Mission-Critical QA Engineer

Quindar; Arvada (CO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Comprehensive health insurance for you

4% 401(k) matching

Company offsites

Paid holidays

Job summary

Quindar is seeking a QA Engineer to own functional, integration, and exploratory testing for new features and evolving product workflows. You will contribute to regression coverage and ensure mission-critical software behaves predictably in demanding space operations contexts.

You will design clear test plans and cases, test REST APIs and backend workflows, and collaborate with product managers and engineers to identify edge cases early.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in software quality assurance or a related role.
• Experience testing complex production software systems.
• Ability to translate product requirements into structured test plans and cases.
• Experience with web applications and REST API testing.
• Experience using test management platforms to organize test cases and coverage.

Responsibilities

• Own functional, integration, and exploratory testing for new features and evolving product workflows, while contributing to regression coverage for existing functionality.
• Develop and maintain clear test plans, test cases, and regression suites based on product requirements and real customer workflows.
• Test mission-critical workflows including contact planning, collision avoidance, task automation, and incident management.
• Identify, reproduce, document, and track defects through resolution.
• Test APIs and backend workflows in addition to user-facing functionality.
• Embed closely with product managers and engineers throughout feature development to understand intended behavior, identify edge cases and ambiguous requirements early, and shape the testing approach before features are ready to ship.
• Use logs, observability tools, browser developer tools, and other technical resources to investigate unexpected behavior.
• Use automation and AI-assisted tools where they improve testing depth, repeatability, or efficiency without losing the judgment that comes from thoughtful testing.

Skills

Manual testing

Test planning

Regression testing

API testing

REST APIs

Test management tools

Defect investigation

Git

Postman

Tools

TestRail

Rally

Zephyr

Xray

Job description

Quindar is seeking a QA Engineer to own functional, integration, and exploratory testing for new features and evolving product workflows. You will contribute to regression coverage and ensure mission-critical software behaves predictably in demanding space operations contexts.

You will design clear test plans and cases, test REST APIs and backend workflows, and collaborate with product managers and engineers to identify edge cases early.