Overview: 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. Job Duties: 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. 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. 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 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 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 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.) Additional Responsibilities • Special Project Support, as requested. Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology • Specific coding experience with commonly used test harness programming languages o Python o C++ o C# o Java • Demonstrated knowledge of wireless communication principles o Knowledge/experience with IEEE 802.15.4 based protocols and/or Zigbee o Knowledge/experience with Internet Protocol (IP) v4 and v6 • Demonstrated experience of developing test tools and harnesses 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