Lead Firmware Development Engineer in Test

About the position

At Pentair, you will work along-side passionate problem-solvers who are committed to the future of our planet. We put our purpose into practice, inspiring people to move, improve and enjoy life's essential resources for happier, healthier lives. From our residential and business water solutions to our sustainable innovations and applications, our 10,500 global employees serve customers in more than 150 countries, working to help improve lives and the environment around the world. We have an opportunity for a IoT Edge Firmware Development Test Automation Lead to join our Apex, NC team.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a firmware development test automation leader responsible for design, definition, implementation, and delivery for the unit test automation framework at the edge.
• Own edge device firmware unit test automation framework and test script development to holistically test firmware, applications, and interfaces running on edge device.
• Technical responsibility for holistic review of feature set and code architecture with translation to test automation enhancement and baselining of test cases to optimize test automation code coverage and accuracy to ensure firmware and software quality assurance.
• Develop technical unit test requirements and design documents for firmware validation.
• Partner globally with firmware developers and other QA resources to ensure industry best practices in design, security, testability, and support.
• Develop automated execution and reporting within CI/CD pipeline to enable seamless handoff to global software quality assurance teams.
• Ensure alignment and allocation of global resources to execute on project deliverables and commitments.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in engineering, preferably in Computer Science or Electrical/Computer Engineering
• 10+ years' experience in firmware development/unit testing of Linux based embedded devices preferably using ARM 32/64-bit architecture.
• 5+ years' experience in unit test case/framework development for IoT device and edge for connectivity with a cloud backend using C++ or Python 3.0 for arm target platforms.
• Experience developing functional definitions to test features and capabilities, from device to cloud/app.
• Experience with cybersecurity best practices related to Linux/C++ based development libraries.
• 7+ years of experience in coding, testing, and debugging in C++ Linux preferably with ARM devices.
• Familiarity with Embedded systems multitasking patterns, IPC mechanism like shared memory, pipes and sockets, semaphores, multithreading, and synchronization in C++ Linux environment.
• Experience with Embedded UI in embedded C, C++ and familiarity with UI frameworks like Qt, GTK, LVGL, Storyboard and developing automation scripts to test Embedded UI is an added plus.
• Expertise in developing, testing, and utilizing RESTful APIs or gRPC.

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Generous 401(k)
• Employee stock purchase program
• Disability benefits
• Life insurance
• Critical illness insurance
• Accident insurance
• Parental leave
• Caregiver leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Wellness programs to encourage a healthy work/life balance