Automated Test Engineer - GTRI-CIPHER-OPEN RANK

Overview:

The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit, applied research division of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Founded in 1934 as the Engineering Experiment Station, GTRI has grown to more than 2,900 employees, supporting eight laboratories in over 20 locations around the country and performing more than $940 million of problem-solving research annually for government and industry. GTRI's renowned researchers combine science, engineering, economics, policy, and technical expertise to solve complex problems for the U.S. federal government, state, and industry.   

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do: 

1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Project/Unit Description

Georgia Tech Research Institute's Cybersecurity, Information Protection, and Hardware Evaluation Research(CIPHER) Laboratory is currently seeking an information security researcher whose primary skills will be in security and networking for secure systems for on-going and new research. Candidates must enjoy working with open source software and cutting-edge technologies while focusing on the security of the system. Candidates will contribute to sponsored research projects and have an opportunity to interact with other scientists and engineers.

Job Purpose

The Automated Test Engineer develops automated testing solutions for simple to complex systems, including mixed environments incorporating hardware-in-the-loop testing. The Automated Test Engineer also develops and enhances automation frameworks, builds testing routines, and designs scripts that operate within those frameworks. In doing so, the Automated Test Engineer uses software scripting languages such as Java, JavaScript, C#, and Python. The Automated Test Engineer gains understanding of a target platform so they can devise the optimal testing approach and configurations, constructs automation which continuously identifies issues or errors, and directs developers to research likely or potential causes of found issues. In summary, the Automated Test Engineer performs the role of a test engineer with additional responsibilities including software development, integration, and debugging of system outputs.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply system engineering and test engineering principles to establish automated test infrastructures required to validate and verify product requirements
• Develop software scripts to implement User Interface (UI) testing, and/or system testing
• Convert manual test procedures into automated test procedures using automated test infrastructure
• Contribute to technical reports and presentations

Additional Responsibilities

Software Integration and Test play a role in integrating hardware and software environments to verify the complete system's behavior. Laboratory testing conducting on prototypes and/or complete hardware and software builds. It requires integration to evaluate the software compliance with its specified interfaces,functional and algorithm requirements, and performance. Software Integration and Testing will validate the interactions between the modules of a software system. It requires the verification of the software requirements specified in the Software Requirements Specification, Capability Document, or the SoftwareDesign Document. SEAD utilizes productive modern (Agile) and industry proven software development processes and environments.

The candidate will be an active engineering participant on the project team, perform integration and test tasks independently, and provide developed and tested software capabilities.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Experience with Linux, UNIX or Windows
• Knowledgeable in version control software such as GIT
• Experience successfully working with Developers, Architects, and Product Owners to give options for potential solutions
• Experience with