Join the Wingtra team and become part of this venture-backed robotics scale up with an international and diverse team of 80+ dedicated Wingtranauts, and growing. Founded at ETH Zurich more than 5 years ago, our high-performance WingtraOne drone is continuously improved by a world-class team of 30+ engineers. By now our customers have grown from survey and mapping professionals to scientists, humanitarian organizations and environmentalists. They fly WingtraOne more than a thousand hours on a monthly basis. And we believe this is only the beginning—together we can achieve so much more.
This is a role within our engineering team, responsible for routine daily testing of our products under development.In order to continue to be one of the most reliable solutions for the drone surveying and mapping industry the continuous testing, development and quality assurance of our product is of the highest priority. Therefore, in this role you will work closely with other colleagues concerned with quality assurance, to ensure that the full envelope of user behaviour is tested and refined prior to product release. Practically, you will work mostly outdoors, where you will perform hundreds of flights per week under varying conditions and locations to help us achieve the highest levels of development for our products. You will be a key participant in the development process by clearly communicating issues to experienced developers that have been identified and investigated in the field.
Responsibilities
Handle and perform daily tests on our products, both in the field and in the office, including tracking of findings, bugs and incidents
Process flight data using photogrammetry software and ensure workflow sanity
Take ownership of internal testing apparatus and improvement of testing conditions and testing workflow
Communicate across teams such as Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering and the Customer team to create specific tests in accordance with quality assurance objectives
Proactively seek to perform possible user workflows and explore how they map onto the current usability of the product
Be the point of contact for different external stakeholders at various testing locations around Switzerland
Supervise student testers in the field
Requirements
Favours working outdoors all year-round rather than working in an office
Good time management and project management skills
Sees daily challenges as opportunities that invigorate energy
Willingness to engage in repetitive or mundane tasks to qualify high quality assurance
Swiss drivers license (or permission to drive in Switzerland)
Excellent communication skills in English and German
Team player
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Engineering/surveying background
Become part of this exciting journey and submit your application. Make sure to show us why you want to be part of our testing team at Wingtra and do not forget to highlight your personal interest in your application. We are happy to hear from you and meet you soon!
If you enjoy teamwork more than being the individual superhero, and if you thrive in a feedback-driven culture and an exciting, unconventional yet structured and progressive start-up environment, we would love to hear from you.
