SIT Engineer (Firmware & Hardware)
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The Senior SIT Engineer (Firmware & Hardware) is responsible for leading system integration testing of complex solutions involving firmware, hardware devices, and supporting software systems. This role ensures end-to-end quality, reliability, performance, and interoperability across the full System Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The engineer plays a critical role in promoting quality-first practices, mentoring team members, and driving continuous improvement within the Aclara software and product organization., * Lead and execute system integration testing (SIT) for solutions that include firmware, embedded systems, hardware components, and backend software.
- Ensure adherence to quality-first practices across all SDLC phases, including requirements review, design validation, firmware testing, hardware integration, regression testing, performance testing, and release readiness.
- Develop, review, and maintain system-level test strategies, test plans, test cases, and end-to-end test scenarios, ensuring alignment with defined acceptance criteria.
- Validate firmware and hardware interoperability with applications, APIs, messaging, and data pipelines.
- Identify, analyze, and mitigate integration, performance, reliability, and scalability risks across hardware-firmware-software boundaries.
- Evaluate new products, firmware releases, hardware revisions, and processes to continuously improve the reliability and robustness of company solutions.
- Drive root-cause analysis of system-level defects, including issues spanning firmware, hardware, and software layers.
- Champion continuous improvement by enhancing SIT practices, tools, environments, and automation approaches across teams.
- Promote best practices and help establish a culture of excellence and accountability within the Aclara engineering and quality organization.
- Communicate complex technical and quality topics clearly to engineers, product owners, business leaders, and customers.
- Participate in and influence release readiness, quality gates, and go/no-go decisions, providing objective quality assessments and risk visibility.
- Mentor junior and mid-level SIT engineers and provide guidance on firmware and hardware testing best practices.
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SoapUI Grafana Firmware RabbitMQ Scripting Automation Mentorship Innovation Resilience Test Tools Scalability Reliability Data Centers Transact-SQL Apache Kafka Log Analysis Quality Gate Communication Test Planning Apache JMeter XML Databases Accountability System Testing Data Pipelines Windows Servers Microsoft Azure Vertical Market Computer Science Software Systems Embedded Systems Renewable Energy Interoperability Technical Issues Agile Methodology Quality Assurance Design Validation Defect Management Influencing Skills Quality Assessment Telecommunications Regression Testing Root Cause Analysis Systems Integration Reliability Testing Performance Testing Oracle Database 19c Hardware Components Microsoft SQL Servers Training And Development Communications Protocols C# (Programming Language) Go (Programming Language) System Integration Testing Python (Programming Language) Ethical Standards And Conduct System Integration Leadership Influencing Without Authority Continuous Improvement Process Systems Development Life Cycle Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) JavaScript (Programming Language) Application Programming Interface (API), * Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
- 5+ years of experience in System Integration Testing, with hands-on experience testing firmware and hardware-based systems.
- Strong understanding of embedded systems, firmware lifecycles, and hardware-software integration.
- Proven experience testing complex, distributed systems involving devices, firmware, backend services, and user interfaces.
- Solid understanding of SDLC, SIT processes, and quality assurance best practices.
- Experience working in Agile and/or DevOps environments.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills across firmware, hardware, and software layers.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.
Technical Expertise (Preferred)
- Firmware & Integration: Device communication, protocols, messaging, event-based systems
- Testing Tools: JMeter, SOAPUI, Kafka, Grafana, RabbitMQ
- Languages & Scripting: C#, Python, JavaScript, XML
- Databases: Databases: Oracle 19c/12c/11g, MS SQL Server, PL/SQL, T-SQL,
- Platforms: Microsoft Azure, Windows Server environments
- Other: System diagnostics, log analysis, defect management, performance and reliability testing, SoapUI Grafana Firmware RabbitMQ Scripting Automation Mentorship Innovation Resilience Test Tools Scalability Reliability Data Centers Transact-SQL Apache Kafka Log Analysis Quality Gate Communication Test Planning Apache JMeter XML Databases Accountability System Testing Data Pipelines Windows Servers Microsoft Azure Vertical Market Computer Science Software Systems Embedded Systems Renewable Energy Interoperability Technical Issues Agile Methodology Quality Assurance Design Validation Defect Management Influencing Skills Quality Assessment Telecommunications Regression Testing Root Cause Analysis Systems Integration Reliability Testing Performance Testing Oracle Database 19c Hardware Components Microsoft SQL Servers Training And Development Communications Protocols C# (Programming Language) Go (Programming Language) System Integration Testing Python (Programming Language) Ethical Standards And Conduct System Integration Leadership Influencing Without Authority Continuous Improvement Process Systems Development Life Cycle Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) JavaScript (Programming Language) Application Programming Interface (API) +0
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