Systems Quality Assurance Engineer III

AeroVironment•Sunrise, FL

3d•$91,000 - $138,750•Onsite

About The Position

The Software QA Engineer III independently plans and executes software verification activities for complex products while collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure software quality throughout the development lifecycle. The candidate must have experience writing and executing manual test plans/test cases, documenting defects and producing project status reports. Candidate will be responsible for executing full system test plans as well as production-level test plans on released products prior to shipment to customers. Must be comfortable interacting directly with developers and engineers. Work environment is fast-paced and extremely dynamic. Candidate must be highly motivated and a self-starter. Needs to be able to handle the work with minimal supervision. During testing candidate will be expected to think “outside of the box” to understand the various scenarios and configurations that customers use to ensure customer quality is maintained. Test scripts should support the development team’s capture logs and trigger various boundary or failure conditions.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Minimum 5-8 years of relevant experience.
Experience in writing, executing, and monitoring test suites using a variety of technologies.
Strong working knowledge of testing fundamentals such as unit, smoke, performance, integration, and regression testing.
Advanced knowledge of wireless/networking protocols.
Ability to write and maintain test procedures and test plans.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance is preferred.
Detail-oriented, analytical and have strong verbal and documentation skills.
Highly motivated and a self-starter.
Able to handle work with minimal supervision.
U.S. Citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Secret or Top Secret clearance, or the ability to obtain a clearance is desired.

Responsibilities

Performs manual testing on communications applications.
Lead a multidisciplinary test team at test events and provide reports directly to customer representatives.
Write and execute manual test plans/test cases, document defects, and produce project status reports.
Define and implement QA practices, procedures, standards and reporting.
Execute full system test plans as well as production-level test plans on released products prior to shipment to customers.
Interact directly with developers and engineers.
Think “outside of the box” to understand the various scenarios and configurations that customers use to ensure customer quality is maintained.
Develop test scripts that support the development team’s capture logs and trigger various boundary or failure conditions.
Performs other related duties as assigned by management.