Certification Test Tool Associate (Contractor)

Position location : Remote

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 and 2-3 years of development experience.
• Specific coding experience with commonly used test harness programming languages
• Python
• Java
• Demonstrated knowledge of wireless communication principles
• Knowledge / experience with IEEE 802.15.4 based protocols and / or Zigbee
• Knowledge / experience with Internet Protocol (IP) v4 and v6
• Demonstrated experience of developing test tools and harnesses

Experience

• 3 years’ experience of working with a small team of programmers
• 3 years’ experience with web-based applications
• Self-starter and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working / collaborating across a geographically diverse team

Submit your resume to careers@csa-iot.org

This is a remote position.

Last updated : 2024-04-24