Director of System Test & Validation — Solar & ESS

Qcells North America; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Hanwha Q CELLS America Inc. is seeking a Director of System Test and Validation to lead the System Test team in Santa Clara, CA. You will own end-to-end testing strategy and laboratory expansion for our AC modules, inverters, ESS, energy management, and integrated software for North America.

You will interface with development, QA and product teams, drive automation initiatives, and mentor hardware, systems, and software engineers to meet performance requirements. Travel ~20% is anticipated.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Physics or related).
• 8–12 years in solar modules, inverters, energy storage, and HW/SW systems.
• Experience testing complex systems end-to-end and validating features.
• Ability to write test plans from user stories or acceptance criteria.
• Strong communication to technical and executive audiences.
• Experience with IoT, databases, command/control for solar/ESS.
• HW/SW test automation and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Collaboration with hardware and software development teams.
• Experience testing apps/UI tools; programming in Python.
• Data analytics on large data sets; leadership and cross-functional skills.

Responsibilities

• Define, document, and execute comprehensive product test strategy programs.
• Define and execute test reports and records management programs.
• Lead and develop a team of hardware, systems, and software engineers focused on testing and validation.
• Collaborate with cross functional hardware and software to meet system test requirements.
• Collaborate with Product Management to ensure Alpha test plans meet requirements.
• Propose and lead lab capability expansion of Santa Clara and other facilities.
• Propose and lead automation initiatives for testing.
• Collaborate with Deployment teams on Beta programs.
• Collaborate with external testing partners.
• Stay abreast of industry test standards and methods.
• Foster a team culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.

Skills

Solar modules

Solar inverters

Energy storage

HW/SW systems

System-level testing

End-to-end testing

Test plans

Communication to leadership

IoT communication

Databases

Command and control

Test automation

Hardware-in-the-loop

Collaboration with HW/SW teams

UI testing

Python

Data analytics

Innovative mindset

Analytical skills

Project management

Self-motivation

Leadership

Cross-cultural communication

Proactive attitude

MS Office

Jira/Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

MS preferred

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

Microsoft 365

Job description

Hanwha Q CELLS America Inc. is seeking a Director of System Test and Validation to lead the System Test team in Santa Clara, CA. You will own end-to-end testing strategy and laboratory expansion for our AC modules, inverters, ESS, energy management, and integrated software for North America.

You will interface with development, QA and product teams, drive automation initiatives, and mentor hardware, systems, and software engineers to meet performance requirements. Travel ~20% is anticipated.