Senior Test Automation Developer (Job Req #2025-273)

Ross Video; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Ross Video as a Product Automation Test Developer, where you'll design and implement automated testing solutions for cutting-edge video production technology. Be part of a world-class team focused on quality and reliability in live event challenges, with competitive salaries, flexible hours, and numerous perks.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Generous paid time off

Fitness/wellness allowance

Employee share ownership program

Development support

Social activities and events

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software test automation with increasing responsibilities.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python and test frameworks.
• Deep understanding of quality assurance practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated test systems for product quality assurance.
• Design custom testing solutions integrated with CI/CD tools like Jenkins.
• Analyze test results, diagnose issues, and lead investigations.

Skills

Software Test Automation

Debugging

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Communication

Automation Passion

Tools

Python

Robot Framework

Jenkins

Job description

Why Work at Ross Video? We have a great group of people working together to create and deliver cutting edge products that look amazing and are easy to use. We go all out so that our customers can have the best possible experience and achieve quality results. With a product focus, continual learning, results driven processes, and creative thinking, we constantly strive to improve our solutions and to deliver results. If you've ever watched live television, news, sports, or entertainment, you've seen our products in use. All of the major Hollywood award shows, most professional sports teams, and many of the largest broadcasters in the world use Ross Video technology. Get behind the scenes and learn about what it takes to make live events possible. If that resonates, and you’re someone with integrity, commitment, and a strong drive to deliver great products, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Overview:

The Hyperconverged Signal Processing team plays a key role in helping Ross Video achieve its corporate vision to lead the world in video production solutions: We enable our customers to integrate any media into their productions using highly acclaimed hardware platforms such as openGear and Ultrix. Here is your chance to join the world-class, passionate, and innovative team behind the Emmy award-winning openGear platform!

As a Product Automation Test Developer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining robust automated test systems that ensure our products meet the highest standards of quality and reliability. You will have the opportunity to design and implement automated test frameworks, contribute to continuous integration and delivery processes, and work closely with both development and QA teams to identify and resolve issues. Beyond writing and executing automated tests, you will have a voice in shaping our products and play a key role in helping our customers build world-class media production infrastructures.

Who you report to: Director, Technical Product Management - Signal Processing

What we offer:

Ross offers competitive salaries, comprehensive health plans, and several perks to help you perform at your best.

Some of these perks include flexible hours, generous paid time off, fitness/wellness allowance, an employee share ownership program, development support, and a ton of fun social activities and events!

Best of all, you will be part of the Ross Video family, and we've got an energizing environment here.

What the job is all about:

• Maintain, develop Hyperconverged Systems Development Lab Test systems.
• Participation in the product development process with continual feedback on product usability and design testability.
• Own the end-to-end automation strategy—from test design to execution, integration, and reporting.
• Design and implement custom testing solutions, including integration with DevOps tools like Jenkins for continuous testing workflows.
• Development and maintenance of test plans and cases including test scripts for automated tests.
• Regular test execution and reporting of progress and bugs.
• Assisting in investigation and reproduction of product and customer issues.
• Analyze test results, diagnose failures, and lead root cause investigations to ensure product quality.
• Participation in the maintenance, management and expansion of system lab environments.
• Third party equipment integration into the system and automated test suite.
• Other related duties as required.

Who you are:

• 7+ years of experience in software test automation, with increasing levels of responsibility.
• Strong test, analysis, debug, and diagnosis experience with broadcast equipment.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python and test frameworks like Robot Framework or equivalent.
• Solid knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, and how to plug automation into pipelines.
• Experience working with networked or broadcast systems, especially in a lab environment.
• Deep understanding of quality assurance practices, including test planning, execution, and reporting.
• Excellent debugging, diagnostic, and root cause analysis skills.
• Able to take complex technical details and convey the info in an easy-to-understand manner.
• You revel in problem solving, take ownership of and have pride in your work.
• You enjoy the creative process of ‘finding a way’ to overcome challenges.
• You are a flexible, adaptable, self-starter that thrives in a dynamic environment.
• Clear communicator—able to articulate technical ideas and collaborate across disciplines.
• Passion for automation, quality, and helping teams deliver reliable, well-tested systems.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
At Ross, we embrace diversity, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work.We are committed to building a team that includes a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Inclusivity drives innovation and creativity, and that’s something we’re passionate about at Ross! We believe everyone should be able to enjoy a rewarding career at Ross, regardless of race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, veteran status, physical or mental disability. If a disability means that you need any additional support during the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.