Computer Engineer à United States

EXFO develops smarter network test, monitoring and analytics solutions for the world’s leading telecommunications service providers, network equipment manufacturers and webscale companies—and we love what we do! With nearly 1,900 employees in more than 25 countries, EXFO is no. 1 worldwide in fiber optic test solutions and has the largest active assurance deployment. Our broad portfolio of intelligent hardware and software solutions enable our customer’s network transformations related to fiber, 5G, virtualization and big data analytics. We’re always looking for top talent to help us lead the way in a thriving industry with boundless opportunities.

Job Summary

Your primary responsibility as a QA Analyst will be to perform testing of our network protocol testing products.

What You’ll Do

As part of an Agile SCRUM team, you will contribute to the development of new functionalities to our existing line of network testing products. Your role as the QA expert will be to

• implement the testing strategies early in our development process. To ensure our test strategies are implemented successfully part of your role will be to educate your team members, including developers, testers, product owners, and Scrum Masters, about what our test strategy is and how it can benefit the development process. Explain the principles, concepts, and the format for writing tests scenarios.
• Work with the team to select the appropriate tools that align with our tech stack and team's preferences.
• Help define when and how scenarios are written, reviewed, and executed during the development lifecycle.
• Encourage collaboration between developers, testers, and product owners in grooming sessions where team members collectively define acceptance criteria to reflect testing considerations. Example if doing BDD, adding "Given-When-Then" format to user story template.
• Work towards automating the execution of test scenarios. This automation ensures that scenarios are consistently executed and serve as regression tests.
• Make executing test scenarios a part of your team's Definition of Done (DoD) for user stories. This ensures that no user story is considered complete until all associated test scenarios have been executed and passed.
• Make sure the team integrates tests into our Continuous Integration (CI) pipeline.
• Encourage regular review and feedback sessions for test scenarios. Ensure that they accurately reflect the desired behaviour of the application and are kept up-to-date as requirements evolve.
• Focus on quality metrics to track our progress and measure our improvements.
• Continuously refine and adapt our processes based on feedback and lessons learned. Our test strategy should be about continuous improvement and collaboration.

What We’re Looking For

Technical skills

• Proficient in quality assurance principles, theories, and concepts. Understanding of the different types of tests and their role (unit, integration, functional, etc.).
• Able to establish and execute efficient test strategies. Able to design and perform functional and corner case tests.
• Hands on experience with testing and / or monitoring network equipment.
• Experience with networking concepts and protocols is desirable (Ethernet, TCP / IP, OTN, CPRI).
• Experience / knowledge of an automation tool is a plus.

Required aptitudes

• Autonomous and resourceful.
• Strong communication and collaborative skills are a must.
• Quick learner.
• Enjoy working on challenging problems

Must have

Pertinent experience : 5+ years QA testing in a high technology environment.

Language requirements : French and English (verbal and written).

Education : Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software, or Electrical Engineering.

Other : Must have a Canadian citizenship or be a permanent resident of Canada.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Quality Assurance

Telecommunications

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