About 25% of the world’s drinking water leaks out of aging underground pipes before reaching anyone’s tap.  Echologics is helping to lead a global charge to change this through technological innovation.  Our innovative technology and services allow water utilities to manage their pipelines based on reliable information about their condition simply by placing sensors on valves and fire hydrants.  With custom-engineered technologies for detecting and locating leaks, as well as distinguishing healthy pipes from degraded ones, Echologics offers our customers a truly unique set of information-gathering tools.

Echologics is currently searching for a System Tester - Quality Assurance for our Toronto Office.  

Why Echologics:

• A DIVISION OF MUELLER WATER PRODUCTS, A LARGE AND STABLE US COMPANY LISTED ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE AND WITH OVER 150 YEARS OF HISTORY
• Cutting edge technology within the niche industry of leak detection
• Best Smart Water Solution 2015 & 2016 at the Smart Water Summit for EchoShore-DX
• Innovate@IWS 2016 award for next generation technologies in water sustainability
• Outside the box thinking colleagues with whom to collaborate and have fun
• Energetic, diverse, and inclusive culture
• Diverse global network of resources with visibility and support of a unique regional client base
• Demonstrated record of developing team members professionally and personally to reach their career goals and potential

The System Tester - Quality Assurance is highly motivated, proactive, detail oriented, and possesses strong communication skills. The successful candidate possesses a professional demeanor and ability to work very closely with all cross functional and remote organizations ensuring that the entire Quality Assurance and System Test phase is well orchestrated.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with Scrum team to support release planning, estimation, and delivery processes using Agile methodologies.

• Create detailed test cases, execute manual and automated function, integration, and regression test suites and maintain accurate status.

• Responsible for defect tracking, communication, and resolution.

• Drive and help to establish best practices and testing processes to ensure successful new product developments as measured by timeliness and quality.

• Develop, deploy, and maintain test automation scripts for the purpose of regression testing.

• Testing all aspects of system including acoustic leak detection algorithms, data networking and communications and user interface.

• Ability to help, develop, set up, and manage test environments encompassing water distribution infrastructure.

• May provide customer support when required and ensure timely, accurate, and complete resolution of customer reported items or questions to enhance customer satisfaction.

• Ability to work closely with hardware, software, firmware, and technical experts to assist in research, test, and development of all Echologics products.

• Works in compliance with the Mueller Water Products Core Values and Code of Conduct and all Environment, Health and Safety policies and procedures.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 3 - 5 years directly applicable Quality Assurance and System Integration experience.
• Experience with API testing using various tools (Postman, Swagger, REST, SOAP, etc.).
• Basic SQL Skills to select from tables and use joins etc.
• Possess test automation skills, experience and/or willingness to learn (Robert Framework, Selenium, Cypress, Python etc.).
• Familiarity with test case management, bug tracking and other QA tools.
• Experience working in Agile environment.
• Able to multitask and adapt quickly to changing priorities. Constant focus on delivering high quality and on-time results.
• Strong documentation skills and proficient with typical PC office applications.
• Working knowledge of data networking and communications protocols especially radio and cellular networks is desirable.
• Knowledge of water transmission and distribution infrastructure and techniques utilized for monitoring pipes or similar industry experience desirable.

·         Demonstrate a strong understanding of software development life cycle and Quality Assurance methodologies.

Echologics is committed to providing accommodation for people with disabilities.  Accommodation is available, upon request, for candidates participating in the recruitment process.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for interview will be contacted.

Required Skills Required Experience

• Associates or Bachelor’s Degree in related engineering field required.
• Mechanical/electrical background is necessary. Apprenticeship program or technical school background is desirable.
• Have adequate craft knowledge and skill to accurately estimate labor hours, material requirement and skills needed to complete a job.  Must have a demonstrated ability to visualize and communicate the execution of work.
• Should have good written and verbal communications skills and have demonstrated the ability to be approachable and tactful.
• Good math skills and computer skills.
• Good organizational skills. Demonstrated organizational and planning skills.
• Demonstrated ability to write and provide simple and accurate instructions.
• Demonstrated ability to read standard blueprints, machine and process drawings. Have the ability to sketch or redline existing drawings.
• Knowledge and understands the maintenance processes and proper use of the work order system, planning and scheduling and storeroom processes.
• Can manage multiple priorities or projects simultaneously and keep them progressing to completion.
• Must have a repetition which is respected by production, maintenance labor, maintenance management and store personnel.
• Intermediate or Expert Level knowledge of MS Office Project.