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Role Overview
Associate Principal Hardware & Software Test Engineer at Dyson. The role is based in the Test & Quality Assurance function, responsible for leading quality initiatives and ensuring products meet the high standards of the Dyson brand through automated testing methods and advanced analytics.
Company Overview
Dyson's Test & Quality Assurance ensures products represent the high quality and reliability of the Dyson brand using world-class automated testing techniques. This includes simulating product elements to test all scenarios, using image recognition and advanced technologies for automatic identification of user interface elements. Quality is maintained during Scaled Agile Framework development by Quality Management System experts and customer feedback integration. Labs enable unattended testing of partial to full products, including moving robots, allowing remote work.
Role Purpose
Lead hardware and software testing initiatives from early product development through production, combining real-world validation, advanced analytics, and automation to drive product quality and detect issues before launch. Establish yourself as a technical authority who integrates testing seamlessly across product development teams and communicates quality status to senior leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Home & Lab Testing
- Lead and manage home (alpha) test initiatives to capture issues at the product development early stage and assess product performance in real-world conditions.
- Validate lab test outcomes against design quality to ensure seamless integration.
Quality Analytics & Insights
- Analyse in-life product quality and other data streams to develop actionable insights.
- Build and drive a leading quality dashboard that functions as an early indicator for both software and hardware quality (SWHWPS).
- Develop robust product-level test specifications and perform detailed product level requirement analytics.
Test Strategy & Standards
- Ensure detailed and accurate test specifications are ready and aligned before Target Set milestones, supporting design and engineering teams from concept through production post launch.
- Drive innovations in test methodologies, including the application of AI/ML and advanced data analytics to enhance detection reliability and test efficiency.
Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication
- Act as a technical authority within the Test & QA team, collaborating with Development, Operations, Quality and Design teams to integrate test processes seamlessly into the product development lifecycle.
- Report projects test progress and software quality status to senior stakeholders and ensure clear communication across teams.
Qualifications & Experience
- Minimally 7 years of product quality or software test relevant experience.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer engineering, electronic engineering, or related fields.
Skills & Competencies
- Highly proficient in Python for data manipulation and statistical analysis, with hands-on experience using libraries such as Pandas and NumPy for data processing, and Matplotlib, Seaborn, or Plotly for creating automated quality visualizations.
- Skilled in building professional, automated dashboards using tools such as Tableau or Power BI, translating raw Python-processed data into intuitive visual interfaces for senior leadership tracking.
- Proficient in SQL for querying complex datasets and experienced in working with modern cloud data platforms like AWS Redshift.
- Strong understanding of electronics hardware and its interfacing to software systems.
- Knowledge of software in IOT products, such as embedded, app, cloud and ML.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting complex technical information clearly to executives and non-technical leaders.
- Strong ability to multi-task across multiple product deliverables and manage multiple schedules simultaneously.
Additional Information
- Dyson monitors the market to ensure competitive salaries and bonuses.
- Transport allowance provided.
- Comprehensive medical care and insurance included.
- Professional growth, leadership development and new opportunities supported by regular reviews and dynamic workshops.
- Vibrant culture with latest devices and relaxed dress code reflecting engineering spirit.
- Dyson is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.