Acara Solutions: Sr. Test Software Engineer (Temp)

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Client: Acara Solutions

Location: San Diego, United States

Contract: Temporary

Job Title: Sr. Test Software Engineer

Acara Solutions is seeking a Sr. Test Software Engineer to work with an electronics manufacturing organization located in San Diego, CA. This is an 18-month contract assignment. Hybrid position (3 days onsite, 2 days remote).

Compensation Range: $70 to $95/hr. DOE

Job Description:

• Develops test software LabVIEW applications for Manufacturing, Engineering and Supplier testing.
• Develops test software applications needed for proof of concept, feasibility validation and prototype evaluation.
• Researches new software technologies and proposes enhancements to the test tool software portfolio based on those new technologies. This includes LabVIEW applications, Matlab scripts and Test Stand sequences.
• Provides test software technical leadership and participates in technical discussions with cross functional teams.
• Investigates test software quality issues and proposes long-term solutions for software test tools.
• Evaluates the electrical, software, optical and electromagnetic components of the laser system and its modules in order to create test tools that cover all the necessary test cases.
• Creates technical presentations (software design architecture, test tool updates, etc.) and present those in cross functional review meetings.
• Creates engineering designs documents including block diagrams, software sequence diagrams, flow diagrams and other engineering design artifacts. Reviews documentation created by other team members.
• Selects off-the-shelf software components required for new and sustaining test tools.
• Works in cross-functional groups to create test software requirements documentation.
• Oversees technical development of software done by peer engineers. Mentors and trains junior engineers.

Required skills/qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field of study
• Minimum of 6 years of industry experience developing test software
• Solid programming experience developing LabVIEW applications
• Experience developing applications that interface with NI hardware: PXI DAQ Systems, Analog DAQ, Digital I/O, NI Vision, sbRIO.
• Experience developing applications that handle communication interfaces: RS232, RS422, CAN Bus / Device Net, Ethernet (TCP/IP, UDP, FTP), GPIB, SPI.

Preferred skills/qualifications:

• Master’s degree or higher
• NI Certified LabVIEW Developer
• Programming experience developing LabVIEW RT and LabVIEW FPGA applications
• Programming experience with NI Test Stand, Matlab and Python