QA Engineering Scientist — Cloud & Test Automation

University of Texas at Austin; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 104,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Basic medical coverage

Retirement contributions

Paid vacation & sick time

Paid holidays

Job summary

University of Texas at Austin’s Space and Geophysics Laboratory seeks a Quality Assurance Engineering Scientist to lead software testing efforts for government-facing systems, including cloud-hosted components. The role emphasizes designing test programs, building automation, and ensuring adherence to requirements and verification standards.

Ideal candidates will have a STEM degree and 3+ years of software QA experience, plus Python-based automation, version control with GitLab/Jira, and strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information science, or another relevant STEM field.
• At least three years of experience in software quality assurance, software testing, or verification.
• Experience developing and executing software test cases, test plans, or test procedures.
• Experience with test automation using Python or a similar programming/scripting language.
• Experience using version control and issue-tracking tools such as GitLab and Jira.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and document test programs, test plans, and test procedures for software systems.
• Develop and maintain automated test suites using Python or similar languages.
• Execute verification activities including requirements-based testing, traceability, and test reporting.
• Participate in project and requirement reviews; provide technical interface to sponsors and other external organizations; identify software and hardware resource requirements.
• Other related functions as assigned.

Skills

Software QA

Test design

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information science, or related STEM field

Tools

GitLab

Jira

pytest

Python

Job description

University of Texas at Austin’s Space and Geophysics Laboratory seeks a Quality Assurance Engineering Scientist to lead software testing efforts for government-facing systems, including cloud-hosted components. The role emphasizes designing test programs, building automation, and ensuring adherence to requirements and verification standards.

Ideal candidates will have a STEM degree and 3+ years of software QA experience, plus Python-based automation, version control with GitLab/Jira, and strong