Description:
Join us as a Senior R&D Lab Technician and take the lead in shaping the future of our research and development test lab in Montreal. In this role, you'll ensure our lab runs at its best, managing equipment, maintaining calibration, driving process efficiency, and supporting the automation of testing. Working within an Agile team, you'll help design and implement innovative test solutions for embedded intelligent devices, continuously improving tools and practices to deliver products that set the standard worldwide. This is a unique opportunity to grow your expertise in development and testing while contributing to products that make a real impact for customers across the globe. We're looking for someone who enjoys solving technical challenges, values collaboration, and is passionate about building reliable, connected technologies for the future.
Key Responsibilities:
Lab Operations & Compliance
Oversee the daily operations of the R&D test lab, ensuring equipment is properly maintained, calibrated, and used efficiently.
Manage inventory, procurement, and lifecycle of lab instruments and test setups.
Ensure adherence to safety and quality standards in all lab practices.
Testing & Validation
Develop, execute, and maintain test plans to verify and validate new product designs.
Document and analyze test results, providing actionable feedback to the development team.
Perform manual, sanity, smoke, regression, and other tests as required.
Automation & Tooling
Create and maintain automation scripts, tools, and test cases using Python.
Design and specify test fixtures for automation and collaborate on manufacturing test requirements for product industrialization.
Continuous Improvement & Collaboration
Drive process improvements to enhance quality, reduce costs, and improve efficiency.
Partner with test leads, managers, architects, and design teams to gather requirements, prioritize automation efforts, and deliver business value.
Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, including scrums, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
Qualifications:
Strong knowledge of functional and system-level testing.
Ability to work effectively with cross-functional and global teams, aligning on best practices and coding standards.
Proficiency in Python with experience in developing automated tests.
Solid understanding of electric circuit fundamentals.
Ability to read and create electronic schematic diagrams to understand product functionality and design test fixtures/jigs for embedded hardware.
Experience interfacing programmatically (using Python) with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, AC/DC power sources, multimeters, network devices, and PLCs/DAQ systems.
Strong interpersonal skills with a proactive, collaborative approach.
Results-oriented team player with the ability to work independently when needed.
Optional but valuable
Background with electrical/electronic products or tester lines.
Understanding of the product development life cycle, including Agile methodologies and integration testing.
Proficiency with bug tracking and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
We recognize that skills and competencies can be developed through a variety of experiences, both professional and personal. Even if you don't meet every single requirement listed, we still encourage you to apply. Your unique background and perspective could be exactly what we're looking for. Let us learn about you! Apply today. You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
