Associate Engineer QA

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Hi, we are ecobee. ecobee introduced the world's first smart Wi-Fi thermostat to help millions of consumers save money, conserve energy, and bring home automation into their lives. That was just the beginning. We continue our pursuit to create technology that brings peace of mind into the home and allows people to focus on the moments that matter most. We take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment, all while being part of the exciting, connected home revolution. In 2021, ecobee became a subsidiary of Generac Power Systems. Generac introduced the first affordable backup generator and later created the category of automatic home standby generator. The company is committed to sustainable, cleaner energy products poised to revolutionize the 21st century electrical grid. Together, we take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment. Why we love to do what we do: We're helping build the world of tomorrow with solutions that improve everyday life while making a positive impact on the planet. Our products and services work in harmony to provide comfort, efficiency, and peace of mind for millions of homes and businesses. While we're proud of what we've done so far, there's still a lot we can do-and you can be part of it. Join our extraordinary team. We're a rapidly growing global tech company headquartered in Canada, in the heart of downtown Toronto, with an office in Leeds, UK, and remote ecopeeps in the US. We get to work with some of North America and UK's leading professionals. Our colleagues are proud to bring their authentic selves to work, confident that what we do is grounded in a greater purpose. We're always looking for curious, talented, and passionate people to join our team. Who You'll be Joining: Our Embedded QA team is looking for an Associate QA Engineer to work within the Device Platform group. You'll work closely with the Product Stakeholders, Firmware Developers, Hardware Engineers, and other QA Engineers in a cross-functional agile environment. You will have the opportunity to be exposed to and get your hands on a variety of tools, framework, and technologies. You will advocate quality, verify and validate, analyze and lower risks, and automate tests to help build great products. Your testing starts early in the cycle, and your ideas and opinion matters from planning to deployment. Whether you are enhancing our automation infrastructure, developing new test fixtures, or writing and executing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests for our latest features, there are always exciting things to work on! This role follows a hybrid schedule, with in-office work required on Wednesdays and Thursdays to support collaboration, and flexibility to work remotely for the remainder of the week. How You'll Make an Impact: Design, develop, and execute automated test scripts within our existing frameworks to expand automation coverage for new firmware features and connectivity protocols. Perform comprehensive system-level testing, including functional, integration, regression, and performance testing for embedded firmware, hardware interaction, and application software. Maintain and troubleshoot lab testing infrastructure and test tools, ensuring hardware setups are reliable for automated runs. Collaborate closely with embedded software engineers to improve code testability and define test requirements. Develop and maintain clear documentation for testing patterns, best practices, test plans, test cases, bug reports and any other research findings. Participate in all Agile activities, including sprint planning, code reviews, and design discussions, to ensure quality is embedded throughout the development lifecycle. Represent the QA team in cross-functional gatherings, and advocate for quality in decision making. What You'll Bring to the Table: A critical thinker with passion for quality and software testing. You have a natural sense of curiosity and always find yourself tinkering with your gadgets. Your resourcefulness allows you to not only find problems but to also provide creative solutions. Strong coding skills in Python, C or C++. Experience with Embedded Firmware. Experience on software testing techniques, methodologies, and tools. You have used Selenium, Robot Framework or similar frameworks. You have done electronic design and PCB layouts. Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and/or GitHub Actions. You enjoy working in an agile environment. Just so you know: The hired candidate will be required to complete a background check. What happens after you apply: Your application will be reviewed by an actual person in Talent Acquisition. As we sometimes receive upwards of 100+ applications for our roles, it can take a few days, but every applicant can expect an update regarding their status. Interview Process: Initial Screen: A 30-minute phone call with a member of the Talent Acquisition team. Technical Assessment: A 90-minute technical deep-dive interview wi

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