Quality Assurance Tester and Analyst Co-op (NU Students only)

Massachusetts Medical Society•Waltham, MA

About The Position

The Quality Assurance Tester Co-Op will perform manual testing tasks as assigned by QA leads (functional testing, browser testing, and content verification), on projects for the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal Watch, and other online products. Throughout a series of predefined releases; contribute to test case development and execution, and identify and log defects into the issue-tracking system. Assist in developing a QA Knowledge base by documenting product knowledge, and developing detailed prerequisites and back-end data conditions used to perform data integrity validation.

Requirements

Understanding of technology, particularly web technologies.
Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS.
Familiarity with basic web concepts and standard vocabulary of web pages; i.e.: font color, “center well”, banners, URLs, tables, margins, uses the phrase “line-spacing” instead of “leading”, etc.
Understands how hardware (particularly monitors), operating systems, and browsers can affect the display of web pages.
Ability to read functional specs and develop test strategies from those specs.
Experience taking verbal/written instructions and developing general test strategies
Understands how to create screenshots on Windows and Mac
Knowledge of cross-browser differences; at least some experience using IE, Firefox and Chrome.
Strong attention to detail.
Ability to think analytically and a desire to learn.
Self-sufficient and pride of ownership.
Good written and verbal communication skills, and ability to work well in a highly collaborative team environment

Nice To Haves

Manual QA testing experience preferred, but not required.
Experience with Safari is helpful, but not necessary.
Knowledge of iOS and Android mobile device operating systems

Responsibilities

Become familiar with quality-assurance concepts and types of testing, such as functional testing, regression testing, and performance testing.
Successfully complete manual functional testing for multiple website components and functions, based on test cases and specifications provided.
Develop a detailed understanding of how software defects are identified, reproduced, described, and documented in issue-tracking software such as JIRA.
Develop an in-depth understanding of how to complete QA testing on multiple operating systems and web browsers.
Gain experience working with a professional QA team on a complex software project and learn how QA fits into the overall Software Development Lifecycle.