Junior QA Engineer: Grow Into Automation

Harris Computer; Iowa; On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Harris Computer in the United States is seeking a Junior Quality Assurance Engineer to join our QA team and grow into automation. The role begins with functional and regression testing, test data preparation and defect reporting, and builds toward authoring automated tests with support from a senior engineer.

The ideal candidate is methodical, curious about how the system works underneath the screen, and wants to build an engineering career in quality. Salary range is $70,000 to $80,000 per year.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related field.
• 1+ years software testing experience.
• Exposure to automated testing in any form.

Responsibilities

• Execute functional, integration and regression test cases against assigned products and record results with evidence.
• Write test cases from requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain the regression suite for an assigned product and flag coverage gaps.
• Support release testing and production verification.
• Create and maintain test data, including records that trigger validation and error paths.
• Validate results in the database using SQL where the user interface does not show the full picture.
• Reconcile data between systems on conversion and integration work.
• Run existing automated suites, triage failures and report whether the cause is the product or the test.
• Author and extend automated tests in the existing framework with support from a senior engineer.
• Grow toward owning automation for an assigned module.
• Use approved AI tools and team prompts to draft test cases and automation.
• Review every AI-generated artefact against the requirement before it is used.
• Run automated accessibility scans against WCAG 2.1 Level AA and record the findings.
• Carry out keyboard-only navigation checks, and screen reader checks after paired training.
• Capture the evidence needed to support conformance reporting.
• Raise defects and document steps to reproduce; name the control, state what was expected, state what happened, and attach the evidence.
• Assign severity using the agreed definitions and retest fixes against a named build.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement and defect triage.
• Raise questions on requirements early.

Skills

Attention to detail

Clear written communication

Willingness to learn

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related field

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

Azure DevOps

Jira

Aha

Job description

Harris Computer in the United States is seeking a Junior Quality Assurance Engineer to join our QA team and grow into automation. The role begins with functional and regression testing, test data preparation and defect reporting, and builds toward authoring automated tests with support from a senior engineer.

The ideal candidate is methodical, curious about how the system works underneath the screen, and wants to build an engineering career in quality. Salary range is $70,000 to $80,000 per year.