Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer-Chassis Controls

General Motors • Milford, MI

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer to help us elevate our software built-in quality to the next level in the Vehicle Mechatronics Embedded Controls (VMEC) organization! In this role you will be using Agile methods, such as behavior driven development (BDD), to collaborate with product owners, developers, and lead a team of testers to ideate, create, and execute software behavior tests for the next generation of GM embedded controllers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Mechatronic, Software, Electrical, or Computer Engineering.
• 7+ years of embedded software development or test experience.
• Proficient with Python or other similar scripting languages (R, C, C++, MATLAB, VBA, or equivalent programming language).
• Experience reading and debugging source code in C/C++ language.
• Experience with JIRA, GIT, Rhapsody, Optimus and Scaled Agile Framework.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree in Mechanical, Mechatronic, Software, Electrical, or Computer Engineering.
• High level of interpersonal skills to work effectively in a geographically dispersed organization.
• Knowledge of applied controls theory at the system level.
• Working knowledge of the software development process.
• Test automation (e.g., Jenkins), regression testing, and test procedure creation.
• Knowledge of chassis software features, functions, and dependencies.
• Software-in-the-loop / controller virtualization test environment experience.
• Hardware-in-the-loop test environment experience, including dSPACE ControlDesk.
• CppUTest environment experience.
• MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow experience.
• Vehicle Dynamics / CarSim experience.
• Communication protocol and tool experience (Automotive Ethernet, CAN, LIN, diagnostics, ETAS INCA, Intrepid NeoVI/VSpy/Comet/Galaxy, Vector CANoe/CANape tools).

Responsibilities

• Act as Scrum Lead, Scrum Manager, or subject matter expert for a Solution Quality Assurance Team, mentoring new team members and driving process and efficiency improvements.
• Develop comprehensive test plans for the team and lead test case development to assess software products at the solution level.
• Identify software anomalies, missed requirements and performance issues early in the development process.
• Develop robust continuous automation methods using tools such the robot framework.
• Understand functional, safety, and compliance requirements, implementing appropriate test plans and setups.
• Execute test plans on a variety of test environments such as hardware and software in-the-loop simulators, and vehicles.
• Identify and resolve software problems; contribute to the team knowledge base so common software errors, corner case situations and other learnings can be retained and shared.
• Frequently collaborate with controls, diagnostic, and software cross-functional teams as well as other stakeholders to define effective acceptance criteria.
• Travel as required.

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior