Senior Test Engineer Job Description
Senior test engineer
provides computer engineering technical expertise in sensor system application software, infrastructure software and computer processing components, and peripheral hardware engineering in support of the airborne sensor system research, development, test and evaluation, production and operation activities.
Senior Test Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
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Through the extensive use of LabVIEW software development, maintain software using techniques of source control
Duties can include research, evaluation, development, and application of new processes and methods to detect manufacturing defects at CM's
Work with developers to reproduce errors, and ensure that defects are fixed
Drive some of the latest models of our customers vehicles to test the latest software (components)
Experience in web services (WCF preferred), HTML, JavaScript, AJAX, JSON, XML
Design data sampling schemes to optimize the information/resource balance and to control testing uncertainties
Ensure test readiness including training of test event participants
Train manufacturing personnel in the correct operation of tests put in place
Develop detailed metrics that will be recorded and monitored to track the progress and outcomes of the testing process
Conduct thorough testing related to non-functional and functional requirements in the form of user stories
Senior Test Engineer Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Senior Test Engineer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ISTQB, ISO, QA, DAU, 9000, II, IAT, ITIL, STD, STP
Education for Senior Test Engineer
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Employers hiring for the senior 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 Engineering, Computer Science, Technical, Electrical Engineering, Education, Computer Engineering, Science, Computer, Physics, Electronics
Skills for Senior Test Engineer
Desired skills for senior test engineer include:
SQL
Code reviews
Build and release processes
Continuous deployment
Source control
Test suite development and maintenance
Professional software engineering best practices
Processes
Linux/Unix
Computer operation and principles of computer hardware
Desired experience for senior test engineer includes:
Partition the qualifications into meaningful modules
Experience building Test Plans / Approaches and Test Strategies from the ground up
Our team members’ health and wellness is our priority rewarding them for their hard work
A relevant degree and several years of relevant industry experience
Must have 4+ years system-testing experience with particular emphasis on web based testing
Strong testing background expected with experience writing test plans and test procedures
Senior Test Engineer Examples
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Senior Test Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of senior test engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for senior test engineer
- Conduct design reviews for hardware and software documentation packages consisting of schematics, production procedures and calibration procedures
- Responsible to provide a core competency to engineering and manufacturing in the area of Automatic Test Defect Detection
- Provides resolutions to a diverse range of complex problems
- Responsible for testing a Tomcat Web Application
- Act as the primary/sole tester on a cross functional team
- Create and execute test plans and test procedure development (functional and performance) in an agile (working in sprints, effort estimation for new sprints) environment
- Participate in Capability Development Group (CDG) Integrated Product Team (IPT) and/or Integrated Test Team as needed to ensure proper coordination of acceptance testing activities
- Support, extends, and implements automated tests and infrastructure that provide feature coverage
- Participates actively in code review process, posting scripts, and incorporating feedback, reviewing automation submitted by other team members
- Apply concept of Agile Software Development Lifecycle
Qualifications for senior test engineer
- Ability to work in a team based development environment
- Must be a contributing team player and have a self-going attitude
- This is a plus - demonstrated knowledge of C/C++ is a must, knowledge of other high level programming language – PHP, Shell Scripting and MySql is desirable
- Strong project management and leadership skill
- Enterprise storage experience desired but not required
- Experience as a Linux Admin is a plus
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of senior test engineer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for senior test engineer
- To assist the Business Manager in any such manner with regard to the division
- Research and drive improvements to test systems and procedures
- Become an expert in and the voice of the Design for Manufacture for Test (DFMt) when interfacing with R&D development, assuring new test solutions meet DFMt guidelines
- Assume high levels of test ownership once the formal handoff from development to production occurs
- Ability to program in LabVIEW is a plus
- Coordinate and take responsibility for our relationship and workings with our Japanese and Italian colleagues
- Manage the detailed process capture and documenting of the train test procedures undertaken in Japan or Italy
- Manage the creation of the necessary Test Procedures during the introduction of a new train type
- Ensure your team, read and extract information from test specifications, manufacturing instructions, engineering drawings and specifications to support development of required procedures
- Set-up your team so that they can deliver training to the wider test team in application of the newly developed test procedures
Qualifications for senior test engineer
- Liaise with the development team in providing support on requirements
- Take forward the requirements for clarifications to the teams on a need to know basis
- Strong working experience with device or systems management application
- Strong experience with end-to-end testing in a client-server environment
- Proficiency in Requirements analysis, test case identification, test plan creation and execution, tracking of defects and reporting of results
- Experience with trouble-shooting issues, including log file and network trace analysis, to eliminate false alarms
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Senior Test Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a senior test engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for senior test engineer
- Work independently in the development of production test equipment, test programs, and/or debug processes for low-high complexity assemblies, and/or low to medium complexity systems
- Train internal manufacturing or external contract manufacturer technical personnel in the use and support of production test equipment, test programs, and/or debug processes for low to high complexity assemblies, and/or low to medium complexity systems
- Support and maintain production test equipment, test programs, and debug processes for low to high complexity assemblies, and/or low to medium complexity systems released to external customers and internal manufacturing
- Prepare testing reports and programmes as required by the TiC
- Work closely with developers while testing new functionality
- Work in a very agile (SCRUM) environment
- Review new functionality for usability by customer and provides feedback to Analyst and Developer
- Provide new functionality demonstrations or overviews to customer
- Create and execute software test plans in the test repository
- Design, develop and execute feature tests and user story tests
Qualifications for senior test engineer
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, and create and meet schedules
- Experience in RF production and characterization hardware design for ATEs
- Level testing
- Hands-on experience with electrical systems (AC/DC, analog/digital circuits) and system wiring
- Experience with testing of sensors or multidisciplinary systems
- Experience with vacuum or pressure equipment preferred
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of senior test engineer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for senior test engineer
- Conduct tests and/or supervises testing by Test Engineers and Test Technicians and collect data using a Data Acquisition Systems and various instrumentation
- Responsible for contacting outside laboratory sources for quotation and contracting offsite testing
- Provide support for design and development program PDR’s and CDR’s
- Develop the custom software used to operate and collect data within test systems using industry standard software packages such as Labview
- Ensuring that Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) concepts are incorporated into test equipment and providing feedback to the engineering team on any SHE related concerns that should be addressed during a design effort
- Strong Communication Skills, works well with onshore staff
- Working experience in selenium is required
- Tools like Jira, Clarify, Clarity, HP Quality Center, Test Planning and Execution Software
- In-house expert on all test equipment, procedures, and specifications
- Design and coordinate build of test fixture and equipment
Qualifications for senior test engineer
- Test Hardware (L/B or DIB board) schematic review and debugging knowledge
- Familiar with device Qual/CZ, silicon validation and test H/W & S/W development
- Hands on knowledge in new product test development is desirable
- Knowledge of IC design, test development tools and wafer fab process preferred
- Three to five years full-time experience maintaining local-area and wide-area networks
- Understanding of network physical infrastructure such as patch panels, fiber cabling and network cable termination
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a senior test engineer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for senior test engineer
- Contribute to teams working to develop, deploy, and sustain lean manufacturing processes
- Communicates testing status to project team and management
- Remotely validates customer deployments
- Act as principal investigator or lead a group of engineers investigating test issues and test failures, developing solutions for resolving recurring test issues or failures, and preparing related recommendations and reports, including certified test reports and Test metrics
- Conduct test equipment viability and cost analysis and studies to prepare or lead the preparation of specifications, proposals, safety documents, and assist with obtaining required approvals
- Setup, install and configure complete 800xA DCS system
- Create multiple test configurations and perform relevant tests in the system environment
- Create and maintain relevant documentation for tests, defects and conclusions
- Responsible for part of an area of tests for major/minor releases
- Participate in test improvement initiatives
Qualifications for senior test engineer
- Experience with Ruby and Cucumber
- VB Scripting, test automation tools (eg QTP, UFT)
- Other testing tools is an advantage
- Web Services testing using Soap UI is an advantage
- Working knowledge of server and storage hardware systems, including knowledge of Systems Management, RAID, BIOS, and related standards
- Highly detail oriented with strong interpersonal and oral communication skills