Senior Director, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs – Endoscopy
Medtronic
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Leidos
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Gaithersburg • Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Montana, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $104,650 - $189,175 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
CypressJavaJavaScriptSeleniumTypeScript
About the role
- Design, develop, and maintain robust automated test suites for both end-to-end web applications and APIs using Playwright (JavaScript/TypeScript).
- Collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams, including developers, DevSecOps engineers, and system analysts to define acceptance criteria, test cases, and quality metrics.
- Implement test automation for RESTful APIs, ensuring thorough validation of backend functionality, performance, and integration with frontend components.
- Work with the team to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring tests run consistently with every build and deployment.
- Lead the evolution of test automation frameworks, including architecture, reusable libraries, and test data strategies.
- Analyze system requirements and identify edge cases to achieve comprehensive test coverage.
- Troubleshoot issues, capture logs, report defects, and work closely with developers to resolve problems.
- Support system and user acceptance testing, including scenario development and execution tracking.
- Document test plans, strategies, results, and metrics for internal and customer reporting.
- Mentor junior engineers and provide guidance on automation best practices.
Requirements
- US citizenship is required per contract.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience.
- 8+ years of experience in software quality assurance and testing, with a focus on both manual and automated testing.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with Playwright or equivalent frameworks (e.g., Cypress, Selenium) in test automation for modern web applications.
- Strong experience with Playwright for automating end-to-end web application tests.
- Expertise in manual testing methodologies, including creating detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
- Solid understanding of Agile software development and the role of testing within Agile workflows.
- Proficiency in writing automated test scripts using Java, JavaScript, or TypeScript with experience implementing Playwright in CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with version control systems such as Git.
- Strong knowledge of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and browser behavior.
- Experience with defect tracking tools such as Jira or similar.
- Ability to analyze complex requirements and design comprehensive test strategies.
- Agile development experience with familiarity in Scrum or SAFe frameworks.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, troubleshooting, and debugging skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Benefits
- Health and Wellness programs
- Income Protection
- Paid Leave
- Retirement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
PlaywrightJavaScriptTypeScriptCypressSeleniumautomated testingmanual testingtest automation frameworkstest planstest scripts
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem-solvingtroubleshootingdebuggingcommunication skillsmentoringcollaborationleadershipattention to detailadaptability
