System Test Engineer- Software & Hardware (Columbia, Maryland)

Mettler Toledo - Columbia, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Columbia, MD

Machinery Manufacturing

About the position

As our System Test Engineer, you will be responsible for testing software and hardware systems, both individually and as a system, along with related accessories. This role collaborates closely with developers, project managers, product managers, requirements engineers, and testers to ensure products meet user requirements and are properly tested according to current best practices. Guided by the product requirements, this position is also responsible for reporting issues and providing input to software and hardware teams based on testing results and performing cross-platform testing. Familiarity with hardware and software systems is essential for this position and you must be able to adopt and execute the concept of design of experiences (DoEs), objectively communicate issues, and suggest potential solutions clearly. Additional responsibilities will include working with hardware and software teams to improve system functionality, software robustness, and usability. You will design, develop, and maintain software test cases for software products and generate test artifacts. Conducting various types of testing, such as smoke testing, regression testing, and performance testing, will be crucial to ensure products meet design and behavioral expectations. You will also perform verification tests for instrument products and accessories, report bugs generated by testing activities in a manner consistent with current practices, and perform systems testing and troubleshooting to assist in identifying and solving product issues. Validating fixes to ensure effectiveness of corrective measures and avoiding the introduction of new bugs will be part of your duties. Additionally, you will provide recommendations for changes to existing test cases to improve breadth and depth of testing and update test cases to provide future testing coverage of customer-reported problems. Finally, managing and maintaining test tools and equipment to ensure they are in good working condition for testing and development activities will be essential.

Responsibilities

• Testing software and hardware systems individually and as a system, along with related accessories.
• Collaborating with developers, project managers, product managers, requirements engineers, and testers to ensure products meet user requirements.
• Reporting issues and providing input to software and hardware teams based on testing results.
• Performing cross-platform testing and adopting the concept of design of experiences (DoEs).
• Improving system functionality, software robustness, and usability in collaboration with hardware and software teams.
• Designing, developing, and maintaining software test cases for software products and generating test artifacts.
• Conducting smoke testing, regression testing, and performance testing to ensure products meet design and behavioral expectations.
• Performing verification tests for instrument products and accessories.
• Reporting bugs generated by testing activities in a consistent manner.
• Performing systems testing and troubleshooting to assist in identifying and solving product issues.
• Validating fixes to ensure effectiveness of corrective measures and avoiding introduction of new bugs.
• Providing recommendations for changes to existing test cases to improve testing coverage.
• Managing and maintaining test tools and equipment to ensure they are in good working condition.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer sciences, or related scientific field.
• Three years of experience in software and hardware testing.
• Experience in an instrument company or lab work environment is a plus.
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle, adapting to agile or waterfall methodologies as needed.
• Ability to work independently and in a team setting, comfortable interacting with a wide variety of subject matter experts, stakeholders, and global teams.
• SAP knowledge is a plus.
• Must be located within one hour of the Columbia, MD office for the hybrid work model.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in an instrument company or lab work environment.
• SAP knowledge.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision care coverage starting on date of hire.
• 401(k) savings plan with company matching.
• Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts.
• Parental and caregiver leave programs.
• Paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, Employee Assistance Program, and domestic partner benefits.