Software Design Assurance Engineer - Mobile Devices

Collabera; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Mississauga is seeking a Software Design Assurance Engineer specializing in embedded systems. This full-time contract role requires strong technical skills, with responsibilities ranging from quality assessments to collaboration with development teams. Candidates should have at least 10 years of experience and a bachelor's degree in engineering. Join to contribute to innovative projects in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 10 years' experience in Software Engineering for embedded/mobile fields.
• Advanced knowledge of wireless technologies.
• Experience communicating across management levels.

Responsibilities

• Support quality assurance for embedded systems through program phases.
• Analyze quality metrics and manage software quality issues.
• Collaborate with product development teams to ensure quality deliverables.

Skills

Software QA automation

Wireless technologies

Effective communication

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Java

Python

JIRA

Confluence

Power BI

Job description

Software Design Assurance Engineer - Mobile Devices

Software Design Assurance Engineer - Mobile Devices

1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.

This range is provided by Collabera. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$40.00/hr - $40.00/hr

Direct message the job poster from Collabera

Senior Talent Specialist - Collabera | Creating the Next Together !

Job Summary:

The SW Design Assurance Team requires engineering skills in Embedded Systems. The SW Design Assurance Team supports Zebra's promise of quality to our customers and is responsible for ensuring products meet specifications throughout program phases—from SW components to assessment of entire design and implementation of final product.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The SW Design Assurance Team / Product Quality Engineering team is looking for a full-time contract engineer that has the technical skills associated with this position.

• Demonstrates extensive knowledge in design for Embedded Systems and cloud solutions quality, this entails knowledge of scanning, computer vision, and mobile devices.
• Experience in SW design, development, testing, and release management.
• Experience with Software Solutions as a Service, processes, automation tools, metrics, and KPIs.
• Working as part of a product development team, provides all quality deliverables required in the development and release processes at each phase with low level of coaching.
• Advising SW design engineering best practices including the application and testing of embedded SW and cloud systems.
• Escalate and manage SW quality issues to ensure the program is on the glide path to meet SW product quality release objectives.
• Ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of cause-and-effect relation between SW defects and potential impact and consequences to customers, enabling strong customer advocacy support, specifically in the technology of autonomous automation.
• Communicates proactively with all stakeholders about reliability analysis and results. Uses experience and knowledge to proactively identify risks to the project. Contributes to overall project leadership.
• Perform analysis of quality metrics, analysis of defect root cause and defect risk assessment, input decisions as to prioritization and severity of SW defects, represent customer vantage point for all quality related issues working directly with the design team.
• Develop Key Performance Indicators considering Customer Facing attributes, specifically applicable to embedded systems.
• Set up and conduct Release Readiness Review meetings and other key milestone reviews with the entire end-to-end product team according to prescribed methods.
• Acts independently to apply knowledge to highlight or resolve issues about design approach and conformance to standards.
• Contributes to innovation efforts by participating actively in brainstorming activities and actively benchmarking externally with other organizations on best practices in design assurance.

Job Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering field (Software Engineering, Computer Science)
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in Software Engineering and Computer Science for embedded/mobile related fields
• Advanced knowledge, skill, and problem-solving ability on wireless technologies
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Software QA automation experience working with any of the following technologies: Java, Python, etc.
• Knowledge of productivity tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Power BI, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in SW stability and performance strategies
• Experience with Android, Linux/embedded Windows architecture
• Work closely with Product Manager, SW Engineering team, Test leads and provide technical direction in design discussions, customer use cases and project reviews
• Experience communicating cross-functionally and across management levels in formal and informal settings
• Ability to actively engage business/technology partners, present, defend, and challenge technical recommendations
• Ability to deal with ambiguities effectively
• Advocate for the customer and drive for the highest quality at all levels of the product
• Instill best practices for software development and documentation
• Validated ability to deliver high-quality work on tight schedules
• Strong analytical skills and methodical, objective approach to problem solving

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Industries

  Manufacturing

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Collabera by 2x

Get notified about new Software Designer jobs in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Software Engineer, Backend (All Levels / All Teams)

Software Engineer I, Entry Level (Fall 2024-Spring 2025) - Toronto

Software Engineer, Full Stack (In-Person - Toronto)

Mobile Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Contract

We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.