Sr. Test Automation Engineer - Kohler Ventures

Kohler•Palo Alto, CA

46d•$115,100 - $143,850•Hybrid

About The Position

Kohler Ventures is an independent company wholly owned by Kohler Co., global leader in the manufacture of kitchen and bath products, tile and home interiors, and an international host to award-winning hospitality and world-class golf destinations. Our mission is to build new digital businesses that empower consumers to lead healthier lives. We explore how familiar experiences can be enhanced and innovations developed through the integration of leading-edge technology, science, and design. Come join us as we build a best-in-class global multi-disciplinary team across artificial intelligence, machine learning, design, advanced software and hardware engineering, strategy, venture investments, sales, marketing, and partnerships. Our locations are Palo Alto, CA US, New York City, NY US, Kohler, WI US, Seoul, Korea, and Tel Aviv, Israel. In your role as Senior Test Automation Engineer at Kohler Ventures you will: Work directly with the Head of Software, software engineering team, and product teams. Create, maintain, and deploy testing tools/frameworks. Help deploy and integrate test automation into the CI/CD pipeline. Establish testing patterns, best practices, and increase test coverage (in partnership with engineers). Participate in various scrum meetings to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, estimates or potential problems.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline from a reputed academic institution.
5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer or Test Automation engineer.
Experience with functional, regression, and end to end testing.
Experience with some of test automation tools/frameworks such as Appium, Espresso, XCUI, Selenium, for Node, server API such as Jest, Cucumber, iOS, Android, embedded firmware for IoT devices.
Experience in development using script programming language, Python
Ability to translate business requirements into test plan and develop test automations at all layers.
Ability to work and communicate with multiple stakeholders including PMs, engineers, engineering management.
Availability to work outside of standard business hours as needed to be able to collaborate with teams across multiple time zones
Minimal travel as needed both domestic and international

Nice To Haves

Compliant with appropriate QMS and regulations for medical devices.
Broad interest spanning from early prototyping to shipping finished features.
Experience in data science (including ML algorithm implementation).
Champion for quality in code, processes, and culture.
Positive, can-do attitude with a high degree of ownership and self-motivation to drive change.
Entrepreneurial experience in a high growth technology focused company or startup.
Exemplary collaboration skills across teams, geographies, and functions.

Responsibilities

Work directly with the Head of Software, software engineering team, and product teams.
Create, maintain, and deploy testing tools/frameworks.
Help deploy and integrate test automation into the CI/CD pipeline.
Establish testing patterns, best practices, and increase test coverage (in partnership with engineers).
Participate in various scrum meetings to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, estimates or potential problems.