QA Engineer

Softworld, Inc.
Bedford, MA
10 May 2024

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QA Engineer

Establishes quality standards for products and processes and suggests modifications meant to prevent defects in components or final products.

Job Duties:

  • Works closely with cross-functional teams, including product design, product management, and production, to identify and mitigate quality risks.
  • Audits production processes, raw materials, or suppliers/vendors to ensure that established quality standards are met.
  • Conducts root cause analysis for defects, non-conformities, or other quality failures.
  • May be responsible for ensuring compliance with formal external quality standards, such as ISO 9001.
  • Experience and Education:
  • Performs work under direct supervision.
  • Handles basic issues and problems and refers more complex issues to higher-level staff.
  • Possesses beginning to working knowledge of subject matter.
Required Skills:

  • Plans, creates, maintains and executes detailed test plans, and scripts for verification of, but not limited to, software functionality, security, load, and performance.
  • Generates and maintains test data and the test environment.
  • Reads, understands and correctly interprets business and technical requirements.
  • Develops scripts to test these requirements.
  • Suggests changes to ensure accuracy of documented requirements.
  • Participates in reviews of technical documentation, such as user manuals and suggests improvements and tests incorporated procedures.
  • Develops a thorough understanding of the functionality of client-server, web or desktop applications.
  • Participates in defining automation strategy and applying appropriate automation technologies to meet the short and long-term quality goals.
  • Responsible for developing and maintaining test automation frameworks, solutions and automated test scripts using.
  • Responsible for following established test methodologies and processes.
  • Evaluates test processes and procedures and makes recommendations for improvement.
  • Works closely, collaboratively and communicates effectively with project stakeholders, engineers, and managers.
  • Takes initiative and ownership, performs as a mentor, and helps build a positive, productive work team.
  • Performs investigative testing on customer and other issues as required.
  • Documents test processes, test plans, test cases, configurations, and results.
  • Maintains and administers test management or configuration management software.
  • Helps develop testing strategies, project plans and risk mitigation strategies.

Note: In addition to the Essential Functions, also performs similar work-related duties as assigned

THIRD PARTY AGENCIES, SUBCONTRACTORS, AND RECRUITERS NEED NOT APPLY. Applicants received from firms will not be considered. Subcontracting is not available for this position.