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Job DescriptionWe are seeking a Firmware QA Engineer with strong hands-on experience in test frameworks, embedded systems, and quality assurance processes. This role is critical in validating firmware used in field instrumentation, data acquisition systems, and control devices specific to the Oil & Gas industry.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and execute automated and manual test cases for embedded firmware used in Oil & Gas equipment.
- Develop and maintain test frameworks for regression, functional, integration, and system-level testing.
- Perform hands-on testing of devices, including sensor calibration validation, real-time data acquisition, and communication protocols (Modbus, CAN, HART, RS485, etc.).
- Analyze test results, log defects, and collaborate with development teams for root cause analysis and resolution.
- Ensure firmware meets safety, reliability, and compliance standards (API, ISO, IEC, etc.).
- Assist in development and execution of hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing strategies.
- Work with cross-functional teams to define test strategies, traceability matrices, and quality metrics.
- Support field deployment teams in testing and troubleshooting firmware-related issues under real-world conditions.
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Good hands-on experience in firmware QA/testing, preferably in a regulated or industrial environment.
- Strong hands-on experience with test frameworks like Google Test, Robot Framework, Unity (for C), or PyTest.
- Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Shell, etc.) for test automation.
- Experience testing embedded systems, RTOS, device drivers, and communication interfaces.
- Familiarity with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG debuggers, and other lab equipment.
- Working knowledge of SCADA, PLC, or industrial communication protocols is a plus.
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with firmware QA in the Oil & Gas, energy, or heavy industrial sector.
- Exposure to safety-critical systems or compliance with industry-specific QA standards (e.g., IEC 61508, API standards, ATEX, SIL).
- Experience with DevOps pipelines and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
- Knowledge of hardware bring-up testing and field deployment validation.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Hands-on experience in firmware QA/testing
- Experience with test frameworks like Google Test, Robot Framework, Unity, or PyTest
- Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Shell)
- Experience testing embedded systems, RTOS, device drivers
- Familiarity with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG debuggers
- Knowledge of SCADA and industrial communication protocols
- Experience in firmware QA in the Oil & Gas sector
- Experience with DevOps pipelines and CI/CD tools
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What We Do
Sensia represents the unification of sensing, intelligence and action. We bring together the best of the best: the pioneering process automation, real-time control and IoT technologies of Rockwell Automation, combined with the unmatched measurement and instrument, software and analytics capabilities of Schlumberger. Sensia is further strengthened by the oil and gas domain expertise and artificial lift experience shared by Rockwell Automation and Schlumberger. The result is Sensia - the leading automation specialist in oil and gas production, transportation and processing with a team of more than 1,000 experts serving customers globally in more than 80 countries. As the first fully-integrated oilfield automation solutions provider, Sensia makes the production, transportation and processing of oil and gas simpler, safer, more secure, more productive and better understood from end to end. Now every oil and gas company can experience the advantages of industrial-scale digitalization and seamless automation, enabling each asset to operate more productively and more profitably.
