Remote Windows QA Engineer — Desktop Apps & AI Testing

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote flexibility

Direct access to dev team

Small product-driven team

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is hiring a QA Engineer for remote work to test Windows desktop apps built on .NET (Windows 10/11). You will craft test plans, perform manual functional testing, and lead refinements of AI-drafted test cases while providing clear bug reports. Collaboration with product and engineering teams via Teams and GitLab is essential.

Flexible remote setup across a worldwide team. The role emphasizes strong written English, experience with NSIS installers and Outlook

Qualifications

• 4+ years manual functional testing of desktop applications
• Access to Windows (10/11) machines for testing
• Test plan authoring: derive new test cases from product specs, UI walkthroughs, or hands-on exploration;produce structured CSV/spreadsheet formats with clear test descriptions, steps, expected outcomes, and pass/fail criteria
• Refine AI-drafted test plans: we bootstrap test plans using AI, but they require substantial human rework— removing redundancies, adding edge cases, sharpening expected outcomes, and restructuring cases. You'll lead this refinement.
• Clear bug write-ups: precise reproduction steps, severity classification, screenshots, and log capture
• Comfort with complex UI patterns: multi-window interfaces, drag-and-drop, modal dialogs, system tray/menu bar behavior, and installer flows
• Platform-specific knowledge: Windows Shell Extensions, registry, NSIS installers
• MS365 / Outlook familiarity—we integrate with both Outlook Classic and modern Outlook
• Strong written English; proficiency with Microsoft Teams and GitLab for collaboration and issue tracking
• Nice to Have: Microsoft Entra / OAuth sign-in flow testing
• Nice to Have: AI / LLM chat product testing
• Nice to Have: Installer validation (NSIS on Windows)

Responsibilities

• Manually test productivity desktop apps built on .NET for Windows (10/11).
• Test plan authoring: derive new test cases from product specs, UI walkthroughs, or hands-on exploration; produce structured CSV/spreadsheet formats with clear test descriptions, steps, expected outcomes, and pass/fail criteria
• Refine AI-drafted test plans: bootstrap test plans using AI, but require substantial human rework— removing redundancies, adding edge cases, sharpening expected outcomes, and restructuring cases
• Clear bug write-ups: precise reproduction steps, severity classification, screenshots, and log capture
• Navigate complex UI patterns: multi-window interfaces, drag-and-drop, modal dialogs, system tray/menu bar behavior, and installer flows
• Platform-specific knowledge: Windows Shell Extensions, registry, NSIS installers
• MS365 / Outlook familiarity—we integrate with both Outlook Classic and modern Outlook
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams via Microsoft Teams and GitLab

Skills

Manual testing

Windows desktop testing

Test plan authoring

Bug reproduction

Clear bug reporting

English writing

Team collaboration

Tools

GitLab

Microsoft Teams

Outlook

NSIS installers

Windows Registry

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is hiring a QA Engineer for remote work to test Windows desktop apps built on .NET (Windows 10/11). You will craft test plans, perform manual functional testing, and lead refinements of AI-drafted test cases while providing clear bug reports. Collaboration with product and engineering teams via Teams and GitLab is essential.

Flexible remote setup across a worldwide team. The role emphasizes strong written English, experience with NSIS installers and Outlook