Senior Automation Test Engineer

United Airlines; India; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,700,000; Full time

Job summary

United Airlines in India seeks a Senior Automation Test Engineer to design, implement, and execute automation strategies for enterprise software. You will collaborate with QA, developers, and engineers to ensure quality from test planning to production deployment with an automation-first approach.

You will own automation artifacts, tools, licenses, and framework governance, and drive testing KPIs via Power BI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in CS/CE/MIS or equivalent work experience.
• 4 years of relevant work experience.
• 6+ years of Test Automation experience.
• AWS Cloud Practitioner
• ISTQB / CSTE or similar
• Programming Language expertise – Java
• Design, Develop and maintain scalable hybrid test automation frameworks (BDD/JUnit/TestNG)
• Ability to architect solutions across the stack: Web(Selenium), API(RestAssured), Mobile(Appium)
• Experience with Containerization and Cloud Execution Grids (BrowserStack, Sauce labs, Selenium Grid)
• Design Patterns and Framework Design Concepts
• Agile & Waterfall Methodologies and STLC across, Release Management
• Create/Support DevOps CICD implementation in AWS/GCP or similar
• Test Data Modeling and Data level testing with RDBMS or NoSQL based structure
• Able to work with distributed global teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of automation and manual test strategies for various software and systems utilizing best practices and standards.
• Collaborate with software developers, QE analysts, and system engineers to identify system requirements and ensure quality is met from test planning to production deployment with automation first approach.
• Own and maintain automation artifacts, tools, licenses & framework. Govern automation standards & best practices. Conduct automation audits and assess ROIs.
• Manage and mitigate testing related risks and issues.
• Identify and maintain testing KPI's, track trends and own the power BI reports.
• Integrate automation frameworks with continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
• Leverage AI when contributing to end-to-end testing (Automation frameworks etc.).

Skills

Java

Automation testing

Selenium/WebDriver

API testing

Appium

CI/CD

Education

Bachelors degree or higher in CS/CE/MIS or equivalent

ISTQB / CSTE or similar

AWS Cloud Practitioner

Tools

BrowserStack

Sauce Labs

Selenium Grid

REST Assured

JUnit

TestNG

Job description

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network.

Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together.

Description

United's Digital Technology team is comprised of many talented individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. Our team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions.

Job overview and responsibilities

As a Senior Automation Test Engineer for Digital Technology at United Airlines, you will be responsible for the delivery of enterprise software testing projects and programs, operation and capital projects with automation first approach. In this role, you will design, implement, and execute automation test approach and strategies and frameworks for all deliverables. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with Quality Managers and Quality Leads to implement quality governance, quality gates, risk assessment, production signoffs, key metrics (KPIs), and tools selection. You should have excellent problem‑solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. Additionally, you should be well versed in using Gen AI to bring in innovation/efficiency in your role and responsibilities.

• Lead the design and implementation of automation and manual test strategies for various software and systems utilizing best practices and standards.
• Collaborate with software developers, QE analysts, and system engineers to identify system requirements and ensure quality is met from test planning to production deployment with automation first approach.
• Own and maintain automation artifacts, tools, licenses & framework. Govern automation standards & best practices. Conduct automation audits and assess ROIs.
• Manage and mitigate testing related risks and issues.
• Identify and maintain testing KPI's, track trends and own the power BI reports.
• Integrate automation frameworks with continuous integration and deployment pipelines.
• Leverage AI when contributing to end-to-end testing (Automation frameworks etc.).

This position is offered on local terms and conditions within United’s wholly owned subsidiary United Airlines Business Services Pvt. Ltd. Expatriate assignments and sponsorship for employment visas, even on a time-limited visa status, will not be awarded.

Qualifications

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Management Information Systems and/or equivalent work experience
• 4 years of relevant work experience
• 6+ years of Test Automation experience.
• AWS Cloud Practitioner
• ISTQB / CSTE or similar
• Programming Language expertise – Java
• Design, Develop and maintain scalable hybrid test automation frameworks (BDD/JUnit/TestNG)
• Ability to architect solutions across the stack: Web(Selenium), API(RestAssured), Mobile(Appium)
• Experience with Containerization and Cloud Execution Grids (BrowserStack, Sauce labs, Selenium Grid)
• Design Patterns and Framework Design Concepts
• Agile & Waterfall Methodologies and STLC across, Release Management
• Create/Support DevOps CICD implementation in AWS/GCP or similar
• Test Data Modeling and Data level testing with RDBMS or NoSQL based structure
• Able to work with distributed global teams.

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

• Master's degree in computer science, Information Systems
• Airline Domain Knowledge
• UFT/AccelQ/SeeTest
• Python, PyTest
• AccelQ
• Prompt Engineering
• GHCP, Code Assist