Junior QA Engineer - Path to Automation

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

Job summary

Harris Computer in New Hampshire 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, and builds toward authoring automated tests with support from a senior engineer.

We value methodical thinkers who want an engineering career in quality, not just scripted testing. You will work with SQL for validation, participate in sprint planning, and contribute to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in CS/IS/Engineering
• 1+ years software testing experience
• Exposure to automated testing (professional, academic or self-taught)

Responsibilities

• Execute functional, integration and regression tests and record results with evidence
• Write test cases from requirements and acceptance criteria
• Maintain the regression suite and flag coverage gaps
• Support release testing and production verification
• Create and maintain test data and validate results with SQL when UI is insufficient
• Run automated suites, triage failures and report root cause
• Author and extend automated tests with support from a senior engineer
• Grow toward owning automation for an assigned module
• Review AI-generated artefacts against real requirements before use
• Run accessibility scans against WCAG 2.1 Level AA and document findings
• Carry out keyboard-only navigation and screen reader checks after training
• Capture evidence to support conformance reporting
• Raise defects with steps to reproduce and attach evidence
• Assign severity and retest fixes against a named build
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement and defect triage
• Raise questions on requirements early

Skills

SQL queries

Automation frameworks

Programming: TS/JS/C#/Python

Version control / tracking tools

Agile & Scrum

Attention to detail

Clear defect reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

Azure DevOps

Jira

Aha

Job description

Harris Computer in New Hampshire 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, and builds toward authoring automated tests with support from a senior engineer.

We value methodical thinkers who want an engineering career in quality, not just scripted testing. You will work with SQL for validation, participate in sprint planning, and contribute to