Job Description
Job Title: Smart Meter Test & Validation Engineer (Cellular & RF Focus)
Location: Liberty lake, WA
Position Type: Contract
Duration: 6 / 12 Month
Work Type: Onsite
Rate: Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and execute test strategies, plans, and procedures for smart metering solutions.
• Perform protocol testing for metering standards such as DLMS/COSEM, ANSI C12.19, and related protocols.
• Conduct RF communication testing (mesh, cellular, proprietary protocols), focusing on stability, reliability, and performance KPI monitoring.
• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks using Python and/or C#.
• Perform root cause analysis and troubleshoot issues across meter, RF network, and system layers.
• Define, track, and report performance KPIs for RF and protocol layers in both lab and field environments.
• Collaborate with development teams to provide feedback on RF design, performance improvements, and usability.
• Use Azure DevOps for test case management, tracking, and reporting.
• Maintain test documentation, manage testbeds, and drive continuous test process improvements.
• Focus on cellular network testing (LTE, NB-IoT, 4G/5G), including network registration, handover, throughput, and latency KPIs.
• Understand requirements, generate test scenarios, and validate them against specifications.
• Report roadblocks, design issues, and daily activity status to senior management.
• Work independently and guide entry-level team members.
Required Skills & Experience
• Strong knowledge of metering protocols: DLMS/COSEM, ANSI C12.19.
• Hands-on experience in cellular communication technologies (LTE, NB-IoT, 4G/5G) and RF performance KPI analysis.
• Proven experience in smart meter testing, validation, and certification processes.
• Strong Python programming skills with solid understanding of OOP concepts.
• Experience in Python test frameworks, preferably Robot Framework or PyTest.
• Solid background in test automation with Python or C#.
• Experience working with Linux (mandatory).
• Hands-on experience with embedded devices for testing and validation.
• Proficiency with cellular/network tools: TEMS, QXDM, NetHawk Analyzer, Wireshark, Spectrum Analyzer, Signal Generator, etc.
• Experience with Azure DevOps for test management, CI/CD pipelines, and reporting.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, with the ability to replicate and resolve field issues in lab environments.
• Knowledge of system integration testing for IoT/Smart Grid devices.
• Ability to work independently and support junior team members.
• Design, develop, and execute test strategies, plans, and procedures for smart metering solutions.
• Perform protocol testing for metering standards such as DLMS/COSEM, ANSI C12.19, and related protocols.
• Conduct RF communication testing (mesh, cellular, proprietary protocols), focusing on stability, reliability, and performance KPI monitoring.
• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks using Python and/or C#.
• Perform root cause analysis and troubleshoot issues across meter, RF network, and system layers.
• Define, track, and report performance KPIs for RF and protocol layers in both lab and field environments.
• Collaborate with development teams to provide feedback on RF design, performance improvements, and usability.
• Use Azure DevOps for test case management, tracking, and reporting.
• Maintain test documentation, manage testbeds, and drive continuous test process improvements.
• Focus on cellular network testing (LTE, NB-IoT, 4G/5G), including network registration, handover, throughput, and latency KPIs.
• Understand requirements, generate test scenarios, and validate them against specifications.
• Report roadblocks, design issues, and daily activity status to senior management.
• Work independently and guide entry-level team members.
Required Skills & Experience
• Strong knowledge of metering protocols: DLMS/COSEM, ANSI C12.19.
• Hands-on experience in cellular communication technologies (LTE, NB-IoT, 4G/5G) and RF performance KPI analysis.
• Proven experience in smart meter testing, validation, and certification processes.
• Strong Python programming skills with solid understanding of OOP concepts.
• Experience in Python test frameworks, preferably Robot Framework or PyTest.
• Solid background in test automation with Python or C#.
• Experience working with Linux (mandatory).
• Hands-on experience with embedded devices for testing and validation.
• Proficiency with cellular/network tools: TEMS, QXDM, NetHawk Analyzer, Wireshark, Spectrum Analyzer, Signal Generator, etc.
• Experience with Azure DevOps for test management, CI/CD pipelines, and reporting.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, with the ability to replicate and resolve field issues in lab environments.
• Knowledge of system integration testing for IoT/Smart Grid devices.
• Ability to work independently and support junior team members.
ABOUT Ztek:
Website: www.ztekinc.com
Ztek Consulting Inc is a minority- and woman-owned business enterprise that leverages a unique blend of human talent, machine learning algorithms, and artificial intelligence to provide customized talent management solutions for clients. Ztek’s diversity-focused hiring models have proven successful, particularly in hiring veterans. The company's veteran-focused hiring and deployment program, Z-V.E.T, matches skilled veterans with clients' needs in various areas.
Disclaimer:
Ztek is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Ztek is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us at "To apply, click the Monster apply button" Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Ztek encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Ztek does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. 1324b.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Not available, WA |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1967 |
| Website | https://www.capgemini.com |
About Company
About Capgemini
A global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation, Capgemini is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of clients’ opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms. Building on its strong 50-year heritage and deep industry-specific expertise, Capgemini enables organizations to realize their business ambitions through an array of services from strategy to operations. Capgemini is driven by the conviction that the business value of technology comes from and through people. It is a multicultural company of over 200,000 team members in more than 40 countries. The Group reported 2018 global revenues of EUR 13.2 billion (about $15.6 billion USD at 2018 average rate).
Visit us at www.capgemini.com. People matter, results count.
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