The Quality Assurance Engineer (QAE) is responsible for writing traceability matrices to link test cases to use cases. The QAE executes functional (manual) tests during each iteration on traceability matrix. The QAE writes and executes end-to-end (integrated) automated test cases. In general, the QAE will also oversee the quality of the software through test execution, oversee the quality of the process (ensuring that all artifacts are produced based on quality standards), and provide first line support to customers on Hitachi High-Tech America, Inc’s (HTA’s) product lines.