Watts is seeking a Test and Validation Engineer to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of cutting-edge Electronics and IoT products within their Heating & Hot Water Solutions (HHWS) Engineering team, supporting New Product Development (NPD).
Requirements
- Must have hands-on experience working with common scripting languages such as Python and/or Rust.
- Must have a some understanding of, and experience with, embedded Linux and or other real time operating systems.
- Must have experience analyzing and troubleshooting analog and digital circuits including schematics.
- Must be proficient in the use of electronic test instrumentations such as multi-meters, oscilloscopes, emulators, etc.
- 2+ years of technical experience in hardware and firmware testing and troubleshooting complex systems involving Software, Electronics, Automation, Controls, Instrumentation, and/or Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices.
- Version control and reporting approaches and tools such as GitHub, Gitlab or Jira.
- Most standard communications environments an protocols such as CAN bus, Modbus, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.
Responsibilities
- Testing and validation over the full product development process within the Stage Gate process, including:
- Review of product requirements and technical specifications to ensure appropriate test strategies can be designed and executed effectively and efficiently.
- Design, planning, execution and reporting on software, electronics and tests.
- Design, planning, execution and reporting on quality and reliability tests, e.g., HALT, MTTF
- Design, planning, execution, and reporting on product validation to meet customer and user performance expectations.
- Contributing to development and implementation of improvements to testing procedures and equipment to increase process efficiency and product quality
- Participate in project planning to ensure all testing and validation requirements are completed within the overall project schedule and timelines for milestones and deliverables.
Other
- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
- This position reports to VP, Engineering & Development.
- This role is onsite and is based in Blauvelt, NY.
- Ability to travel – up to 5%.
- Technologist diploma or bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline such as Electrical, Electronics and Communications, Systems, Software, Computer Science, or relevant experience
