QA Engineer - Bluetooth
Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Hardware
Are you a person with a creative mindset? Are you passionate about quality? We are looking for a Bluetooth industry expert who has worked in that field to assess software and hardware quality through testing of a wide range of Bluetooth devices on Apple's macOS based products. Someone who understands the capabilities and limitations of bluetooth technologies and can use this to help expose hardware and system software issues on Apple products.
In this role, you should have a keen eye for detail and excellent interpersonal skills. You will join a dynamic team responsible for qualifying the latest company products, having a direct influence on the product quality and user experience all over the world.
Description
Daily test operations, identifying Mac hardware/software issues, designing test plans, developing tests and supporting data in a bluetooth QA capacity.
Working on-site on new hardware programs in development.
Test interoperability of Apple and 3rd Party Bluetooth devices in multiple test environments and ecosystems.
Collaborate with internal QA and Engineering teams to identify test coverage, escalation and prioritisation of issues reported.
Identify, record, document testing and issues thoroughly and drive issues to resolution.
Utilise tools including wireless and Bluetooth packet sniffers and network protocol analysers to help identify root cause and provide debugging information to engineering teams.
Review new features and technologies critically to devise new test strategies.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors/Masters Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Strong working knowledge of Bluetooth technologies (BT classic, BLE, BT5.0, BT/WLAN co-existence).
- Understanding of Bluetooth protocols with a deep understanding of hardware technology, equipment and techniques used in industry.
- The ability to critically assess the quality and interoperability of bluetooth devices, software applications and customer workflows.
- Hands-on experience with automated testing tools with the ability to write and execute automation/scripting.
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous QA experience desirable.
- Ability to identify key performance indicators as a measure of Bluetooth quality.
- Experience of identifying and collecting Bluetooth metrics.