February 5, 2025
Electric Energy Jobs

Sr. Software Engineer in Test

Organization:
NRG Energy, Inc.
Region:
Canada, Massachusetts, Boston
End of contest:
May 5, 2025
Type:
Full time
Category:
Software engineer
Description
Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. At NRG, we're driven by our passion to create a smarter, cleaner and more connected future.

Vivint Smart Home, an NRG owned company, is a leading smart home company in the United States, dedicated to redefining the home experience with intelligent products and services. We find purpose in proactively protecting and keeping our customers connected to home, no matter where they are. Join the Smart Home team to create smarter, safer and more sustainable homes.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Providing fully automated testing and quality assessment for our thermostat and energy products
  • Implementing automated tests with an emphasis on reliability, repeatability, and metrics measurements.
  • Integrating test solutions into CI/CD pipelines
  • Root-causing test failures and indicator changes and driving quick resolution of product, infrastructure, and environmental issues
  • Maintaining a database of automated test cases with thoroughness and consistency
  • Debugging and diagnosing embedded systems, video streams, and networks
  • Frequently collaborating with teams to work towards long-term automated product quality goals

Required Education/Experience: 

  • A Bachelor&aposs degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
  • 4+ years of experience with software test automation
  • 4+ years of experience with Linux
  • 2+ years experience with Python

Required Skills: 

  • Experience working with and testing back-end software
  • Experience with unit testing frameworks
  • Experience with metrics gathering and reporting
  • Excellent test plan and test case writing skills
  • Ability to demonstrate solid software development practices
  • Ability to take ownership of test automation for specific components and features
  • Ability to promote best practices for test automation across the entire development organization
  • Research, evaluate, and propose technologies and tools to use for test automation purposes

Bonus Qualifications:

  • Experience working with Mesos, Akka, and Kafka
  • Experience working and debugging with Scala, Java, and the JVM
  • Experience working with cloud platforms and applications
  • Experience working with microServicess

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Contact

NRG Energy, Inc.

1201 Fannin Street

Houston

Texas United States

www.nrg.com/home.html