Software Quality Engineer
Polaris - Wyoming, MN
posted 1 day ago
About the position
At Polaris Inc., we have fun doing what we love by driving change and innovation. We empower employees to take on challenging assignments and roles with an elevated level of responsibility in our agile working environment. Our people make us who we are, and we create incredible products and experiences that empower us to THINK OUTSIDE. Looking for a Software Quality Engineer who is passionate, systems thinking, customer centric, experienced individual to make an impact on Vehicle Electronics and Software displays features. You're a people first, proactive long-term thinker, who strives to drive improvements into the people, processes, technologies, and foster a quality mindset for the team and Strategic Business Units. You will be working with internal software development and cross-functional quality teams supporting proactive and reactive quality for industry leading powersports control systems. You will lead efforts to define key performance characteristics for new rider driven control system features and work closely with validation teams to develop test cases to demonstrate features comply with KPC targets. You'll be a critical team member executing daily to improve process efficiency and better detect, measure, and prevent issues/bugs from making it into the control system features you support. In this role, you will communicate the state of quality, and any risks, back to the product stakeholders for both released products and products currently in development. You'll be responsible for owning and iterating the comprehensive quality strategy for your features and working closely with quality, development, and production partners to enhance the overall product quality. You'll leverage data and risk analysis to course correct and help guide the team's direction, using customer feedback, monitoring historical trends for insight, and guide the team and our technology to create the right impact at the right time.
Responsibilities
- Drive the 'end to end' quality and test strategy for complex features within products that releases quickly and regularly
- Collaborate with software and data engineers to design, create, and leverage data insight, existing automation, and tooling solutions to accelerate the team's ability to achieve test coverage and provide insight on product quality and functionality
- Develop manual test approaches for owned features where necessary, and partner with global teams to collaborate on execution
- Take successes and failures and proactively share them with the broader organization, driving up the capabilities of the larger team
- Build collaborative relationships across disciplines and organizational boundaries
- Help build and foster a Quality first mindset
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years software industry experience
- 2+ years experience using data, automation, control systems to inform and generate discussions and make decisions and evaluations regarding product quality
- Experience with embedded control system development/testing tools: Python, object-oriented programming, dSpace HIL, ETAS, NI, CAN/J1939/UDS, MATLAB/Simulink, Git, etc
- Solid interpersonal skills and excellent written and oral communication capabilities, able to work across time zones, regions, cultures, disciplines, and personalities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Takes initiative, is self-directed, and drives issues to conclusion
- Has an open mindset and strives for win-win outcomes
- Experience contributing as an engineer on a quality team through multiple ship cycles
- Experience representing both internal and external customers
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Market-leading profit-sharing plan
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- Discounted employee stock purchases plan
- Generous matching contribution to 401(k)
- Financial wellness education and consultation
- Comprehensive suite of benefits including health, dental, and vision insurance
- Wellness programs
- Paid time off
- Gym & personal training reimbursement
- Life insurance and disability offerings
- Paid volunteer time off through Polaris Foundation and Polaris Gives
