Software Development Engineer in Test II Job Simsbury area,Connecticut USA,Software Development

Introduction and What You Will Do (Job Responsibilities)

Position Summary – Software Development Engineer in Test II

The Software Development Engineer in Test II (SDET II) will work collaboratively as part of a project team, pairing with developers to create, develop, maintain, and automate test cases, to run manually and within the defined automation framework. This individual must be innovative, self‑motivated, and willing to develop new skills while constantly improving existing abilities and needs to be interested in problem solving, developing tools, and hardware and software interoperability.

This resource is a team player, willing to learn from the talented engineering colleagues on software best practices while educating them on the latest technology and software infrastructure. Also, the SDET II resource integrates the latest technology into the test infrastructure for our automatic tank gauges and cloud‑based applications.

Major

Responsibilities Include:

Develop test plans to verify and validate automated tank gauge features
Design, develop, and execute software solutions based on test requirements and technical specification to ensure quality on our automated tank gauge and related platforms
Continuously improve the test automation framework
Develop automation execution reports that communicate failed tests and failure points to stakeholders
Integrate automated tests into the make/build process for continuous integration using frameworks such as Jenkins or Bamboo (either directly or helping Dev Ops to do it)
Monitor automation processes and communicate failures
Support non‑functional testing (stress, performance/load, and security testing) with automation and test data as needed
Review and refactor existing automated tests as well as enhance our automation regression technology to ensure the software quality improvement and efficiency of the test
Communicate test results and highlight potential quality risks
Ensure test automation design is traceable to requirements or user stories and achieves a high level of requirement/test coverage
Interact with product manager, development teams and QA colleagues to develop a strong understanding of the project and product testing objectives
Function as an integral part of the project team
Collect, analyze and interpret test metrics
Summarize test data and report findings

Basic Qualifications Who You Are (Qualifications)

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
Experience with test automation frameworks required
Experience with object‑oriented programming languages (Java preferred)
Proven ability to write automated test scripts to validate APIs, software functionality and firmware using automation tools and frameworks including NUnit, C++, C#, JUnit, TestNG, NodeJS, Java, Python, Selenium, and Python
Experience using Selenium to automate WebUI tests
Good knowledge about both Linux and Windows OS
Good knowledge about with CI/CD tools (such as Jenkins, Bamboo, Travis)
Sub‑versioning using SVN and/or Git
Gained seniority working in project team and/or as part of an agile SCRUM project team, and experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) or Behavior Driven Development (BDD) a plus
Good knowledge with Agile software development
Minimum 5 years’ experience in a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) or Automation Engineer role
Knowledge of the system development life cycle
Ability to collaborate cross‑functionally and work well in a team‑oriented environment with developers, test engineers, and product owners
Other UI automation experience (such as QT)
Linux scripting (bash)

Other Qualifications

Excellent oral and written communication skills
Solid interpersonal skills
Must have a strong work ethic and possess the ability to work in a team environment as well as independently, manage priorities, and adapt to an on‑going, progressively changing work environment.
Knowledge or experience in configuring and troubleshooting hardware a plus
Experience with using hardware single‑board computers (Beagle Bone, Raspberry Pi) a plus
Experience with TestNG writing assertions
TDD/BDD experience
Electronics fundamentals
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