Test/Lab Engineer

Our client in the automotive industry, is looking to hire a Test/Lab Engineer.

Responsibilities:

• Interface with development and test teams to understand lab, hardware, and automation requirements.
• Ensure sufficient lab hardware, automation nodes, and test benches are available to support the needs of the development community.
• Set up, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot lab equipment, including ECUs, development boards, power supplies, network equipment, displays, cabling, and related peripherals.
• Maintain lab equipment to ensure high availability, reliability, and optimal operational performance.
• Support hardware bring-up, validation, and recovery of failed or unresponsive test nodes.
• Analyze lab metrics, root-cause failures, and validate fixes.
• Monitor messaging platforms and provide timely support to development and test teams.
• Document lab configurations, troubleshooting procedures, known issues, and recovery steps.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, or a related field.
• 3+ year hands-on experience with hardware, embedded systems, or test benches, including basic power, cabling, connectivity, and device troubleshooting.
• Professional experience with Python development.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to root-cause problems creatively and effectively.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Highly motivated, self-starter, and resourceful.

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience with CI/CD systems, such as Jenkins.
• Experience with Ansible.
• Experience with batch and shell scripting for Windows and Linux environments.
• Experience with automotive ECUs, infotainment systems, connectivity modules, or similar embedded platforms.
• Experience with microcontrollers, development boards, or hardware debugging tools.
• Experience with automated testing environments and frameworks, such as PyTest.
• Experience with device flashing, provisioning, recovery, and test bench automation.
• Experience troubleshooting lab connectivity, including Ethernet, USB, serial, Wi-Fi, or CAN.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Waterloo, ON.

The pay range for this position is $33.00 - $38.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

This is a Contract position based out of Waterloo, ON.

This is a fully onsite position in Waterloo,ON.

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