Test Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

· Analyze system and software requirements, test cases, and other documentation to breakdown functionality and automate such functionality using a predefined framework and set of tools to support the respective requirements and manual test cases

· Work closely with software development to ensure the automation is working as expected

· Deliver robust, scalable, and sustainable test automation assets as part of a larger automated regression test suite

· Write and execute manual test cases as necessary

· Perform ripple effect analysis for requirements and design level changes using technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques as they relate to software testing

· Continually monitor the test automation results and adjust accordingly

· Report and investigate observations and defects, working with other members of the development team to establish root cause and options for correction

· Actively maintain the automation test suite so it continues to provide the value expected

· Provide and manage traceability evidence between requirements, tests, and risk documentation

· Follow established standard operating procedures.

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Software, Computer Science, or related discipline or equivalent experience

· 6+ years of similar experience, including software testing, authoring automated testing, and verification experience and/or software development experience

· Experience with automated software test tools and techniques on desktop, mobile and/or cloud-based systems such as Selenium, Aligned Elements, Appium, and/or other automated and manual test management tools

· Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with both internal and external stakeholders

· Proficient with MS Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and software code languages such as C#, Python, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Advanced level degree in Engineering, Software, Computer Science, or related discipline

· Medical device experience, especially active implantable or Class III devices

· Familiarity with FDA regulation part 820 and/or standard IEC 13485 / 62304

· Demonstrated experience automating tests

· Experience working in an Agile and hybrid development methodology utilizing Jira or Azure