Senior Product Tester

Job title: Senior Product Tester

Location: Pretoria, South Africa

Job responsibilities: 

• Develop, implement, and maintain testing standards to verify that all products align with market expectations and defined specifications.
• Independently design and build systems for automated product testing, ensuring completion within set timelines and budgets.
• Create detailed test strategies including test plans, cases, processes, and data for both manual and automated testing environments.
• Own the user acceptance testing (UAT) phase, offering valuable insights and data to support leadership in making informed decisions about product releases.
• Identify risks associated with products and deliver clear, objective reports to Engineering Managers, including suggested mitigation measures.
• Adhere to established standards and procedures for all testing activities.
• Execute rigorous system and component tests focused on factors such as load capacity, failover capabilities, and system recovery, based on the product’s requirements.
• Continuously test, assess, refine, and re-test modules and systems to uphold and improve product quality.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to investigate and resolve defects, ensuring comprehensive root cause analysis is performed and documented.
• Provide consistent testing status updates to stakeholders, detailing progress, challenges, and potential impacts on delivery timelines.
• Contribute to formal test procedure walkthroughs and team retrospective reviews.
• Apply advanced knowledge of testing methodologies to choose and implement the most effective techniques for each product or system.
• Gain deep insights into how end-users interact with the product to ensure all relevant usage scenarios are covered during testing.
• Understand the broader system architecture and design intentions as envisioned by the product team to ensure alignment with overall goals.

Offer on-site support to investigate and resolve complex or infrequent issues:

• Update test scripts to detect such issues during future acceptance testing
• Support the Technical Support team in identifying and resolving potential design-related issues
• Record and relay all findings to the appropriate R&D teams for further action
• Recommend improvements by identifying inefficiencies in existing workflows and suggesting process enhancements.
• Work closely within cross-functional teams, understanding the contributions and responsibilities of each discipline involved.
• Guide and mentor junior team members, fostering their technical growth and development.
• Conduct all work in a manner that reflects the organisation’s standards of professionalism and excellence.
• Keep current with emerging technologies to maximise the effectiveness of existing tools.
• Evaluate and introduce new tools that enhance development efficiency and improve testing accuracy.
• Experience with the use of design tools - preferably Altium Designer (Advanced experience in the use of design tools – preferably Altium Designer)
• Ability to read and understand Schematic Designs (Advanced understanding of Schematic Designs)  
• Able to use hand tools to develop jigs and or test equipment, (Drills, screwdrivers, soldering irons etc.)  
• Able to Write, Read and understand Software (Advanced understanding of software applications specifically C#)
• Understanding of Centurion System Products and their application

Thoroughly document and archive all work outputs, including:

• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Detailed designs for test equipment
• Testing goals, methods, and expected results
• Supporting calculations
• Project timelines
• Cost breakdowns for test rigs
• Test reports and outcome summaries
• All relevant project communications
• Well-commented code, version control logs, and detailed pull requests

Required qualifications/experience:

• BSc. in Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field (or BEng Tech Electronics)
• Minimum of 5 years proven experience in the field having worked as a Technician, Test Engineer, Quality Engineer or Electronic Engineer
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in designing and developing test beds and test equipment  
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience using C#
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience using Electronic CAD program preferably Altium
• Advantageous – Good understanding and application of CodeAsys, Function Block Diagram Programming and Ladder Programming

For more information, contact me directly or apply below.