Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we create technologies our customers refer to as their lifeline. Our technology platforms in communications, software, video and services help our customers work safely and more efficiently. Whether it’s helping firefighters see through smoke, enabling police officers to see around street corners, or reliably keeping the lights on in homes and businesses around the world, our work supports those who put their lives on the line to keep us safe. Bring your passion, potential and talents to Motorola Solutions, and help us usher in a new era in public safety and security.

Department Overview

Motorola Solutions is a leading global Public Safety and Government communications technology solutions provider. Through our dedication to customer-centric innovation and strong partnerships, we have established end-to-end advantages in Public Safety networks, devices and applications. We are committed to creating maximum value for our customers by providing competitive solutions and services.

The ESN Test Department is responsible for the Testing of ESN Systems & Services within the ESN Programme. The Test Team is a multi-site team; the open position is based out of Basingstoke but will afford some flexibility for home working.

The ESN Programme focuses on 7 Required Behaviours, which will be discussed with you at interview and form part of any Induction into the programme. This ensures that anyone joining the programme exhibits these behaviours, as collaborative working practices must be shown at all times.

The ESN PSCS Test Engineer is required to work within a multi-discipline, multi-site programme team with responsibility for a broad range of “hands on” testing activities in the Public Safety Communications Services (PSCS) arena.

The role holder will include test planning, analysis, test case definition, execution and reporting.

Job Description

The key responsibilities of the PSCS Test Engineer vary during the lifecycle of the Project; 

  • Provide technical support for the deployment of the project 
  • Timely detection and resolution of deviations from the scope of work and the project plan timelines 
  • Ensuring compliance with project processes and project plan are adhered to 
  • Proactively reporting back into the organisation and escalating where appropriate 
  • Interface into internal MSI product teams and suppliers for alignment of requirements and deliverables 
  • Responsible for interfacing into product team counterparts to ensure service products meet requirements 
  • Development of solution test cases and customer acceptance testing activities in a public safety environment 
  • Carrying out dry run and customer witnessed testing of a solution in line with Motorola Test Strategy and Approach
  • Identifying, classifying and recording test Issues (defects) identified during test execution 
  • Working closely with the Test Issue Manager to ensure that any test issues encountered during dry-run or customer testing are investigated and resolved following Motorola’s Test Issue Resolution Process 
  • Participating in regular Progress Reviews and identifying risks, issues and lessons learned to the Engineering Manager and Test Manager
  • Inputting to and updating the Test Management Tool 
  • Working closely with the engineering management, other design, build, test engineers and project managers. 

Basic Requirements

It is expected that suitable candidates will have several years of experience in engineering within a major telecommunications project environment. The engineer should have a good working knowledge of public safety Private Mobile Radio/Wireless technologies and techniques. 

Essential: - 

● 3+ years of testing experience, comms/engineering focused, potentially within a major telecommunications project environment.

● In-depth working knowledge of public safety Private Mobile Radio/Wireless technologies and techniques. 

● Understanding of automated test tools and LTE over-the-air network simulators. 

● Experienced in the operation and interaction with the HP ALM (Quality Centre) Test Management tool; ideally v 11 or above. 

● A collaborative approach with in-house and external Programme personnel in troubleshooting/reproducing issues. 

● Ability to provide informal support and training in test processes. 

● Apply a good understanding of industry standards and associated test types and select as appropriate. 

● Experience with Iterative development and associated testing processes. 

● Experience with creation of regression/re-testing packs - potentially automated. 

● Actively contributing to on-going improvement to internal test processes. 

● Enthusiasm to work in global environment with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. 

● Proven ability to multitask, work toward, and achieve concurrent project goals and thrive within pressured working situations; potentially with only minimal direct supervision, but always within a team environment. 

● Good communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to contribute to in-depth discussion on test processes and complex technical subjects. 

● Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills. 

● A strong understanding of the criticality of customer relationships, delivery focus. 

● iSTQB Accreditation. 

● Good communication skills and confidence to present solutions to potential customers 

Desirable: - 

● BS, BEng or higher Degree in an Engineering or Telecoms related subject. 

● In-depth understanding of public safety voice and data communications solutions 

● Expertise in public safety communications services and command and control systems used by the Emergency Services would be highly advantageous 

● Expertise in public safety communications services used by the Emergency Services; 

● Good understanding of IT Infrastructure needed for communication systems; 

● Hands-on experience with Network Analytics Tools. 

● Familiarity within Core Network Nodes and 4G/LTE Technologies. 

● Drive to proactively anticipate, manage and monitor issues. 

● Successful at developing and managing relationships with peers and supervisors. 

● A genuine, honest team-player, keen to succeed and make a difference within a complex, challenging and ground-breaking programme of work. 

This role undertakes work that requires the application of fundamental principles in a wide and often unpredictable range of multi-faceted contexts problems. For example: 

  • Identification and analysis of Issues (Defects) Validation and potential blockages in test scripts 

Travel Requirements

10-25%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

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