Overview:
The Alliance Certification Test Tools Associate
for the Connectivity Standards Alliance will be responsible for day-to-day activities associated with the development and maintenance
of the Alliance’s technical tool set which includes member facing tools (i.e., test harnesses, certification tools, etc.), and other member-related technical support activities.
Job Duties:
Technical Toolset Management
(primary role)
• Help with the drafting, deployment, and response collection for Request for Proposals (RFP) for externally developed tools.
• Perform the development, documentation, training and support for internally developed tools.
• Maintenance of existing Alliance
technical tools.
• Manage the vendor relationship (support, ongoing maintenance) for externally sourced tools.
• Assist in the
IT infrastructure management for the Alliance (data backup/recovery for technical documents (technical and test specifications and other technical documents))
• Support Beta programs for Alliance tools in development.
Test Harness Development and Maintenance (primary role)
• Develop architecture and code to help expand existing Alliance test harness tools
• Provide technical plans and architecture outlines for new feature requests for test harnesses and tools
• Support
a development team of programmers within the Alliance Work Groups working on the development of new test harnesses and tools
• Maintenance and bugs fixes as needed.
Assessment of Authorized Test Service Providers (primary role)
• Maintain and develop working relationships with the Authorized Test Service Providers.
• Support the Test Service Provider validation process from the perspective of official test harness use and assessment of knowledge
• Support the maintenance & licensing of Alliance test harnesses
Technical Events (backup role)
• Support test event activities and recording of activity to meet Alliance requirements
• Leverage Alliance events as source for tools feedback and early deployment
• Assist in pre and post-test event activities related to the test harnesses and tools being used at the event
• Provide technical support to the Certification and Testing Team of the Alliance
Member / Non-Member Communications (backup role)
• Provide technical support to members relating to official Alliance test harnesses
• Provide technical support to members relating to Alliance processes and to non-members regarding the Alliance test harnesses
Certification Tools (backup role)
• Maintain and enhance web-based tools.
• Assist in the maintenance and support of Alliance certification test tools (including: licensing, bug reporting, revision management, etc.)
Additional Responsibilities
• Special Project Support, as requested.
Qualifications and experience:
The ideal candidate will exhibit the following attributes:
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology
• Specific coding experience with commonly used test harness programming languages
o Python
o C++
o C#
o Java
• Demonstrated knowledge of wireless communication principles
o Knowledge/experience with IEEE 802.15.4 based protocols and/or Zigbee
o Knowledge/experience with Internet Protocol (IP) v4 and v6
• Demonstrated experience of developing test tools and harnesses
Experience
• Experience of working with a small team of programmers
• Experience with web-based applications
• Strong communications skills and customer facing experience
• Self-starter and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working/collaborating across a geographically diverse team