Automation Test Engineer Job Description
Automation test engineer
provides technical guidance on test automation design, architectures, and continuous delivery processes specifically Agile, JIRA, Jenkins, JMeter, and Python.
Automation Test Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective automation test engineer job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included automation test engineer job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Responsible for helping to identify gaps and needs of the agile team
Work within an Agile environment
Develop automated test cases on a day-to-day basis in Selenium
Determine the schedule and sequence of testing activities, negotiate and coordinate with interfacing applications regarding timelines and commitment
Understand data mapping rules and develop complex queries for data transformation extracts
Develop automated regression testing suites, and execute and/or lead the execution of automated and manual testing
Gather QA metrics on all projects including defect rates and root cause analysis
Coordinate/Document actual test results, responsible for the end-to-end tracking of all issues found, lessons learned, and provide action plans
Defines and maintains test standards and quality assurance tasks
Perform thorough automated & manual testing, data validation
Automation Test Engineer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Automation Test Engineer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ISTQB, ISEB, IAT, CSQA, CSTE, HP, QA, DOD, IA, CE
Education for Automation Test Engineer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the automation test engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Engineering, Technical, Software Engineering, Education, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, Business, Technology
Skills for Automation Test Engineer
Desired skills for automation test engineer include:
Java
Jenkins
Testing tools and testing methodologies
Programming
Python
Software testing methodologies
SQL
Selenium
Agile
Test processes and test case development
Desired experience for automation test engineer includes:
Experience with testing of webscale consumer ecommerce platforms at high transaction volumes
Construct test automation frameworks using Parasoft SOATest, HP QTP
Execute automated test scripts and establish baseline
Participate in test automation tool selection process and conduct POCs and ROIs
Report and manage test automation activities throughout the software development lifecycle
Attend project meetings to report on status of testing, communicate issues, etc
Automation Test Engineer Examples
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Automation Test Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of automation test engineer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for automation test engineer
- Lead and take ownership of testing process and implement them
- Assess risk for determining appropriate levels of testing
- Work with a variety of test tools and software testing practices, including developing, implementing, maintaining and managing manual/automated testing systems and environments
- Handle multiple large projects simultaneously
- Working with internal and external teams plan and execute tests using the most appropriate test approach to ensure that the software delivered is fit-for-purpose
- Develop maintainable test automation frameworks, tools and automated
- Chance to be part of project that is considered one of the most advanced and innovative in its category
- You will gain exposure to latest technologies and have a chance to grow into expert in your field
- You will be trained and certified
- You will have clear career path
Qualifications for automation test engineer
- Advanced experience working with highly complex target application environments
- Experience of Test and Issue Management tools TestRail, Quality Centre, Jira, Enterprise Tester
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering, a related field or equivalent education required
- Experience with Mobile Applications on the Windows Phone/Tablets
- Experience with automotive technologies CAN
- 2+ years of experience writing software code
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Automation Test Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of automation test engineer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for automation test engineer
- Participate in Agile development processes and focus on automated API testing to support software quality efforts
- Able to design, develop, document and implement software leveraging agile and CI/CD methodologies
- Support Agile scrum team in analysis of customer requirements and user stories to identify acceptance test criteria
- Participate in Agile scrum team activities including daily stand-up, release planning, sprint planning and end of sprint ceremonies
- Experience in mapping requirements to test cases and the ability to come-up with ideas to enhance the existing process
- RDBMS skills (prefer DB2 experience)
- Participation in or leading the design and development of automated implementations of tests using appropriate test harness
- Developing automation scripts in working with developers, test team members, and business Subject Matter experts to design automation scripts
- Storing and developing repository of the developed automation scripts for regression testing
- Reporting detailed test results of automation scripts completion, failure, and blocked rate.• Participates in technical design and walk through with development team
Qualifications for automation test engineer
- Experience working with embedded devices and/or input devices
- Familiar with VMWare, VirtualBox and other virtualization environments & tools
- Familiar with CMake and CTest
- Familiar with googletest
- Methodical and analytical approach to test and development
- At least 2 years of experience in testing REST/SOAP web services using Soap UI professional version (NG, Ready API) or other API Automation Suites
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Automation Test Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for an automation test engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for automation test engineer
- Experience testing RESTful APIs with tools such as Runscope
- Experience adding tests into a continuous integration system such as CircleCI
- Experience in gathering, analyzing, and communicating quality and test metrics
- Experience working with remote teams using messaging tools like HipChat or Slack
- A Bachelor’s degree in CS, or related fields
- Industry-acknowledged software-quality certifications
- Maintenance and fixing the faults of automated TCs
- Development of new Hibiscus features
- Support for the teams regarding usage of the automation framework
- Assist with technical artifacts and engage in technical discussions
Qualifications for automation test engineer
- 1 year of experience in Acceptance test driven development (ATDD) methodology
- Familiarity with source control tools Bitbucket, Github or SVN
- Responsible for Test Automation Solution Architecture for testing services (and by engagement from asset teams)
- Familiar with Eclipse, Tomcat, and Maven
- Test automation experience, in a professional software development environment, preferably with complex SW systems
- Some experience in integrating test automation fully into the CI chain and how to keep tests healthy
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Automation Test Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of automation test engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for automation test engineer
- Finding programming bugs, documentation, follow-up
- Understand and analyze existing test scripts
- Logs defects with associated documentation using JIRA
- Quickly learns and understands existing services that are undergoing upgrades
- Create test plans, test scripts and test cases for product validation and bug fixes based on system requirements
- Review, update, and execute existing automated regression tests and analyze results
- Identify and effectively troubleshoot software/network problems and implement appropriate corrections
- Occasional travel to work with contract developers will be involved
- Work with requirements
- Develop a TAF for regression testing
Qualifications for automation test engineer
- At least 4+ years experience using sql (intermediate\ advanced level)
- At least 1+ year of experience in cloud related technologies like AWS, Azure, or OpenStack
- At least 2+ years of UI automated testing experience using Cucumber Protractor or Selenium WebDriver
- At least 2+ years of API automated testing experience using RestAssured, Soap UI or any other tools
- At least 4+ years experience in Database technologies like RDBMS, SQL, RDS, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, ERWin
- At least 1+ year of experience developing Test Automation Frameworks and/or testing software for functionality, performance, security, scalability, refactoring/regression
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Automation Test Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of automation test engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for automation test engineer
- Creating, executing SQL queries, running Batch jobs
- Critically think of how to test things
- Contribute to a fun, fast paced org!
- Using SOAP UI Tool performed cross-platform Functional Testing involving XML messages, constructing different field values, data and validating HTTP Request and HTTP Response
- You participate in all aspects of product delivery, including review of user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications
- You interpret product specifications and develop comprehensive test design/plan to perform functional and load testing
- You perform the required tests to validate the feature’s functionalities and performance, and communicate the progress to the team
- You develop test documentation and guidelines
- You configure and maintain the testing environment being used by the team for testing
- You develop automated tests scripts, and develop test tools and applications that will help with the delivering of the product
Qualifications for automation test engineer
- Extensive knowledge of modern software Quality Engineering practices, approaches and Test Automation technologies
- Bachelors or master degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field
- Proficiency in setting up Continuous Integration/Deployment processes for various environments
- Previous experience in testing automotive infotainment applications or mobile web development is a plus
- 2+ years test or test automation experience
- Networking (TCP/IP) coursework or experience