Lead Engineer - Embedded SW Quality Test

CB1173 GEPR Energy Canada Inc; Markham; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova in Markham, Ontario is seeking a Test Engineer to join the Protection and Control team. You will test protection relay and networking products and contribute to test automation within the V&V process, ensuring high quality across the product line.

The role requires hands-on experience in embedded/firmware testing, knowledge of QA methodologies, and ability to work with hardware, software, and systems teams.

Qualifications

• Degree in electrical engineering or computer science related field.
• 3+ years in protection relay testing and QA.
• Onsite work availability.

Responsibilities

• Create and apply embedded test strategies and test plans.
• Perform regression testing to verify bug fixes and new features.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and systems teams to resolve defects.
• Develop knowledge of test management and logging across projects.
• Suggest improvements beyond defined parameters to address issues.

Skills

Manual testing

Automated testing

Analytical thinking

Communication

Performance testing

Cyber security testing

Defect logging

Defect tracking

QA methodologies

Power systems knowledge

Networking protocols

Education

Electrical engineering degree

BSc in Computer Science

Tools

Jira

Test management systems

Job description

Job Description Summary

At GE Vernova, we are tackling the world’s toughest energy challenges to deliver a more sustainable and reliable future. Our Protection and Control teams are the "first responders" of the power grid, building the advanced intelligence that keeps global infrastructure safe and efficient. If you are an engineer who thrives on solving complex problems and wants your work to have a tangible impact on the world’s power systems, we want you on our team. The Test Engineer will work with a cross-functional team including hardware design, systems engineering, software development, program, and project management to deliver best in class products for the global market. This position will be responsible for testing Protection relay and Networking products, as well as for contributing on the test automatization in the V&V (verification and validation) process. The V&V team has a key role in the R&D area, testing the products with a "customer view", including functional and application tests.

Job Description Roles and Responsibilities

• Ensures the quality of software products by creating and applying Embedded Software (Firmware) quality tests to a feature, set of features, or whole feature area.
• Works independently and contributes to the immediate team or to other teams across businesses.
• Develop, update, and define test strategies, plan tests, and execute test activities with the aim of improving the test strategy and the test management process based on the defined and determined critical metrics.
• Perform regression testing to verify that bug fixes and new features do not introduce defects elsewhere in the product.
• Developing in-depth knowledge of technical discipline and analytical thinking and technical experience to execute strategy.
• Uses good judgment and has ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters to address more complicated issues.
• Uses technical experience and analytical thinking to solve tasks.
• Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own teams to arrive at decisions.
• Collaborate and communicate with different teams and follow standard procedures to resolve unresolved issues and defects to appropriate internal departments.
• In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work.
• In-depth understanding of how the work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in electrical engineering, BSc in Computer Science, or a similar field.
• Minimum 3+ years of hands‑on experience in the field of protection relay testing and quality assurance.
• Available to work onsite.

Desired Characteristics

• Knowledge in testing concepts with good understanding in Manual testing and automated testing.
• Knowledge of capturing and diagnosing logs for any application crashes.
• Defect logging and defect tracking until bug closure.
• Using tools like Jira for bug tracking.
• Knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Knowledge/experience in Power Systems (electrical substations).
• Basic knowledge and understanding of network communication protocols including Modbus, DNP3, IEC 60870‑5‑103, IEC61850.
• Practical knowledge of defect tracking tools and test management systems.
• Excellent collaborator with strong oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent analytical skills and critical thinking skills.
• Experience with performance and/or cyber security testing.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver innovative ideas for products and processes.

#LI-SG1 Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard‑earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World. www.gevernova.com