Junior QA Engineer - Path to Automation & Testing

Harris Computer; Tennessee; 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. You will start with functional and regression testing, test data prep, and defect reporting, then move toward authoring automated tests with guidance from a senior engineer.

The ideal candidate is methodical, curious about how systems work, and eager to build a quality engineering career rather than just execute scripts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in a related field.
• 1+ years of software testing experience including internships.
• Exposure to automated testing.
• Strong SQL querying ability.
• Familiarity with modern QA automation tools.
• Ability to work in Agile/Scrum teams.

Responsibilities

• Execute functional, integration and regression test cases with evidence.
• Write tests from requirements, not from UI.
• Maintain regression suite and identify coverage gaps.
• Support release testing and production verification.
• Create and maintain test data and validate in DB.
• Run and triage automated test suites and report results.
• Develop and extend automated tests with guidance from senior engineer.
• Assist in automation ownership for a module.
• Perform accessibility scans and keyboard/screen reader checks.
• Raise defects with steps to reproduce and evidence.
• Participate in sprint planning and backlog refinement.

Skills

Testing experience

SQL

TypeScript/JavaScript

C#

Python

Attention to detail

Agile/Scrum

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 is seeking a Junior Quality Assurance Engineer to join our QA team and grow into automation. You will start with functional and regression testing, test data prep, and defect reporting, then move toward authoring automated tests with guidance from a senior engineer.

The ideal candidate is methodical, curious about how systems work, and eager to build a quality engineering career rather than just execute scripts.