Product Test Engineer III

Astronics Custom Control Concepts (ACCC) designs, engineers, manufactures and certifies innovative, reliable digital in-flight entertainment and cabin management systems (IFE/CMS) for the corporate, private and VIP aircraft industry. Our custom digital applications have been installed and commissioned on a wide range of VIP/VVIP narrowbody and widebody platforms in addition to numerous private and utility jet, turboprop, and helicopter models. ACCC is a world leader in designing and integrating custom digital IFE/CMS systems. Our product line covers every facet of in-flight entertainment and cabin management control including: entertainment, lighting, call, temperature, audio/video on demand, tablet integration, real-time 3-D moving map, and much more. We also offer customized graphical user interfaces accessible on our touchscreens, allowing seamless and intuitive control of the IFE/CMS system.

Summary:

The Product Test Engineer III will develop test plans and execute them for both hardware and software products; is self-motivated and able to work independently to complete end-to-end ownership of the testing process from design phase all the way through to validating the final products; is able to test products integrated into large network-based systems.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with management and engineering to identify end-user test requirements

• Analyze product specifications to ensure they meet requirements

• Develop product test plans which includes checking boundary and stress conditions

• Designing manual and automated test procedures to evaluate software products

• Writing automated test programs, preferably in Python, for software products

• Set up test systems in an engineering lab and execute test plans

• Documenting test results and writing Jira bug reports when issues are discovered

• Follow through to validate that fixed issues have been resolved

• Verify that final products meet their specifications

• Assist other departments to maintain timeliness of projects

• Responsible for testing complex integrated systems

• Ability to provide mentoring and leadership for other engineers

• Write project release notes and develop technical documentation to guide system testers