R&d - Software Test Engineer (H/F)

Vervent Audio Holding is a manufacturer and distributor of high-end and luxury audio equipment. The Holding has over 40 years of experience in designing and manufacturing audio equipment such as home or professional studio speakers, headphones, car speakers and amplifiers.

Vervent Audio Holding is the holding company of Focal JMLab, world leader in high-fidelity solutions, and Naim Audio, British leader in electronic audio products.

Providing unique technologies and constant innovation Focal JMLab has been awarded the label “Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant” which acknowledges its expertise and unique « Made in France or Made in UK » manufacturing.

The two brands are united by the same expertise and commitment to excellence.

The Holding owns 3 manufacturing sites and employs has over 500 peoples:

- Focal’s dedicated cabinet-making facility: Bourbon-Lancy, France
- Focal’s manufacturing site : La Talaudière Saint-Étienne, France
- Naim’s manufacturing site: Wiltshire, United Kingdom

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:
Software Test
- Create and develop software test plans for the purpose of testing our products, resolving inconsistencies and issues without supervision. Liaise with Software Team to resolve.
- Create and develop, with internal and 3rd Party Software developers, test specifications. Test specifications will be reviewed by Software team.
- Manage the running and recording of these tests, proving compliance of software to specification, providing updates to R&D Test Manager for visibility.
- Support scripting and debugging of automation scripts in Python.
- Manage and delegate workloads with R&D Test Manager to the Software Test team and External test houses. Reporting back to the R&D Test Manager and Software Team with current schedules and concerns. This includes highlighting any test resource issues.
- Evaluate new strategies and tools to improve Software test process.
- Identify automation test opportunities.
- Planning and managing times for testing development cycles and regression times and feeding back to the R&D Test Manager and Project champions.

Production
- Liaise and co-ordinate with internal departments to produce coherent product releases in a timely fashion to agreed deadlines.
- Create programming environments for Naim production and ODM’s. This includes creating process instructions that are tailored for each environment.

External
- Interface to software and other teams including external third-party software houses to resolve issues and improve quality. Ensuring that the software releases are to agreed timescales.
- Manage meetings with Naim and 3rd Party staff to feedback requirements for Tools and strategies.
- Support Beta Forum releases when necessary.

Internal
- Assist Marketing/sales with technical support and planning of setup and demos at Hi-Fi shows and product launches when required.
- Support 8D investigation work by working with Naim departments and 3rd Party companies.
- Provide support for Technical Support team with customer issues and queries. Tracking all issues using OnTime and co-ordinating with Software team for releases.
- Organise training for Sales, Marketing and Technical support team to support requirements of understanding of Software releases and shows.
- Train junior test team members.

Compliance
- Support compliance requirements including working with third party test houses, including working with compliance hardware/software engineers.
- Support Non-SW certification requirements by providing instruction for 3rd party test houses.
- Liaise with Product Manager & Product Champion to ensure schedules are aligned with the Project Plan.

Your skills & requirements
- Degree qualified ideally in engineering discipline.
- ISTQB would be preferred but not essential.
- Well organised and able to work to tight deadlines - good time management;
- Flexible and proactive in approach to the role -positive attitude essential;
- Ability to work on own initiative;
- Excellent communication skills;
- Problem solving and analytical skills to identify the root cause and resolve performance blockages;
- Knowledge of Linux operating systems.
- Python.

Experience
- Proven track record in software testing environment.
- Commercial experience of software testing for consumer products is required.
- Proven experience of compliance programmes.
- Ability to do basic fault finding using ‘scope and DVM and basic test equipment and a logical fault finding mentality, and to report findings clearly.
- Use of standard software industry tools such as version control systems.
- Use of Wireshark for network trouble-shooting.
- Audio industry - recent active employment/internship in that field a further advantage.

Interest in high-end Hi-Fi products and knowledge of available technology and market would be beneficial.

**Come Join Our Team**

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