The Role
Design and maintain firmware test environments and automated test scripts, document test strategies, integrate tests into CI/CD, collaborate with dev and QA teams, and drive firmware quality improvements through embedded testing, data analysis, and lab equipment validation.
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Hardware at TRACTIAN
What you'll do
Responsibilities
Requirements
Bonus Points
Compensation & Benefits
The Hardware team is responsible for designing and improving our IoT devices, dealing with every step of the development process, ranging from PCB design, firmware programming, case design, validations and certifications, always aiming to build trustworthy products that can be produced at a mass scale.
As a Firmware QA Analyst, you will take on the crucial responsibility of ensuring the quality, functionality, and reliability of our firmware products. You’ll serve as the last line of defense, protecting our customers from potential headaches and ensuring they experience only the best our technology has to offer. In this role, you will not only test and validate firmware but also champion a culture of continuous improvement across the organization. Your attention to detail and commitment to excellence will make you an advocate for firmware enhancements, driving our innovation forward. This is your opportunity to make a direct impact on the satisfaction of our customers and the success of our products.
Responsibilities
- Building and Managing Test Environments: Design, implement, and maintain test environments to simulate real-world scenarios, ensuring thorough validation of firmware functionality and performance.
- Developing and Automating Test Scripts: Create and maintain unit and automated test scripts to validate individual firmware modules and overall system behavior, ensuring comprehensive test coverage.
- Documenting Testing Processes: Develop and maintain detailed documentation for test strategies, plans, cases, and methodologies, establishing clear and consistent testing guidelines across the team.
- Integrating Testing into CI/CD Pipelines: Collaborate with the development team to embed automated testing into the CI/CD pipeline, enabling frequent and reliable testing for continuous delivery of high-quality firmware.
- Ensuring Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with QA and development teams to identify and address testing gaps, improving processes and ensuring timely, high-quality releases.
- Driving Firmware Quality Improvements: Act as a key stakeholder in the firmware lifecycle, advocating for quality-first approaches and ensuring the final product meets customer expectations and industry standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience working with electronics or firmware engineering.
- Familiarity with data acquisition, processing, and logging techniques for embedded testing purposes.
- Understanding of data analysis methods and their application in firmware testing.
- Proficiency with development tools such as VSCode and GitHub.
- Hands-on experience with scripting languages, including Python and MATLAB.
- Knowledge of embedded systems, with the ability to integrate modules and customize test equipment or environments.
- Familiarity with the C programming language.
- Practical experience working with laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, DAQs, multimeters, and power supplies.
Bonus Points
- Familiarity with test implementations in a TDD or BDD environment.
- Familiarity with C++ programming language.
- Experience with firmware concepts, like RTOS, HAL, and other drivers.
- Experience with GitHub Actions, for CI/CD implementations.
- Excellent analytical skills.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary and stock options
- 30 days of paid annual leave
- Education and courses stipend
- Earn a trip anywhere in the world every 4 years
- R$1.035/month for meals allowance
- Health plan with national coverage and without coparticipation
- Dental Insurance: we help you with dental treatment for a better quality of life
- Wellhub and Sports Incentive: R$300/mo extra if you practice activities
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience working with electronics or firmware engineering.
- Familiarity with data acquisition, processing, and logging techniques for embedded testing purposes.
- Understanding of data analysis methods and their application in firmware testing.
- Proficiency with development tools such as VSCode and GitHub.
- Hands-on experience with scripting languages, including Python and MATLAB.
- Knowledge of embedded systems, with the ability to integrate modules and customize test equipment or environments.
- Familiarity with the C programming language.
- Practical experience working with laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, DAQs, multimeters, and power supplies.
- Familiarity with test implementations in a TDD or BDD environment.
- Familiarity with C++ programming language.
- Experience with firmware concepts, like RTOS, HAL, and other drivers.
- Experience with GitHub Actions, for CI/CD implementations.
- Excellent analytical skills.
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The Company
What We Do
Tractian is a machine-intelligence company delivering integrated hardware, cloud software and AI to prevent machine failures and boost industrial uptime. Their offering combines vibration and condition sensors, TracOS maintenance-management software, and AI-driven analytics to enable predictive maintenance, energy optimization and operational visibility for factories and asset-heavy operations globally.
