Senior Automation Engineer — Remote, Secret Clearance

Sherpa 6, Inc.; Northern (KY); A distancia; USD 120.000 - 170.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Fully Remote

Descripción de la vacante

Sherpa 6, Inc. is seeking a Senior/Principal Automation Engineer for a fully remote role requiring an Active Secret clearance.

You will lead the design of scalable test automation across web, Android, and Windows, building agentic AI-enabled testing capabilities and prototypes with a focus on quality, reliability, and speed. Reporting to the Quality Engineering Manager, you will collaborate with software teams to drive end-to-end testing, develop MVPs, and integrate them into GitLab CI/CD

Formación

• 5+ years of QA or Test Engineering with hands-on test system design.
• 1–2+ years of practical experience using agentic AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code) in real tasks.
• Significant hands-on contribution to building or rearchitecting a test automation framework.
• Hands-on testing across unit, integration, API, end-to-end, plus linting and static analysis.
• Experience automating tests across web, mobile, and/or desktop platforms.
• BS in CS, SE, or related field (required by contract).
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab preferred).
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to influence across teams.

Responsabilidades

• Design and own scalable test automation frameworks for web, Android, and Windows products.
• Partner with software teams to evolve end-to-end testing across the organization.
• Define and champion our agentic AI approach to quality and testing practices.
• Deliver AI-enabled testing solutions and reference implementations.
• Translate requirements into automation designs and actionable quality plans.
• Collaborate with development and platform teams to bake in automation from day one.
• Contribute to quality standards and metrics with practical examples.
• Provide guidance across multiple Agile teams as we scale testing.
• Stay ahead of tooling trends and translate them into improvements.
• Communicate complex designs clearly across teams.

Conocimientos

QA Engineering

Automation design

Clear communication

Quality mindset

Educación

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Herramientas

Selenium

Playwright

Appium

GitLab CI

Descripción del empleo

Sherpa 6, Inc. is seeking a Senior/Principal Automation Engineer for a fully remote role requiring an Active Secret clearance.

You will lead the design of scalable test automation across web, Android, and Windows, building agentic AI-enabled testing capabilities and prototypes with a focus on quality, reliability, and speed. Reporting to the Quality Engineering Manager, you will collaborate with software teams to drive end-to-end testing, develop MVPs, and integrate them into GitLab CI/CD