Test Engineer II, Gateway Integration and Test

Iridium Satellite - Chandler, AZ

Full-time

Chandler, AZ

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Gateway Integration & Test Engineer II at Iridium is responsible for contributing to the research, development, testing, and sustaining engineering activities of the company's satellite communication services and ground infrastructure. This role focuses on verifying the reliability and robustness of Iridium products and communication services, requiring a self-reliant individual who is committed to the long-term success of their work.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with software, hardware, and system development engineers
• Integrate, maintain and operate gateway hardware, lab hardware and software systems
• Implement and maintain communication products automated test system and software
• Develop scripts and/or systems to automatically test and validate products, collect test artifacts, produce product test metrics and generate reports
• Recreate and isolate reported software and/or hardware defects using test infrastructure and document non-compliances
• Identify test, programmatic, and services implementation risks within your scope
• Research and implement hardware upgrades of ground infrastructure and test systems
• Maintain configuration management of the test automation software and scripts
• Decompose requirements into verifiable test objectives
• Analyze test results; generate and present reports based on test execution and analysis
• Conduct on-site customer acceptance tests

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field experience
• 2+ years' experience with test execution and analysis, test automation, and/or software development
• Experience developing software in C, C++, C#, Java, Python and/or other computer languages
• General knowledge of systems integration
• A good understanding of software development and production best practices
• General systems and/or troubleshooting experience
• A solid understanding of Linux and/or Unix operating systems
• The ability to appropriately and safely work with laboratory test equipment (network analyzers, state machine driven traffic simulators, protocol analyzers, etc.)
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Windows and Office product suite
• A results-driven mindset with a sense of ownership
• A drive for continuous innovation, adding value, and reducing cycle time and cost
• A desire to develop professionally, continuously learn, and share knowledge with others

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of network switches and routers
• Cisco or other network certifications
• Previous experience with software management tools (JIRA and/or Bamboo)
• Agile software development process
• High-availability software and hardware systems
• Machine virtualization, specifically VMware Desktop and ESXi
• Databases such as Oracle, MySQL, and/or SQL Server