dcbel is a growing startup building next-generation hardware and software for a future lead by electric vehicles (EVs) and distributed energy technologies like solar panels and battery storage.

Our flagship product, dcbel Ara™, is the world’s first all-in-one smart energy appliance sitting at the heart of the modern energy ecosystem. Combining several breakthrough technologies into one elegant package, dcbel Ara™ offers the fastest home EV charging available on the market, allows you to use your EVs massive battery as a backup power source and connects with solar panels to power your EV and home with the free, unlimited power of the sun.

The opportunity

dcbel is looking to hire a QA developer to work in our growing Firmware/OS team. Reporting to the Lead Firmware Engineer, the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in developing, improving, and maintaining our firmware automated testing infrastructure as well as the required tests for our platforms for our growing product line.

Main responsibilities

• Manage and participate in the development of test plans; writing tests procedures, executing tests, writing test reports, and creating/tracking software problem reports.
• Identify and implement improvements in test coverage, cycle time reduction, scalability, and overall quality.
• Participation in formal software qualification or certification activities with third party and/or governmental standards.
• Architect and implement an automated test infrastructure for embedded systems.
• Ensure the correct ongoing functionality of the developed infrastructure.
• Write functional tests leveraging the architected infrastructure.
• Perform release management for the firmware/OS team.

Key requirements

• Bachelors’ degree in Engineering from top tier university, ideally a dual diploma in both Electrical and Software engineering or the equivalent.
• 3 to 5 years of experience with automated test frameworks (pytest, robot framework, xUnit, Lava, etc.).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines as applied to embedded systems.
• Demonstrated experience delivering consumer products involving custom-made hardware components.
• Recent experience with Azure DevOps and/or Jira.

Bonus skills

• Familiarity with industrial/embedded busses, (CAN, modbus, rs-232, ethernet).
• Familiarity with commands in controlling programmable test and measurement devices (SCPI).
• Familiarity with residential electrical installations, EV charging protocols and solar energy are all plusses.
• Knowledge of system safety and regulatory standards.
• Knowledge of requirements management tools, problem tracking tools, configuration management tools and test management tools (XRAY, R4J, JIRA, ...).
• Bilingual English and French.

Profile

• Entrepreneurial mindset, result oriented and strong EQ.
• Autonomous, have ease in learning, great teammate, communication and problem-solving skills.

What's in it for you

• Be part of a company that is backed by numerous globally respected investors and has world-changing patents in an industry changing for the first time in history.
• Grow your professional experience amongst blue chip partners and a close-knit team of committed and experienced energy experts who deeply care about the work they do.
• Enjoy a competitive benefits package including Health insurance, Health virtual care, employee Options plan and flexible hours and more.