Sr Engineer, Firmware Quality Assurance

At Landis+Gyr, we're helping shape the future of energy—making it more intelligent, resilient, and sustainable. As a global energy technology leader, we're accelerating the energy evolution through purposeful innovation and trusted partnerships. Trusted by more than 2,000 utilities worldwide, our intelligent solutions connect devices, data, and decisions across the grid, helping customers modernize infrastructure, optimize operations, and deliver energy that is more reliable, resilient, accessible, safe, and sustainable. Behind every solution is a team of approximately 3,300 employees across more than 40 countries who are passionate about solving complex challenges, driving innovation, and making a meaningful impact for our utility customers and the communities they serve. Join Team Green and help shape the future of intelligent energy. Job Summary:   As a Senior Engineer, Firmware Quality Assurance you will be responsible for verifying metering and network products as part of the Landis+Gyr utility solutions to an international audience! This is a challenging and exciting position where you will conduct and lead testing activities on software and firmware projects within the Communications Device Delivery department.  Responsibilities include leading the design, execution and management of test plans, scripts and cases, set up, configuration and implementation of test environments, and the identification and management of issues for each development project. Mentoring and training new team members.  A solid understanding of quality assurance, quality control, and agile development processes in information systems development is required.  Handles complicated R&D hardware, firmware, software, and completes solutions projects as part of a cross-functional team.  Collaborates with Product Management, Project management and other R&D teams in design, development, and validation of complete Smart Grid solutions.  Collaborates with SMEs and business partners on component and system design.        Key Responsibilities:   Technical / Core: • Design, execute, and document manual test cases for firmware features spanning embedded Linux user space and kernel space. • Validate wireless communication subsystems, including RF, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and related device configurations. • Test and verify networking protocol behavior, including IPv4, IPv6, ICMP, DHCPv6, TCP/IP, UDP, PPP, and Ethernet. • Evaluate Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 routing functionality to ensure correctness, stability, and performance. • Automate manual firmware test cases using Python, Bash, or Robot Framework and integrate them into nightly regression and CI/CD pipelines. • Build and configure hardware and software test environments from scratch, perform manual validation, and automate them for continuous regression coverage. • Maintain and enhance automation frameworks to ensure scalability, reliability, and maintainability across multiple product lines. • Identify, document, and track defects with clear reproduction steps and detailed root-cause analysis. • Monitor nightly build and regression results, triage failures, and provide actionable reports to engineering teams. • Collaborate closely with firmware engineers to review requirements, validate new features, and provide timely feedback throughout the development lifecycle. • Support and guide junior QA engineers by sharing best practices, technical knowledge, and testing methodologies. • Perform testing and validation of electrical metering products operating in residential and commercial environments • Review and comment on technical specifications.  • Perform complex testing tasks requiring analysis, planning, scheduling, and testing, to ensure the developed software meets the design specifications and/or customer requirements.  • Exercise leadership by recommending best practices and testing strategies to the