Senior Systems QA Engineer — Manual Testing Lead

AV

Town of Florida (NY)

On-site

USD 91,000 - 139,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits
Dental benefits
Vision benefits
401K with company matching
9/80 work schedule
Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment (AV) is seeking a Software QA Engineer III to independently plan and execute software verification for complex products, collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure software quality throughout the development lifecycle.

The role requires experience writing and executing manual test plans and test cases, documenting defects, and producing project status reports. Travel up to 20% and the ability to obtain a U.S. Secret clearance are preferred requirements.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related discipline is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • Minimum 5-8 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience in writing, executing, and monitoring test suites using a variety of technologies.
  • Strong working knowledge of testing fundamentals such as unit, smoke, performance, integration, and regression testing.
  • Advanced knowledge of wireless/networking protocols.
  • Ability to write and maintain test procedures and test plans.
  • Occasional domestic travel may be required (20%).
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Performs manual testing on communications applications.
  • Lead a multidisciplinary test team at test events and provide reports to customer representatives.
  • Write and execute manual test plans/test cases, document defects, and produce project status reports.
  • Help define and implement QA practices, procedures, standards and reporting.
  • Be detail-oriented, analytical with strong verbal and documentation skills.
  • Execute full system test plans and production-level test plans on released products prior to shipment to customers.
  • Interact with developers and engineers in a fast-paced environment.
  • Think outside the box to understand customer scenarios and configurations.
  • Create test scripts to capture logs and trigger boundary or failure conditions.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Manual testing
Test planning
Defect documentation
Cross-functional teams
QA methodologies
Networking protocols

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira
TestRail

Job description

AeroVironment (AV) is seeking a Software QA Engineer III to independently plan and execute software verification for complex products, collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure software quality throughout the development lifecycle.

The role requires experience writing and executing manual test plans and test cases, documenting defects, and producing project status reports. Travel up to 20% and the ability to obtain a U.S. Secret clearance are preferred requirements.

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