Nuclear Design Software Testing Engineer

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, is looking to hire a Software Testing Engineer for their Cranberry Woods headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Major Focus of Position:

Perform software engineering testing in support of the Westinghouse nuclear core analysis and monitoring software systems in a strongly regulated software environment. Activities include tasks such as review of software requirements, development of software test plans including identification of test acceptance criteria, development of test case inputs and descriptions of expected results, execution of software test plans, and documentation of tasks, results, and conclusions in each of these activities. Software testing is a critical activity to providing quality products to our internal and external customers. Software testers work closely with the software development and engineering users to deploy applications and resolve issues.

Desired Skills:

• Understanding of software testing approaches
• Understanding of end users’ expectations of software
• Understanding of software requirements elicitation and validation approaches
• Familiarity with execution of engineering calculations on the Linux platform
• Familiarity with software testing processes applied to engineering software
• Experience in software projects that follow industry software engineering standards (ex. NQA-1)
• Developing and providing technical presentations
• Aptitude to work with little guidance and oversight
• Highly organized and task focused
• Motivated to self-learn and develop
• Familiarity with languages, such as Fortran 95/2003, C/C++, Java, Python

Responsibilities may Include:

• Receive training and feedback from experienced mentor
• Review of software requirements to ensure testability
• Development of Test Plans, including the definition or elicitation of testing acceptance criteria, to validate software requirements for new or modified software functionality
• Execution of Test Plans, review and analysis of test results and documentation of test results and conclusions
• Inspection and verification of Test Plans/Results authored by other qualified Software Testers
• Development of tests to verify code modifications for corrections and minor enhancements
• Performance of software verification and validation activities
• Documentation of testing activities in accordance with required engineering procedures
• Effective communication with customers, software development, and engineering groups
• Identification and implementation of improvements in software testing processes and technology
• Provide input to complex software release project objectives, detailed plans, technical scope descriptions, resource estimates, and support the ongoing project management

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree (2022 -2023 Graduates) or equivalent in one or more of the following disciplines:
  • Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or another related field
  • Nuclear Engineering or other Engineering

Why Westinghouse?

Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry’s first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:

• Safety and Quality
• Integrity and Trust
• Customer Focus and Innovation
• Speed and Passion to Win
• Teamwork and Accountability

Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being. In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacations and Holidays
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
• Educational Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Program

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