Software Test Engineer: Automation & QA

Cagayan State University; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Cagayan State University is seeking a student-quality assurance role in San Jose, CA. The position involves designing test specifications, automating tests, and executing comprehensive testing across functional, performance, and system integration domains.

The role emphasizes collaboration with software developers and other teams, applying advanced testing methodologies in a concurrent computing environment, and automating workflows to improve efficiency.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Mathematics.
• Knowledge of operating systems, relational databases, concurrent computing, and client/server architecture.
• Experience in Linux/Unix testing environments.
• Understanding of software lifecycle and quality engineering methodologies.
• Good numerical analysis and logical thinking skills.
• Hands-on experience with programming languages such as Python, C/C++, Java, Perl, or shell scripting.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to excel in a cross-functional team environment.
• Experience with AI agent-based testing, evaluation, or automation is a plus.
• Familiarity with GIT (Bitbucket), JIRA, and Confluence is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, create, and write Test Plan Specifications (TPS) for new features.
• Automate test cases for regression testing using advanced frameworks and scripting languages.
• Design, create, and execute software test plans and test cases in various testing types.
• Run functional and regression tests to ensure features meet requirements.
• Collaborate with developers, marketing, PEG, PL, and SQA teams.
• Apply high-skill quality testing methodologies in a concurrent computing environment.
• Automate testing flows to improve efficiency.

Skills

Operating systems

Relational databases

Concurrent computing

Client/server architecture

Python

C/C++

Java

Perl

Shell scripting

Git

JIRA

Confluence

Education

B.S./M.S. in CS/EE/Math

Tools

Linux/Unix testing environments

Job description

Cagayan State University is seeking a student-quality assurance role in San Jose, CA. The position involves designing test specifications, automating tests, and executing comprehensive testing across functional, performance, and system integration domains.

The role emphasizes collaboration with software developers and other teams, applying advanced testing methodologies in a concurrent computing environment, and automating workflows to improve efficiency.