Senior Hardware Test Engineer

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world's manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 25,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that's you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Summary

Rockwell Automation is the largest company in the world dedicated to industrial automation and information. Here, we connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to make the world more intelligent, more connected, and more productive. From improving the production of medicines that boost human health to reducing waste in an oil and gas plant, the work we do changes how we live.

We truly believe we are doing things never before possible. And we need the brightest minds to help make that happen - the makers, the forward thinkers, the problem solvers. That's where you come in.

As a Senior Hardware Test Engineer, you will be a contributing member of a new product development team, responsible for test of hardware for embedded communication and control modules that support Rockwell Automation's Connected Enterprise & Linking Technology strategies.

This role reports to the Development Test Team Lead and is located in Chelmsford, MA.

What you will do

• Collaborate with design engineers to ensure product and functional requirements are created in a manner that supports logical testing.
• Create hardware validation and verification test plans that are based on product and industry standards, and traceable to product and functional requirements.
• Create hardware test strategies, test cases, and test specifications to support test plans.
• Design, build, and/or procure hardware test tools, equipment, platforms, and/or environments needed to support validation and verification tests.
• Develop schedules and estimate effort to support timely execution of test plans.
• Coordinate, execute, and track completion of validation and verification tests per the test schedules.
• As needed, lead and/or support research efforts to identify the root causes of test failures from EMC, shock and vibration, environmental, and other effects.
• Identify and report issues to the design engineers, document test results in formal test reports, and conduct formal test result reviews with the design team.
• Define and develop processes with supporting documentation that align with company initiatives.
• Develop expertise on relevant industry standards and participate in standards committees as needed.

Skills you have

• Experienced in various hardware test engineering areas of focus including functional verification test, system validation test, and traceability to requirements.
• Ability to collaborate with Electrical, Mechanical, Firmware, and Software engineering peers to ensure the timely development and test of high-quality products.

Basic qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, neither now nor in the future, for this job opening.
• Ability to travel up to 10%, including international destinations.

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of hardware test engineering experience, including the execution of validation and verification tests. Testing disciplines include electrical (EMC, functional, etc.) and mechanical (shock, vibration, environmental, etc.).
• Experience in the creation of test plans and test cases (procedures/specifications) to validate product compliance with the specified hardware requirements.
• Experience in the creation and/or specification of test automation equipment and routines in support of hardware tests.
• Experience in use of the "V-Model" for Product Development.
• Experience with requirement, test, and anomaly management tools such as Jama, qTest, and JIRA.
• Familiarity with the Change Control Board or triage process for test anomaly review.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methods.
• Ability to mentor/support team members on industry best practices, including anomaly entry and the overall test process.
• Two years of technical project leadership, project management, and/or engineering management experience.
• Experience with applying IEC/EN 60947 and/or other relevant industry standards, and/or experience as a participant in the development of industry standards.
• Excellent communication skills, along with the ability to read, write, and speak English fluently and with people at all levels.
• Familiarity with Rockwell Automation products (including Logix controllers and software tools) and/or other industrial control equipment.
• Ability to work independently.
• Flexibility to work within a changing environment.

"This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation".

We offer a Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can flex with your personal life.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.

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