Software QA Automation Engineer, II

AeroVironment•Moorpark, CA

1d•$79,037 - $120,531•Onsite

About The Position

The Software QA Automation Engineer II designs automated solutions to systematically verify mission systems software and helps maintain robust test infrastructure. In this role, one regularly collaborates with the development team and the system test team while operating with a good degree of autonomy.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in related discipline is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
Minimum 2 - 5 years of relevant experience
Familiarity with one or more of C/C++, Python, C# .NET, or Java; object-oriented design experience is a plus
Experienced in Software QA automation
Experience building or contributing to automation frameworks (e.g., Xray or similar), with scripting in Python or similar
Comfortable working in Linux and with source control / CI pipelines (e.g., GitLab)
Experienced performing code reviews and mentoring team members on automation concepts and best practices
Occasionally may be required to travel within the Continental U.S. (20%)
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or asylee/refugee status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) required.
Must be willing to work on government contracts and have the ability to obtain a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to embedded, robotics, UAS, or other safety- or mission-critical software is a plus
Familiarity with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test environments and lab hardware is a plus
Embraces AI-assisted development and test tools to accelerate automation and related engineering work

Responsibilities

Participates in the design, expansion and maintenance of the automated test suite and frameworks (e.g., Xray)
Contributes to isolated component, sub-system, and automated system tests; reviews system requirements and supports system test plans, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) regressions, and engineering flight tests
Defines and plan scope, resource needs, benchmarks and goals of manual & automation work
Applies QA practices, procedures, standards and reporting
Supports the bug reporting and review process; helps identify and track software risks
Identifies project risks, quantify risk/benefit relationships and provide alternative solutions as well as risk mitigation
Designs test plans, scenarios and cases to exercise new functionality & identify breaking issues
Analyzes, designs, programs, debugs, and modifies test software and automation for embedded, networked, and mission systems software
Partners with resources as needed to validate software with project time line
Mentors entry level team members on QA/QC concepts, methodologies and best practices
Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors
Other duties as assigned