Product Testing Engineer

Carrier; Cidade da Maia; Presencial; EUR 22 000 - 44 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Carrier is seeking a Product Testing Engineer in Porto, Portugal to ensure quality, functionality, and reliability before releases reach serial production. You will validate projects, firmware, and new features, ensuring coverage and documenting edge cases.

The role demands hands-on testing, development of validation setups, and collaboration with multiple engineering teams to accelerate testing while maintaining realism and accuracy.

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
• Strong understanding of electronics, circuits, debugging, and measurement tools.

Responsabilidades

• Execute comprehensive validation and characterization tests for products, projects, firmware releases, and new features.
• Ensure all project releases meet high quality standards and follow validation criteria.
• Improve existing tests and create new test procedures to increase efficiency and depth.
• Design and implement validation setups and testing equipment to support automated and manual testing.
• Automate repetitive testing tasks to increase speed, consistency, and accuracy.
• Collaborate with development and production engineering teams to ensure testing alignment and address discovered issues.
• Characterize product performance, analyze test results, and report findings clearly.
• Support validation at the production line when required (automation, test fixtures, data analysis, etc.).
• Document test results, defects, edge cases, and improvement opportunities.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, tooling, and testing methodologies.

Conhecimentos

Electronics knowledge

Debugging skills

Test design

Analytical thinking

Firmware understanding

Documentation skills

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Quality focus

Formação académica

Electrical Engineering

Ferramentas

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

Power analyzers

Test automation tools

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Role:Product Testing Engineer

Location:Portugal, Porto

Type of contract:Permanent, full-time

Carrier is the leading worldwide provider of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, fire, security, and cold chain solutions. We invented the modern air conditioning, and our team of pioneers and innovators have a long history of developing new technologies.

Addvolt, now part of Carrier, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, delivers advanced electrification technology, integrated power management and power electronics capabilities ____ for transport refrigeration and auxiliary systems.__ Driving innovation in the electrification and decarbonization of onboard systems for refrigerated trailers, trucks, vans and containers, Addvolt empowers fleets to avoid fuel usage, reduce major emissions and operate efficiently at a remarkably low noise level. By combining Addvolt’s innovative power solutions with Carrier Transicold’s expertise in transport refrigeration, we are enhancing the value we deliver to fleets, original equipment manufacturers and logistics operators worldwide. Together with Carrier, we are accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, efficient and intelligent cold chain.

Purpose of the Role

The Product Testing Engineer plays a crucial role in ensuring product quality, functionality, and reliability before any project, feature, or firmware release reaches serial production.
This role exists to:

• Validate and test projects, firmware releases, and new product features
• Ensure test coverage meets the full project scope
• Identify, document, and report edge cases and unexpected behaviors
• Improve overall product quality before customer delivery
• Develop and maintain advanced validation setups that support both the Product Testing team and other engineering teams
• Accelerate testing processes while ensuring accuracy and realism by emulating real‑world product usage

The ultimate mission is to enhance product robustness, reduce failures in the field, and support continuous improvement across the engineering organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute comprehensive validation and characterization tests for products, projects, firmware releases, and new features
• Ensure all project releases meet high quality standards and follow validation criteria
• Improve existing tests and create new test procedures to increase efficiency and depth
• Design and implement validation setups and testing equipment to support automated and manual testing
• Automate repetitive testing tasks to increase speed, consistency, and accuracy
• Collaborate with development and production engineering teams to ensure testing alignment and address discovered issues
• Characterize product performance, analyze test results, and report findings clearly
• Support validation at the production line when required (automation, test fixtures, data analysis, etc.)
• Document test results, defects, edge cases, and improvement opportunities
• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, tooling, and testing methodologies

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field
• Strong understanding of electronics, circuits, debugging, and measurement tools (oscilloscope, multimeter, power analyzers, etc.)
• Ability to design and execute tests with high rigor and attention to detail
• Analytical mindset with strong problem solving capabilities
• Good understanding of firmware behavior, embedded systems, and failure modes
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within engineering teams
• Good documentation and communication skills
• Focus on quality, reliability, and continuous improvement

Nice to Have Skills

(Not mandatory but highly beneficial)

• PCB design experience (Altium, KiCad, or similar)
• Experience with automated test setups, scripting, or test automation frameworks
• Knowledge of microcontrollers, communication protocols (UART, I²C, SPI, CAN, BLE, etc.)
• Experience with product validation methodologies (DFT, DFMEA, reliability testing, HALT/HASS)
• Familiarity with production testing or industrial test equipment
• Experience with data analysis (Python, MATLAB, or similar tools)

Pay Range

€22,000.00-€44,000.00