Senior QA Engineer — Desktop Apps & Automation

Dolby Laboratories; Dublin; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visible impact on end users

Collaborative team culture

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Dolby Laboratories in Ireland seeks a Software Quality Engineer to validate desktop Windows applications at global scale. You will focus on manual testing, test automation, and release quality for client-side software, contributing to stable, high-quality releases.

You will design and execute test plans, develop Python-based automation, and collaborate with engineering and product teams to improve coverage and reliability across Dolby's consumer applications.

Qualifications

• Experience in Software Quality Assurance (SQA) for consumer or client-side software.
• Hands-on manual testing including test case design, execution, exploratory testing, and defect reporting.
• Experience with test automation and scripting using Python or similar languages.
• Strong understanding of software testing fundamentals and quality practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD based development and validation workflows.
• Ability to analyse, debug, and reason about issues.
• Good communication and collaboration with engineering and product teams.
• Experience using AI-assisted tools to support testing or automation.

Responsibilities

• Execute manual and exploratory tests for features.
• Design, execute, and maintain test cases from requirements.
• Design, implement, and maintain automated tests using Python.
• Participate in release validation, regression, smoke tests, and automation.
• Report defects and work with engineers to resolve issues; maintain test docs.

Skills

Manual testing

Test design

Exploratory testing

Analytical thinking

Communication

Collaboration

AI-assisted testing familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Python scripting

Automation frameworks

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Dolby Laboratories in Ireland seeks a Software Quality Engineer to validate desktop Windows applications at global scale. You will focus on manual testing, test automation, and release quality for client-side software, contributing to stable, high-quality releases.

You will design and execute test plans, develop Python-based automation, and collaborate with engineering and product teams to improve coverage and reliability across Dolby's consumer applications.