Milwaukee Electric Tool

Firmware Test Engineer II

Milwaukee Electric Tool • $80K — $95K *
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051In-Person
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 2+ years of experience in verification and validation testing or embedded systems.
  • Familiarity with requirements management and defect tracking tools like JAMA or Jira.
  • Ability to read schematics and understand digital circuits and firmware interactions.
  • Proficient in Python for writing and debugging test scripts.
  • Experience with lab equipment like oscilloscopes and multimeters.
  • Strong communication skills to document test results and requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Review firmware, hardware, and system requirements for completeness and testability.
  • Identify gaps, risks, and traceability issues in requirements.
  • Design and maintain test cases for low- to mid-complexity firmware features with supervision.
  • Support HIL test development by identifying interfaces and resources needed.
  • Develop and maintain Python-based automated test scripts.
  • Execute tests using HIL systems and lab equipment.
  • Analyze failures to isolate issues in firmware, hardware, or test setups.

Benefits

  • Robust health, dental, and vision insurance plans.
  • Generous 401(k) savings plan.
  • Education assistance.
  • On-site wellness resources and fitness centers.
  • Food and coffee service available on-site.
Full Job Description
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.; Sponsorship is not available for this position at this time.

The Firmware Test Engineer II will collaborate and establish trusting relationships with cross-functional engineering and testing teams to support Test Management across the firmware verification lifecycle. You will help translate requirements into clear, testable, traceable and automation-ready verification solutions that support new product development deliverables at key milestones.

You will also be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities:

  • Review firmware, hardware, and system requirements for clarity, completeness, and testability.
  • Identify requirement gaps, ambiguities, risks, and traceability issues.
  • Design and maintain test cases for firmware features and subsystems of low- to mid-level complexity with supervision from Senior/Principal engineers.
  • Support HIL test development by identifying needed interfaces, instrumentation, and test resources.
  • Develop and maintain Python-based automated test scripts.
  • Configure and execute tests using HIL systems, development hardware, and laboratory equipment.
  • Analyze test failures and help isolate issues to firmware, hardware, test automation, or test setup.
  • Document test results, objective evidence, and defects with clear, reproducible details.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Agile projects and participate in technical reviews.
  • Contribute to reusable test assets, automation frameworks, process improvements, and continuous learning.
  • Use Agile methods to define tasks, provide estimates, and communicate progress to ensure adherence to schedule and Milwaukee Tool's processes.
  • Schedule, develop agendas for, lead, and document technical meetings and formal presentations.


What TOOLS you will bring with you:

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
  • 2+ years of experience with verification and validation testing, embedded systems and/or PCBA design.
  • Experience with requirements management, defect tracking, source control, or peer review tools such as JAMA, Azure DevOps, Jira, Polarion, or similar platforms.
  • Ability to read schematics and datasheets and apply a working understanding of digital circuits and firmware/electronics interaction.
  • Experience developing or reviewing test cases or test procedures from requirements.
  • Working proficiency in Python, including the ability to write, execute, and debug test scripts.
  • Familiarity with laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, electronic loads, data acquisition systems, or multimeters.
  • Structured problem-solving skills and the ability to investigate failures across software, firmware, hardware, and test setup boundaries.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document requirements gaps, test rationale, results, and defects clearly.
  • Experience collaborating cross-functionally outside of your core discipline which includes accepting technical feedback, managing assigned work, and exercising sound judgment with appropriate guidance.
  • Ability to travel up to 10%, domestically and internationally.


Other TOOLS, we prefer you to have:
  • Exposure HIL testing, simulation, test-fixture development, or automated test systems.
  • Experience with National Instruments hardware, TestStand, VeriStand, or LabVIEW.
  • Experience with black-box and white-box testing, bare-metal firmware, embedded C or C++, unit testing, or structural testing methods.
  • Exposure to DevOps, automated regression testing, or continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
  • Experience using AI-assisted engineering or programming tools to
  • improve productivity and quality.


We provide these great perks and benefits:
  • Robust health, dental, and vision insurance plans.
  • Generous 401(k) savings plan.
  • Education assistance.
  • On-site wellness resources, fitness centers, food, and coffee service.
  • And many more, check out our benefits site HERE.


About Milwaukee Electric Tool

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation is a leading manufacturer and marketer of heavy-duty, portable electric power tools and accessories for professional users worldwide. Since its founding in 1924, Milwaukee has focused on a single vision: To produce the best heavy-duty electric power tools and accessories available to the professional user. Today, the Milwaukee name stands for the highest quality, durable and reliable professional tools money can buy.
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Size
3,500 employees
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
* Ladders Estimates

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