QA Engineer

Aloxy is looking for a QA Engineer, with a keen interest in next generation Internet of Things technology for the energy and chemical industry. Do you want to join our journey?

About Aloxy

Aloxy (www.aloxy.io) is a young Belgium tech company that builds an Industrial IoT platform for the energy and chemical industry going from sensors, wireless communication and gateways to a cloud platform and integration with customer systems. Our vision is to make all industrial operations safer, more efficient, and sustainable, by unlocking data from unconnected assets leveraging digital technologies such as Internet of Things and data analytics. Aloxy is a spin-off of imec and Universiteit Antwerpen.

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Responsibilities

• Manage and improve the quality of the client’s software products.
• Participate in QA of new features, including creating and executing test plans, identifying bugs, and coordinating with developers and product managers.
• Identify gaps in existing test suites and collaborate with the development team to enhance test coverage.
• Set up centralized test management, integrating all automated and manual test scenarios, including unit tests, integration tests, end-to-end tests, and physical test benches.
• Analyze data captured from deployed sensors to gain insights into QA issues.
• Diagnose quality issues or bugs from the field, support advanced troubleshooting and root-cause analysis, and act as a bridge between customer success and the development team.
• Manage field measurement campaigns at customer sites to learn from edge cases identified in real-world environments.
• Set up and maintain test environments for both manual and automated testing.
• Develop end-to-end tests to integrate the software with third-party SCADA software.
• Guide load-testing and pen-testing efforts to assess system performance and security.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in software testing and QA.
• Technical background with an affinity for software development.
• Familiarity with concepts like HTTP APIs, JSON, MQTT, etc.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with a focus on quality; a natural curiosity to explore edge cases and attention to detail.
• Hands-on, proactive, and problem-solving mindset.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to perform data analytics on captured data using tools like SQL, Python, or Snowflake.
• Understanding of automated tests in Python or Kotlin is a plus; the ability to write test code is advantageous.
• Experience with regulatory compliance and working with external test labs is beneficial.

Automated testing practices in place:

• Integration test scenarios: Simulating sensor behavior and validating results.
• End-to-End testing: Utilizing programmable sensor test benches for calibration, movements, and data validation.
• Specific test benches: Bootloader tests, RF/LoRaWAN precompliance tests, battery profiling, vibration, and rotational speed testing.
• Unit testing: Covering backend, firmware, and sensor algorithm tests using raw samples from the field.

If you’re driven to set and maintain the highest standards in software quality and are excited to work in an innovative IIoT environment, this could be your next career move!

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