The company I work for, American Standard/Trane, in White Bear Lake, MN is now hiring a Lead Development Software Test Engineer. White Bear Lake is a northern suburb of the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metro area and located merely 12.5 miles from Jay Kimble's adopted hometown of Stillwater, MN.
Part of the position involves driving Test Driven Development throughout the organization. This is especially interesting when you consider that Trane develops tools ranging from low-level embedded devices to web-based enterprise servers. This is an opportunity to drive the process and pull it together across multiple projects and the testing groups.
Below are some excerpts from the position description and essential job functions that help explain the scope of the position. I'm waiting for the full posting on the comany website and will provide a link when it's available. If you are interested, contact me and I can attempt to answer your questions and send you the full position document along with contact information.
§ Primarily responsible for leading the implementation and integration of TDD into the Controls Systems Engineering software development process.
Essential Job Functions
§ Drive implementation of Test Driven Development into our software development process.
§ Identify, purchase and implement TDD tools.
§ Train the development group in the use of the tools and integrate into the software development process.
§ Work with the Test group to understand the Acceptance testing process and how TDD should feed into it.
§ Participate in code reviews to ensure design for testability.
§ Develop a control plan and implement process improvements to ensure our TDD process is delivering the desired results.
§ Report status of testing progress to the project test engineer, project manager, and department management.
§ Develop, document, maintain, and improve development testing standards and processes.
§ Manage and maintain test development environments.