QA Automation Engineer

Position Summary

This role supports an IT QA Automation initiative with a focus on defining, reviewing, assessing, and implementing an automation framework for testing Windows UI applications.

The engineer will:

• Collaborate with QA and application engineering teams.
• Evaluate and select automation tools and frameworks.
• Design scalable automation solutions.
• Streamline test execution processes.
• Improve overall QA effectiveness.
• Extend automation coverage to web-based applications.
• Integrate automation with test management and tracking tools.

Required Experience & Technical Background

• Expertise implementing and supporting automation frameworks, especially for Windows UI applications.
• Experience scripting and automating tests for Windows and web applications.
• Strong understanding of QA best practices, methodologies, tools, and metrics.
• SaaS and Cloud application testing experience.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure concepts.
• Ability to collaborate, mentor, and share knowledge with team members.
• Experience developing and implementing UI automation for:Windows ApplicationsWeb Applications
• Experience driving testing innovation and process improvement.
• Programming and scripting experience using:C#.NETJavaScriptPythonPowerShell
• Knowledge of relational databases and SQL query development.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as:AWSAzure
• Experience with ERP applications.
• Experience with transit scheduling and operations applications is a plus.

Responsibilities

Automation Framework Strategy & Design

• Contribute to technology stack definition, infrastructure design, and testing approaches.
• Help scope and define automation tool requirements.
• Collaborate with QA and application teams to advance automation strategies.
• Evaluate scalable and modular automation framework solutions for Windows UI applications.
• Ensure extensibility to web UI automation.

Framework Development

• Define and establish core framework components, including:Test case managementObject repositoriesLoggingReportingData-driven testingConfiguration management
• Develop reliable and maintainable:Functional testsRegression testsSmoke tests
• Implement parallel execution strategies.
• Optimize automation for performance and stability.

Tool & Technology Evaluation

• Evaluate automation tools and libraries.
• Create proof-of-concepts (POCs).
• Perform ROI analysis for tool selection.
• Define adoption criteria and framework best practices.
• Assess web load testing tools.

Quality Assurance Governance

• Define and enforce coding standards.
• Ensure adherence to QA best practices.
• Define:Error management strategiesDeterministic test data approachesEnvironment controls
• Support continuous QA improvement initiatives.

CI/CD, Reporting & Metrics

• Integrate automation solutions with build pipelines where applicable.
• Integrate with test management tools.
• Automate test reporting.
• Publish actionable QA metrics.
• Enable unified reporting and artifact management across testing suites.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with:DevelopersQA AnalystsProduct Owners
• Define:Testable requirementsAcceptance criteriaRisk-based test coverage
• Produce documentation, examples, and onboarding materials.
• Deliver training sessions for QA engineers and stakeholders.
• Mentor team members.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available to qualified candidates who meet eligibility requirements.