Software Test Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION:

This role will participate in feature definition, requirement verification, and testing methodologies as part of a dynamic Agile team. Additionally, this individual will contribute as part of a team to promote a culture of quality to resolve product issues before field release. The ideal candidate will value culture as much as technical skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Proactively gain proficiency as an expert user of the team’s software products to understand users’ experience and quality expectations
• Interact with medical devices in the execution of manual tests
• Translate feature requirements into testable user stories
• Adhere to regulatory standards associated with verification of medical systems
• Support investigation of reported field issues to identify the root cause
• Provide test review feedback to foster testing best practices within the team
• Contribute to both manual and automated testing efforts (typical 50% split)
• Create automated test ware and refactor existing test ware to exercise product behaviors while managing test code maintainability and execution efficiency
• Maintain source code for internally developed tools utilized within the testing process
• Develop new strategies for manual and automated testing to optimize test coverage
• Promote new technologies and testing practices within the team

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Required

• BS degree in a technical discipline and 4 years of relevant technical experience
• 3 years of software test automation experience
• Proficient with object-oriented programming
• Demonstrated ability as a self-learner

Preferred

• ASTQB certification
• Experience with Agile software development lifecycle
• Capable of crafting relational database scripts (SQL or equivalent)
• Familiarity with software version control (Git or equivalent)
• Experience with platform virtualization environments (ex. Azure or VMware)
• Capable with XML, JSON, HTML, and CSS
• Experience utilizing Agile development tools for project management and bug tracking (ex. TFS, Jira, or Rally)
• Experience testing RESTful API and competent with API testing tools (ex. Postman and Swagger)
• Background with the healthcare industry and associated technologies (ex. HL7 communication)
• Familiarity with industry-standard processes for test design and test management
• Capable with an object-oriented programming language (C# preferred)
• Familiar with test automation frameworks (xunit preferred)
• Experience with automated UI testing technologies (Selenium, Appium)