Senior QA Automation Engineer for Mission-Critical Systems

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

Job summary

InvestedintheMission is seeking a Software QA Automation Engineer III to design automated solutions that verify mission systems software and maintain robust test infrastructure, with collaboration across the development and system test teams and a high degree of autonomy.

You will own automated test suites, build and optimize frameworks (Xray), define QA practices, mentor teammates, and work with Linux, GitLab CI, and embedded/mission system software; occasional travel within the Continental

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Minimum 5 - 8 years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in one or more of C/C++, Python, C# .NET, or Java; object-oriented design experience is a plus.
• Experienced in Software QA automation.
• Experienced in building and optimizing automation frameworks (e.g., Xray or similar), 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 be required to 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, and supports hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) regressions and engineering flight tests
• 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 validate software with project time line
• 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

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GitLab

Xray

Job description

InvestedintheMission is seeking a Software QA Automation Engineer III to design automated solutions that verify mission systems software and maintain robust test infrastructure, with collaboration across the development and system test teams and a high degree of autonomy.

You will own automated test suites, build and optimize frameworks (Xray), define QA practices, mentor teammates, and work with Linux, GitLab CI, and embedded/mission system software; occasional travel within the Continental