Senior Embedded Software Test Engineer - RTOS

Job Description

Work arrangement: This role is categorized as hybrid. The successful candidate is expected to report to Warren, MI or Austin, TX at least three times per week (or more frequently if dictated by business needs). 

The Role 

GM is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Test Engineer that ensures applications meet GM software and feature standards for functional, system, quality, security, performance and architecture requirements. The engineer must be able to drive advanced levels of test planning, execution and quality reporting of software applications through engagement with component developers, external system stakeholders, and sustaining/integration groups. This includes the creation and implementation of both automated and manual test cases and test execution plans. 

What You'll Do 

The Senior Embedded Software Test Engineer will perform reviews of business and software requirements, design verification plans, execute tests, log defects, and report test metrics and test status to the project teams. This role requires experience in platform and embedded low level system design validation, software test strategy and automation, creation of test process deliverables, test metric definition, and clear/concise result reporting. 

• Works closely with architects, system engineers, developers, and project/program managers to collaboratively provide successful and on-time delivery of projects with the highest possible quality. 

• Assists in maintaining optimal resource utilization across a functional area; calls out constraints and bandwidth limitations when appropriate. 

• Interacts with managers, technical leads, and peers to share information and clarify instructions, lead projects, build/automate/execute test plans, and assist in test strategy and process improvements. 

• Analyzes and reviews business and system requirements. Derives and produces accurate test estimates. 

• Ability to manage work across multiple projects and the ability to lead all testing activities on a feature/project. 

• Comfortable creating test cases that can be executed manually, when necessary, but designed and optimized to be automated; ability to write accompanying automation scripts using industry-standard tools and coding methodology should be ingrained 

• Executes manual and automated tests, troubleshoots script and test environment issues, triages and logs defects, and tracks progress to plan. 

• Logs, tracks, and verifies resolution of requirements and software defects. 

• Review test plans written by others and provide insightful feedback and assistance. 

• Evaluate and produce test and project metrics, and can speak knowledgeably to quality concerns and test blockers 

• Creates test-execution plans, categorizes and manages test suites, and proposes innovations in the testing process via tools, techniques, and process tweaks. 

• Over time, can act as an SME of the component, system, and business process domain. 

• Holds themselves and others accountable for demonstrating