Sr SQA Automation Engineer

Jobsbridge; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology staffing firm in Boston is seeking a highly motivated engineer for embedded software testing and automation development. This role involves developing a test automation framework and maintaining existing frameworks while collaborating closely with project managers. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and at least 5 years of experience, focusing on optimizing testing processes and troubleshooting embedded devices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering or related fields.
• Demonstrated capability to comprehend large scale system architecture.
• Experience with API or Web Services testing.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a talented software engineering team.
• Develop and maintain the test automation framework.
• Identify system defects and report them with proper analysis.

Skills

Self-motivated

Problem solving

Excellent communication

Experience with Python or Perl

Basic Networking knowledge

Troubleshooting skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

MSCS or MSEE (strongly desirable)

Tools

Git/SVN

Continuous Integration systems like Jenkins

Unit testing frameworks (e.g., pyUnit, JUnit)

Job description

Ideavat provides I.T staffing solutions, enabling companies & jobseekers engage successfully.

With over 20 man years of contingent staffing experience, the management & execution team is committed to provide customized staffing solutions to employers/hiring managers, helping them identify key talents. Emergent technology staffing (UI/UX developers & designers, Mobility & Cloud Engineers, Big Data/Hadoop developers & architects…& more) remains our primary focus!

Job Description

We are looking for a highly motivated, detail oriented engineer for embedded software testing and automation development. The candidate will also interact with the Global Software development and validation teams. The position will also work closely with Engineering Project Managers to ensure proper test coverage and project deadlines are met. The candidate will also be responsible for bringing optimization into end-to-end testing process. The candidate should be able to understand existing test automation harness and focus on migrating legacy tests towards continuous integration.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to an enthusiastic and talented team of Software Engineers to bring new products and compelling experiences to the market


• Identify system defects and report into tracking system with proper analysis of device level logs


• Develop the test automation framework and/or maintain/enhance existing framework


• Identify the tests impacted with the current sprint release for the regression test runs


• Identify individual group tests required to be executed in trunk branch, run the required test cases, segregate and maintain test results


• Convert the applicable tests to newer automation framework from the backlog of legacy tests


• Automate almost everything that is possible by out of box thinking and optimize the process through innovation


• Enhance processes and DevOps to improve quality and increase efficiency by focusing on continuous improvement


• Create new automated test scripts based on requirements/story or a defect reported outside of automated tests


• Troubleshoot and identify root cause of automated test failure

Qualifications

• Self-motivated, work well in a team as well as independently.


• Excellent analytical, problem solving, verbal and written communication skills


• Demonstrated capability to comprehend large scale system architecture and understand why it should fail or succeed


• Strong experience with one scripting language like Python, Perl or Shell


• Good knowledge on basic Networking (TCP, UDP, Socket programming, web servers, HTTP, discovery protocols)


• Ability to articulate the design ideas and good design/documentation skills


• Good to have exposure to audio, video, streaming protocols


• Comfortable using git/svn source control


• Experience of using at least one unit testing framework (pyUnit, JUnit, NUnit, C/CppUnit, etc.)


• Exposure on at least one Continuous Integration system like Jenkins


• Excellent troubleshooting skills with embedded devices/linux box


• Knowledge of API or Web Services testing


• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related equivalent degree, plus 5+ years of experiences. MSCS or MSEE is strongly desirable.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.