDN, POTS, TDM).
• Ability to write clear and concise test plans and test procedures based on system requirements and clearly document defects.
• Excellent problem solving, analytical and technical troubleshooting skills.

Desired Skills and Experience :

Experience with a variety of operating systems including Linux, Windows Server 200x, and Windows XP / 7

• Experience with network analysis tools (e.g., Wireshark (preferred), Ethereal)
• Experience with bug-tracking systems (e.g., JIRA (preferred)) and Test Management Systems (e.g., JAMA)
• Experience with commercial performance, simulation, and analysis testing tools (e.g., VOTER, GL Comm TDM Solutions, etc.)
• Experience using various databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, etc.)
• Strong understanding in QA methodology, Agile / Scrum software development processes and project life cycles
• Strong written and communication skills
• Ability to work concurrently on multiple tasks and projects,
• Ability to work independently and with a team
• Ability to communicate progress / problems to appropriate personnel effectively.

Special Notations or Conditions of Employment :

• Up to 30% travel required
• Customer sites for on-site testing and support when required
• Internationally to receive training at company headquarters in Vienna, Austria, when applicable
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust, fingerprinting, consumer / credit report check, and background check will be required.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States and obtain clearance to work on Government sites.

Frequentis USA is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law