Systems Test Engineer

Job Title: Electrical Test Engineer
Job Description

This role focuses on testing and validating high-voltage electrical products with IoT features and complex systems in a lab-based environment. You will design and execute comprehensive test plans, support test bench development, and collaborate closely with system design engineers and developers to ensure high-quality, reliable residential energy products such as solar inverters, batteries, EV chargers, smart panels, connected outlets, and smart lighting solutions. The position is 100% on site in a lab setting, offers a structured buddy system for support and knowledge sharing, and welcomes candidates who are recent graduates or have internship experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with system design engineers, developers, and stakeholders to understand project requirements and develop comprehensive test strategies.
• Plan, design, and maintain detailed test plans that cover functional, regression, integration, and performance testing for high-voltage electrical products with IoT features.
• Review use cases, system requirements, and product specifications to fully understand system and solution behavior, and translate system and sub-system requirements into clear test requirements and test plans.
• Create and execute detailed test cases and test scripts based on requirements and specifications, ensuring thorough coverage of all relevant scenarios.
• Manage traceability between the test plan, test cases, automation sequences, and requirements, ensuring clear linkage and coverage across all testing activities.
• Report test progress, results, and coverage to stakeholders, providing clear documentation and updates throughout the test lifecycle.
• Identify, document, and report defects, issues, and anomalies using a defect tracking system, and collaborate with engineering teams to help resolve them.
• Support the full test bench development lifecycle, including gathering requirements, contributing to design, assisting with implementation, and supporting ongoing maintenance.
• Use electrical testing equipment, instrumentation, and software tools to perform integration, verification, and validation of hardware and firmware.
• Debug hardware and firmware issues discovered during testing and provide clear feedback to design and development teams.
• Contribute to test system design and test automation to improve efficiency, repeatability, and coverage of testing activities.
• Work effectively in a dynamic, multi–time zone environment, coordinating with global teams as needed.
• Travel up to approximately 10% of the time for testing, collaboration, or lab-related activities as required.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent engineering degree, including degrees from BCIT.
• 1–3 years of experience in integration, verification, and validation of high-voltage electrical products with IoT features or similarly complex systems. (Candidates with strong internships or recent graduation will also be
• Experience in electrical hardware and firmware testing, including test system design, test automation, test plan development, and debugging hardware and firmware issues.
• Proficiency in using electrical testing equipment such as AC/DC power supplies, Keysight CDS, grid emulators, oscilloscopes, and related instrumentation.
• Ability to develop and execute detailed functional, regression, integration, and performance test cases and scripts.
• Experience working with defect tracking systems to log, track, and communicate issues and anomalies.
• Proficiency in systems engineering practices and familiarity with tools such as JAMA, Confluence, and JIRA.
• Ability to work effectively in dynamic, multi–time zone work environments.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to approximately 10% of the time.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Knowledge of software tools such as C++; this is preferred but not mandatory.
• Knowledge of EV communication standards such as ISO-15118/-20, OCPP, and DIN specifications.
• Experience in the design and development of power electronics products for electric vehicles or V2X applications.
• Experience with test engineering, validation, test procedure development, and test equipment management.
• Background in hardware, firmware, and electrical engineering principles relevant to high-voltage and IoT-enabled systems.
• Ability to manage traceability between test plans, test cases, automation sequences, and requirements.
• Comfort working in a structured lab environment with a buddy system for checks and balances.
• Interest in sustainability and residential energy solutions, including solar inverters, batteries, EV chargers, smart electrical panels, connected outlets, and smart lighting.

Work Environment

This position is 100% on site in a lab setting, working Monday through Friday. You will spend the majority of your time in a hardware test laboratory, using electrical testing equipment such as AC/DC power supplies, Keysight CDS, grid emulators, oscilloscopes, and other instrumentation to test high-voltage electrical products with IoT features. A buddy system in the lab provides checks and balances, mentorship, and support, especially for newer engineers or those coming from internships or academic programs. The work environment is dynamic and collaborative, involving coordination with teams across multiple time zones and occasional travel of up to approximately 10%. The culture emphasizes sustainability and the development of residential energy products that enable fully electric, intelligent homes and give users greater control over their energy usage while contributing positively to the environment.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Burnaby, BC.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $30.00 - $40.00/hr.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Burnaby,BC.

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