Senior Qa Engineer, Embedded

Hi, we are ecobee.

ecobee introduced the world’s first smart Wi-Fi thermostat to help millions of consumers save money, conserve energy, and bring home automation into their lives. That was just the beginning. We continue our pursuit to create technology that brings peace of mind into the home and allows people to focus on the moments that matter most. We take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment, all while being part of the exciting, connected home revolution.

In 2021, ecobee became a subsidiary of Generac Power Systems. Generac introduced the first affordable backup generator and later created the category of automatic home standby generator. The company is committed to sustainable, cleaner energy products poised to revolutionize the 21st century electrical grid. Together, we take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment.

Why we love to do what we do:

We’re helping build the world of tomorrow with solutions that improve everyday life while making a positive impact on the planet. Our products and services work in harmony to provide comfort, efficiency, and peace of mind for millions of homes and businesses. While we’re proud of what we’ve done so far, there’s still a lot we can do—and you can be part of it.

Join our extraordinary team.

We're a rapidly growing global tech company headquartered in Canada, in the heart of downtown Toronto, with a satellite office in Leeds, UK (and remote ecopeeps in the US). We get to work with some of North America and UK's leading professionals. Our colleagues are proud to bring their authentic selves to work, confident that what we do is grounded in a greater purpose. We’re always looking for curious, talented, and passionate people to join our team.

Who You'll Be Joining:

Joining the QA Department, you’ll work closely with the Product Stakeholders, UX designers, Developers, and other QA Engineers in a cross-functional agile environment. You will have the opportunity to be exposed to and get your hands on a variety of tools, gadgets, frameworks, and technologies. You will learn and shape the world of IoT.

We are looking for a Senior level, Embedded QA Engineer on our Energy / Platform Business Unit. The team’s vision is to build new IoT devices and improve existing ones, then integrate them to the company’s overall vision towards planet positivity and keep energy costs low for more homeowners across North America. You will be a key stakeholder in bringing that vision to life.

How You'll Make An Impact

You will advocate for quality, verify and validate, analyze and lower risks, and automate tests to help build great products. Your testing starts early in the cycle and your ideas and opinions matters from planning to deployment.

Whether you are testing monolithic applications or microservices, designing and maintaining test tools, creating and executing automated test cases, or performing end-to-end tests for our embedded products running the latest technologies, there are always exciting things to work on!

What You'll Bring To The Table

• You represent the QA team in cross-functional gatherings, and advocate for quality in decision making
• Your curiosity and resourcefulness allow you to not only find problems but to also provide creative solutions for solving them
• You are diligent with documenting your test plans, test cases, bug reports and any other research findings
• Extensive experience on software testing techniques, methodologies, and tools
• A critical thinker with passion for quality and software testing
• You are truly a tinkerer; you create your own apps and robots at home
• You enjoy working closely with developers in an agile environment
• Just so you know: The hired candidate will be required to complete a background check

As an Embedded QA Engineer, you have:

• You have done electronic design and PCB layouts
• Knowledge of Linux and Shell scripting
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, CircleCI or something similar
• Used Pytest, Selenium, Robot Framework or similar frameworks
• Experience with distributed version control tools such as GitHub or GitLab
• Deep understanding of Software QA methodologies, practices, and testing techniques
• “Bonus”: Knowledge of Docker and Container technologies
• Experience working with Embedded Firmware
• Strong coding skills in Python

What happens after you apply:

Application review. It will happen. By an actual person in Talent Acquisition. We get upwards of 100+ applications for some roles, it can take a few days, but every applicant can expect a note regarding their application status.

Interview Process:

• Round 2: Broken into two interviews which typically happen back-to-back;
• A 1.5 hour virtual interview with our QA Engineering Leadership team which focuses both on your industry knowledge and values.
• A 1.5 hour live coding interview with members of our QA Engineering team.
• Round 1: A 30-minute phone/video call with a member in Talent Acquisition

With ecobee, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Play a part on an exceptional culture: Enjoy a fun and casual workplace with an open concept office, located at Corus Quay. ecobee Leeds is based at our riverside office on the Calls.
• Expand your career: Learn with our in-house learning enablement team, and enjoy our generous professional learning budget.
• Celebrate diversity: Be part of a truly welcoming workplace. We offer a mentorship program and bias training.
• Put people first: Benefit from competitive salaries, health benefits, and a progressive Parental Top-Up Program (75% top-up or five bonus days off).
• Be part of something big: Get to work in a fresh, dynamic, and ever-growing industry.
• Make an environmental difference: Make a sustainable impact while on your daily job, and after it through programs like ecobee acts.

Are you interested? Let's make it work.

Our people are empowered to take ownership of their schedules with workflows that allow for flexible hours. Based on your job, you have an option of office, hybrid or fully remote work. It is our top priority to keep employees safe. As we continue to take measures to keep employees safe in our offices, we have adopted a mandatory vaccine policy to be present in the physical Toronto office or other ecobee sponsored events in Ontario as of November 1, 2021. As such, to be in our office, it is required to acknowledge a formal attestation and submit accompanying proof of vaccination status. For the foreseeable future, we will be conducting our interviews and onboarding sessions through video. New team members will also be starting remotely, with all necessary equipment provided and shipped to them.

We’re committed to inclusion and accommodation.

ecobee believes that openness and diversity make us better. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply regardless of race, gender, age, religion, identity, or any other aspect which makes them unique. Accommodations can be made upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Our recruitment team is happy to answer any questions candidates may have about virtual interviewing, onboarding, and future work locations. 

We’re up to incredible things. Come and be part of them.

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