Certification Test Tools Associate (Contractor)

Overview:

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The Alliance Certification Test Tools Associate for the Connectivity Standards Alliance will be responsible for day-to-day activities associated with the development and maintenance of the Alliance’s technical tool set which includes member facing tools (i.e., test harnesses, certification tools, etc.), and other member-related technical support activities.

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Job Duties:

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Technical Toolset Management (primary role)

   • Help with the drafting, deployment, and response collection for Request for Proposals (RFP) for externally developed tools.

   • Perform the development, documentation, training and support for internally developed tools.

   • Maintenance of existing Alliance technical tools.

   • Manage the vendor relationship (support, ongoing maintenance) for externally sourced tools.

   • Assist in the IT infrastructure management for the Alliance (data backup/recovery for technical documents (technical and test specifications and other technical documents))

   • Support Beta programs for Alliance tools in development.

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Test Harness Development and Maintenance (primary role)

   • Develop architecture and code to help expand existing Alliance test harness tools

   • Provide technical plans and architecture outlines for new feature requests for test harnesses and tools

   • Support a development team of programmers within the Alliance Work Groups working on the development of new test harnesses and tools

   • Maintenance and bugs fixes as needed.

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Assessment of Authorized Test Service Providers (primary role)

   • Maintain and develop working relationships with the Authorized Test Service Providers.

   • Support the Test Service Provider validation process from the perspective of official test harness use and assessment of knowledge

   • Support the maintenance & licensing of Alliance test harnesses

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Technical Events (backup role)

   • Support test event activities and recording of activity to meet Alliance requirements

   • Leverage Alliance events as source for tools feedback and early deployment

   • Assist in pre and post-test event activities related to the test harnesses and tools being used at the event

   • Provide technical support to the Certification and Testing Team of the Alliance

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Member / Non-Member Communications (backup role)

   • Provide technical support to members relating to official Alliance test harnesses

   • Provide technical support to members relating to Alliance processes and to non-members regarding the Alliance test harnesses

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Certification Tools (backup role)

   • Maintain and enhance web-based tools.

   • Assist in the maintenance and support of Alliance certification test tools (including: licensing, bug reporting, revision management, etc.)

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Additional Responsibilities

   • Special Project Support, as requested.

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Qualifications

   • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology

   • Specific coding experience with commonly used test harness programming languages

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o Python

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o C++

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o C#

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o Java

   • Demonstrated knowledge of wireless communication principles

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o Knowledge/experience with IEEE 802.15.4 based protocols and/or Zigbee

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o Knowledge/experience with Internet Protocol (IP) v4 and v6

   • Demonstrated experience of developing test tools and harnesses

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Experience

   • Experience of working with a small team of programmers

   • Experience with web-based applications

   • Strong communications skills and customer facing experience

   • Self-starter and thrive in a fast-paced environment

   • Experience working/collaborating across a geographically diverse team