Software Engineer

Duration: 12 Months

Job Title: Automation Software Engineering.

  • Designs, develops, and maintains software applications for controlling electromechanical automated testers and systems.
  • Automation Software Engineer Requirements.

Experience Level:

  • At least 3 years experience in the specific role but may have some general working experience - focus on developing multiple types/categories of software including end-user applications and operating systems/utility software.

The work includes:

  • Conducting requirements gathering and analysis to understand the domain of the software problem and/or functionality, the interfaces between hardware and software, and the overall software characteristics.
  • Using programming, scripting, and/or database languages to write the software code.
  • Supporting software testing, deployment, maintenance, and evolution activities by correcting programming errors, responding to scope changes, and coding software enhancements.
  • Applying knowledge of software development best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Designs, develops, and maintain software applications for controlling electromechanical automated testers and systems.
  • Gaining exposure to some of the complex tasks within the job function.

Programming abilities:

  • Need to be proficient in programming languages like Python, Java, C/C++, LabView, and MATLAB.

Communication skills:

  • Need to be able to clearly communicate test results, testing requirements, and defects to stakeholders, developers, and tester.

Attention to detail:

  • Need to be able to tolerate a lot of trial and error to perfect a system.

Analytical skills:

  • Need to be able to analyze products properly during the software testing processes.

Other skills:

  • Automation engineers may also need to establish quality assurance processes and monitoring, troubleshooting automated processes, and identify new automation opportunities.