QA Automation Engineer for Wearables & Cloud Apps

University of Virginia; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Virginia is seeking a detail-oriented Software Test Engineer to join our engineering team in Charlottesville. You will design, develop, and execute test plans to ensure quality, performance, and reliability of software products, collaborating with software developer engineers and algorithm engineers throughout the lifecycle to catch issues early and help ship high-quality releases.

You will design, write, and execute manual and automated test cases, develop automated scripts and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 2+ years of experience in software testing / quality assurance.
• Experience writing and executing test cases, test plans, and test scripts.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Experience testing cross-platform, native mobile applications (iOS/Android/Flutter-frameworks) and cloud server applications.
• Hands-on experience with test automation tools/frameworks
• Familiarity with API testing tools (e.g., Postman)
• Experience with bug tracking and test management tools (e.g., Jira)
• Experience working with automation servers used to build, test, and deploy software (e.g., Jenkins)
• Understanding of version control systems (e.g., Git)
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, write, and execute manual and automated test cases based on software requirements and technical specifications.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks (UI, API, and regression testing).
• Identify, document, and track software defects using bug-tracking tools (e.g., Jira).
• Collaborate with developers to reproduce, diagnose, and verify bug fixes.
• Participate in requirement reviews, design, and planning meetings to provide QA input early.
• Apply and wear continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and other on-body sensors as part of manual testing to validate device functionality, data accuracy, and user experience.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, performance, and load testing as needed.
• Set up and maintain test environments and test data.
• Analyze test results, generate metrics, and report on test coverage and release readiness.
• Create documents that capture test operations and report results to the software team.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of testing processes, tools, and best practices.
• Support CI/CD pipelines by integrating automated tests into build and deployment workflows.

Skills

QA testing

Automation testing

Test planning

Jira

Postman

CI/CD

Git

Cloud platforms

Mobile testing

Flutter

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering

Tools

Jira

Postman

Jenkins

Git

Appium

Espresso

XCUITest

Job description

University of Virginia is seeking a detail-oriented Software Test Engineer to join our engineering team in Charlottesville. You will design, develop, and execute test plans to ensure quality, performance, and reliability of software products, collaborating with software developer engineers and algorithm engineers throughout the lifecycle to catch issues early and help ship high-quality releases.

You will design, write, and execute manual and automated test cases, develop automated scripts and