SDET Lead
Summary
Trimble has an opening for a Lead Automation Engineer in Chennai, India. This is an exciting time to join as we grow and bring new features and technologies to our products and applications.
The SDET engineer is responsible for improving the quality of software releases through automation processes and tool enhancements. Working in an agile development environment, the SDET Engineer will develop and apply customized testing methodologies to show measurable improvements to the released software. In addition, this person is responsible for automating test cases and workflows to accelerate our testing and release cycles.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Continuously evaluate and improve defined software processes
Plan, schedule, and implement testing projects
Design and develop quality testing procedures; update and modify existing tests as necessary
Define test objectives and collaborate with the team and other departments to achieve project goals
Perform moderately complex functional, application, regression, and performance testing
Define and adhere to quality initiatives
Provide metrics and results from all testing efforts that will support business decisions related to the quality of the product
Recommend and evaluate test automation and performance tools
Evangelize new automation techniques and best practices to QA team members
Competencies
Willingness and ability to quickly adapt and maintain software products and current testing technologies
Ability to accurately estimate task durations and meet schedules
Strong initiative, customer-service oriented, and commitment to insure timely, quality solutions to customer issues
Well-organized, self-directed team player. Remains open to others’ ideas, and exhibits willingness to try new things
Prioritize and plan work activities, use time efficiently and develop realistic action plans
Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness and monitor own work to ensure quality
Present information effectively, and is capable of interpreting written technical documentation
Adapt to changes in the work environment, manage competing demands, and is able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events
Strategize and plan improvements in QA processes, tools, and best practices
Demonstrate professionalism, strong English verbal and written skills, positive attitude, strong work ethic, and good judgment
Able to thrive in a highly collaborative teamwork environment
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field plus a minimum 5 years relevant experience in software quality assurance or equivalent combination of education and experience
Demonstrated test automation and scripting skills
Strong understanding of testing & test automation processes
Prior experience testing ETLs and working with SQL
Prior experience in working with BI tools (Domo, PowerBI)
Knowledge of cloud and virtualization testing environments
Experience with QA-related tools and JIRA for requirements management, test management, and defect tracking
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge in GUI automation tools like Sikuli is a plus
Knowledge of performance and security testing tools and techniques
Knowledge of web application testing tools and techniques
Prior experience in a global work environment
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