Junior QA Engineer — Grow Into Automation

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

Job summary

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

The ideal candidate is methodical, curious about how the system works, and eager to build an engineering career in quality rather than only executing scripts.

Qualifications

• Requires 1+ years of software testing experience including internship or placement.
• Exposure to automated testing in any professional, academic, or self-taught setting.
• Familiarity with SQL for data validation and testing.

Responsibilities

• Execute functional, integration and regression tests and document results with evidence.
• Write test cases from requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain regression suites and identify coverage gaps.
• Support release testing and production verification.
• Create and maintain test data, including edge cases and validation paths.
• Validate data with SQL when UI is insufficient.
• Run automated suites, triage failures, and report root cause.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Clear written communication

Education

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

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

TypeScript

JavaScript

C#

Python

Azure DevOps

Jira

Aha

Job description

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

The ideal candidate is methodical, curious about how the system works, and eager to build an engineering career in quality rather than only executing scripts.