Sr Test Automation Engineer

Overview

Remote
Depends on Experience
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 15 Month(s)

Skills

python
PAC
PLC

Job Details

Sr TEST AUTOMATION ENGINEER

Belden, Inc Bakersfield, CA,

12 Months

Responsibilities :

  • Automation Engineer will work with the test engineering and development team to help produce high quality ProSoft products
  • This person will be responsible for performing manual tests and then automating them for new products and product upgrade testing
  • The Test Automation Engineer will work with the team to create test plans and select reusable tests to automate
  • They will select and develop appropriate test automation tools, using a data-driven methodology, using python to interact with the module's application firmware operation and features, the hardware interfaces, configuration software, and a variety of control equipment, especially PLCs
  • This person will be comfortable doing network packet capture, wireframe analysis, doing Wireshark captures and analyzing the output
  • Plan and execute the validation of communication products and associated configuration software under development
  • Design formal test procedures and test plans from internal product design documentation as well as from external certification or industrial protocol standard requirements
  • Plan for the implementation of test automation to be flexible for future projects
  • Automate tests using python, to interact with industrial automation products and industrial network protocols
  • Integrate tests into the test management system, including strict traceability of versioning, and test outcomes
  • Assist in the investigation of functional and performance failures that are discovered during hardware, software, and integration testing
  • Create automated smoke tests, performance tests and formal reports based upon test result data

Required Skills and Experience

  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent.
  • 4+ years experience python programming
  • Experience with automated product testing
  • 4+ years Industrial Automation experience desired, including PAC/PLC and accompanying programming software
  • Industrial network experience desired, such as EtherNet/IP and Modbus
  • Proficiency in software development
  • Experience with python libraries and frameworks. Pytest and Selenium experience maybe an advantage.
  • Experience with troubleshooting and ensuring reliability of process control hardware and software operation.
  • Good project management skills
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