Internship – Quality Assurance Automation Engineer (Year-Round)

Baird•Milwaukee, WI

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Quality Assurance Automation Engineer intern will work with QA Automation Analysts and Business Process Engineers on meaningful, production-relevant projects in an agile environment. The role supports quality and process improvement through testing, automation, troubleshooting, tracking, change management and continuous process improvement. The internship is hybrid: four days per week in Baird’s downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin office and one day remotely. The intern must be available full time during the summer (37.5–40 hours per week) and part time during school semesters (15–20 hours per week). Baird is seeking a local student who can start in June 2027. The position is part of a year-round internship, with a high-impact summer program that includes hands-on projects, mentorship, networking and professional development. Baird is not currently hiring individuals who now or in the future require employment visa sponsorship.

Requirements

Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, management information systems, information technology, business analytics, data science, finance with a technology concentration, or a related field.
Anticipated graduation date of May 2028 or later.
Completed coursework or project experience in software development, information systems or process analysis.
Foundational programming experience; TypeScript or JavaScript is preferred.
Interest in learning Playwright, browser automation, test design, reusable code, debugging and source control.
Ability to perform detailed manual testing in addition to automation development.
Analytical and problem-solving skills, including translating requirements into positive, negative, boundary and end-to-end test scenarios.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, including communicating technical information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Organizational skills to manage multiple priorities, attend to detail and deliver high-quality work on time.
Motivation, proactivity, strategic thinking and commitment to learning and contributing effectively.
Availability to work full time during summer (37.5–40 hours per week) and part time during school semesters (15–20 hours per week).
Must be a local student able to start in June 2027.
Must not now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status.

Nice To Haves

Experience with an object-oriented programming language other than TypeScript or JavaScript.
Exposure to Git, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, SQL, APIs, agile delivery, financial services, or workflow/process automation platforms.

Responsibilities

Build automated regression coverage for selected workflows and support manual testing for active releases.
Assist in developing and maintaining automated end-to-end tests using Playwright with TypeScript in the QA automation framework.
Translate requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria into test scenarios and reusable automated test scripts.
Create or enhance reusable page objects, workflow components, test-data utilities and validation functions.
Validate request initiation, business-rule evaluation, task routing, approvals or rejections, completion status and results.
Document defects with reproducible steps and supporting evidence, retest corrections and communicate results.
Contribute to test documentation, regression coverage, coding standards and team quality metrics.
Analyze automated test results, investigate failures and improve test reliability and maintainability.
Participate in requirement reviews, backlog refinement, sprint planning, demonstrations, defect triage, release testing and retrospectives.
Gain exposure to risk-based testing, regression strategy, test-data management, defect lifecycle management and CI/CD execution.
Observe collaboration with Private Wealth Management, Operations, Information Technology and subject-matter experts to design, build, test and support automated business processes.
Learn how financial services workflows proceed from a client or branch request through validation, review, approval, processing and completion.
Meet associates across QA, engineering, business analysis, product ownership and operational teams to learn about career paths and technology supporting Private Wealth Management associates and clients.