Test Engineer (Connected Services)

Why Join AVIRE?

Do you have an entrepreneurial mindset? Do you like being part of high growth, high impact environments? Are you looking for an opportunity to drive your designs through the lifecycle to successful production and market launch? If you have answered yes to these questions, we should connect!  

Avire is seeking a test technician to join our small, high impact engineering team. You will be supporting the development of emergency communication products that keep millions of people around the world safe, every single day. Working in a highly collaborative international environment, you will work under the direction of our Test Engineer in North America and closely with our UK and Barcelona-based R&D teams.

We are at the forefront of development of emergency communications systems and other safety-of-life products for the building services industry, with a particular focus on high-rise buildings. Your work will be critical to ensuring that building occupants, particularly less mobile occupants, and those with disabilities, are protected and able to communicate in the event of emergencies such as high-rise building fires.

You will play a key role in ensuring our products work first time, every time. We will offer you an environment that gives you the opportunity to hone your engineering skills and become a deep technical expert in both our products and the ecosystems into which they are being installed.

What you will do:

1. Developing and executing test cases across a range of emergency communications hardware and software products, including communications gateways and web-based software.
2. Developing automated test infrastructure for the functional and performance testing of both hardware and software.
3. Performing post-test data analysis and reporting.
4. Validating the interoperability of devices and services within the product ecosystem.
5. Creating test reports and documentation to assist with the investigation and resolution of issues.
6. Supporting the R&D teams (based in the UK & Spain) with the integration and test of products into the US market.
7. Assisting the technical support and field support teams to debug customer issues.

We want someone who displays:

• Action-Oriented Curiosity: You readily take on challenges, and you identify and seize new opportunities. You have an outstanding history of delivering on your projects. You work on the problems that truly need solving, and you effectively challenge the organization to be better. You can cut through the clutter and focus on the priorities that align with organizational objectives.  
• Collaboration: You embrace the unique experiences, viewpoints, and abilities of your teammates and proactively engage those differences to come to the best possible outcome. Creating an effective sales team is incredibly motivating to you, and you put your employees first recognizing that you succeed only when they succeed. 
• Empowerment: You thrive in an environment where you can make decisions. You do not shy away from taking a stand, and you recognize the importance of challenging the team to ensure that we strive for more. You also empower your employees to make decisions giving them the tools to do so successfully. 
• Accountability: You take responsibility for your actions, and you deliver on your commitments. You hold the members of your team to high standards while ensuring they have the support that they need to reach those lofty goals. 
• Inclusion: In all aspects of your work, you treat everyone with respect.  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields: Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Information Technology.
• Testing of networked/IOT devices, including detailed knowledge of the TCP/IP stack and tools and techniques for debugging network issues.
• Developing and maintaining automated test suites for both hardware and software applications.
• Experience working with CI infrastructure and test frameworks (e.g. Jenkins, Azure DevOps Test Plans, Terraform, Selenium, Playwright, etc.)
• Use of electronic test hardware including but not limited to oscilloscopes, function and signal generators, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers.
• Working with hardline (e.g. POTS) and wireless (4G/5G) telecommunications systems.

Who is AVIRE?

AVIRE combines 4 market-leading brands (Microkey, Janus, Memco and Rath) delivering emergency communications products that keep millions of people around the world safe, every single day. Each brand has a strong market presence, a unique identity, a distinct product range, and a long, successful history, dating back as far as 1971. The group has manufacturing locations in 3 countries, R&D centres in 2 countries and sales & marketing offices in 11 countries as well approximately 500 employees globally. 

Avire is part of the Halma group (www.halma.com). Halma offers very high levels of autonomy to its operating companies, while providing support when needed, with a particular focus on talent development and investment in people. 

See Our People & Culture – Halma plc for more information.  

If you’re interested in working for a business whose primary focus is to protect and improve the lives of people around the world, you’ve come to the right place. We aim to be a company that does good work, and that’s good to work for. 
 

Halma employs over 7,000 people in 45 subsidiary businesses based in over 20 countries. Through innovation and acquisition, we have developed a portfolio of market-leading companies within our three sectors: Safety, Medical, and Environmental & Analysis.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus plan
• Complete benefits package including health, dental & vision insurance, 401K, vacation, and generous parental leave
• Paid time off
• Professional development training opportunities

How do I apply?

If you are interested in learning more about the company and this position, please send your resume to: Kathryn.derse@avire-global.com.