Wisi Hiring for QA Co-op (Jan 2022 – 8 month term) at Pitt Meadows, BC Full Time

At WISI, we have spent almost 100 years focused on implementing the most innovative and reliable technology solutions. We provide video delivery solutions to video operators around the world. Founded in 1926, WISI is one of the world’s pioneers in broadband reception and distribution technology. In 2015, WISI acquired Inca Networks, now operating as WISI America. WISI America’s R&D facility produces industry-leading video transcoding and monitoring platforms.

The Role:
We’re looking for talented and motivated Software QA Test Engineers (Co-op) that can help us reach our goal of achieving 100% CI/CD test & deployment automation of our carrier-grade video transcoder product that executes in the data centers of cable/video providers. You’ll work closely with a team of talented software engineers and you’ll gain experience testing embedded firmware with hard-real-time execution requirements, as well as front-end UI applications. You’ll apply black-box, white-box and chaos engineering methods, using test automation & scripting technologies like Jenkins, Python, and Selenium.

The company is located in Pitt Meadows, BC a suburb of Metro Vancouver. We are in a gorgeous location near walking and biking trails, away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

We have again been certified as a Great Place To Work (3rd year in a row) after a thorough and independent analysis conducted by the Great Place to Work Institute Canada.

You are:
Data driven. You believe in using measurements to assess and improve product quality and robustness.

Have solid computer science fundamentals. You’ll be able to read and understand the code that you’ll be testing, including asynchronous operations and multi-threaded code.

Meticulous about documentation. You’ll naturally document your own code sufficiently well so that your successor will be able to understand, maintain and extend it.

Driven to be better. You love learning industry best practices and how to apply them to your own work.

Responsibilities:
Develop test automation infrastructure & tools. Write test cases and scripts to automate deployment and test.

Monitor and report product quality improvements or regressions through numeric measurement.

Investigate test failures and provide defect reports to developers for resolution.

Work directly with developers and QA Lead to invent and implement new ways to test product robustness.

Requirements:
Undergraduate Major in computer science or engineering

Experience with Python, Java, Bash scripting and C/C++ required

Experience with Golang would be an asset

Experience with real-time embedded programming would be an asset

Experience with CI/CD tools would be an asset

Excellent verbal and written English

We are an equal opportunity employer and love diversity at our company! We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, age, language or disability status.