Senior Systems QA Engineer - Manual Testing & Test Lead

AeroVironment, Inc.; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 91,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. in the United States seeks a Software QA Engineer III to independently plan and execute verification activities for complex products, collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure software quality throughout the development lifecycle.

The role requires hands-on manual testing, experience writing and executing test plans and defect documentation, and delivering clear project status reports. Domestic travel may be required and a U.S.

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 directly to customer representatives.
• Experience writing and executing manual test plans, documenting defects, and producing project status reports.
• Helps define and implement QA practices, procedures, standards and reporting.
• Needs to be detail-oriented, analytical and have strong verbal and documentation skills.
• Execute full system test plans as well as production-level test plans on released products prior to shipment to customers.
• Interact with developers and engineers; work environment is fast-paced and extremely dynamic.
• Be highly motivated and self-starting; work with minimal supervision.
• Think outside of the box during testing to understand varied customer scenarios and configurations.
• Test scripts should support the development team’s capture logs and trigger boundary or failure conditions.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Manual testing

Test plan creation

Defect documentation

Status reporting

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. in the United States seeks a Software QA Engineer III to independently plan and execute verification activities for complex products, collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure software quality throughout the development lifecycle.

The role requires hands-on manual testing, experience writing and executing test plans and defect documentation, and delivering clear project status reports. Domestic travel may be required and a U.S.