Senior QA Automation Engineer — Embedded & Robotics

Roboticsconnected; Moorpark (CA); On-site; USD 101,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and Vision

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Software QA Automation Engineer III to design and maintain automated test infrastructure for mission systems software. You will work with development and system test teams with a high degree of autonomy.

The role requires 5–8 years of QA automation experience, proficiency in multiple programming languages, and expertise in building automation frameworks. Travel up to 20% within the Continental U.S. may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline or equivalent
• Minimum 5 - 8 years of relevant experience
• Proficiency in C/C++, Python, C# .NET, or Java; OO design experience is a plus
• Experienced in Software QA automation
• Experienced in building and optimizing automation frameworks (e.g., Xray) with scripting in Python or similar
• Comfortable working in Linux and with source control / CI pipelines (e.g., GitLab)
• Experienced performing code reviews and mentoring team members on automation concepts and best practices
• Occasionally may travel within the Continental U.S. (20%)

Responsibilities

• Participates in the design, expansion and maintenance of the automated test suite and frameworks (e.g., Xray)
• Owns isolated component, sub-system, and automated system tests; reviews system requirements and co-authors system test plans
• Defines and plan scope, resource needs, benchmarks and goals of manual & automation work
• Defines and implement QA practices, procedures, standards and reporting
• Supports the bug reporting and review process; contributes to software risk identification, tracking, and mitigation
• Identifies project risks, quantify risk/benefit relationships and provide alternative solutions as well as risk mitigation
• Designs test plans, scenarios and cases to exercise new functionality & identify breaking issues
• Analyzes, designs, programs, debugs, and modifies test software and automation for embedded, networked, and mission systems software
• Partners with resources as needed to validatesoftware with project timeline
• Mentors less experienced team members on QA/QC concepts, methodologies and best practices
• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

C/C++

Python

C# .NET

Java

QA automation

Automation frameworks

Linux

GitLab CI

Code reviews

Travel 20%

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Tools

Xray

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Software QA Automation Engineer III to design and maintain automated test infrastructure for mission systems software. You will work with development and system test teams with a high degree of autonomy.

The role requires 5–8 years of QA automation experience, proficiency in multiple programming languages, and expertise in building automation frameworks. Travel up to 20% within the Continental U.S. may be required.