Software QA Engineer III

Overview

Iridium is an award-winning and innovative satellite communications company with bragging rights to the only network that offers voice and data connectivity anywhere in the world. For over 20 years, Iridium’s unique network and services have supported critical communications needs for individuals, businesses, and the evolving Internet of Things.

At Iridium, we understand the importance of staying connected and the limitations of traditional communications networks. People across the globe, including first responders, humanitarians, global militaries, scientific researchers, and lone workers, as well as ships, aircraft and remote operations all rely on Iridium to stay connected. We take our responsibility for providing these essential communications very seriously and pride ourselves on offering a reliable lifeline when needed. Likewise, Iridium is committed to providing an exciting and innovative workplace, where employees are challenged to think outside the box and collaborate on new, bold ideas and solutions. Our talented teams are passionate about their work and the impact our company makes around the world. Iridium fosters an empowering and inclusive culture that allows employees to genuinely be their best selves. We are looking for others who want to join this truly unique company that celebrates our employees and provides the opportunity to truly make a difference in the world.

What We’re Looking For :

If you are an experienced QA Engineer who thrives on working independenty to deliver high-quality test designs, plans, and cases while driving projects to completion, you will love working as a Quality Assurance Engineer III at Iridium! In this role, you will focus primarily on Operations Support Systems, test automation, satellite communication products,complex server side application testing, and programming scripts for the the Billing Operations System application stack. You will excel in this role if you are a team player, are able to understand large and complex systems, and have a passion for finding software coding and design bugs.

What You’ll Do :

• Be responsible for collaborating in the design, development, and execution of test plans and test cases
• Drive testing efforts for the major releases, patches and hot-fixes in an agile work environment
• Identify testing tasks for user stories and document the acceptance criteria for user stories
• Recognize issues pertaining to software coding and design bugs and craft / propose solutions to them
• Identify new feature functional test cases that may need to be automated
• Participate in backlog grooming, sprint planning, technical design discussions, and daily stand up meetings to ensure successful sprints
• Investigate and troubleshoot application errors in test environments and resolve any configuration issues
• Perform peer reviews for test plans / cases developed by your peers
• Automating updates and maintenance of existing scripts, and identifying and implementing new automation features for each release

What You’ll Need to Succeed :

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Work Environment :

This position primarily works in an office setting and is largely sedentary with the majority of the position working with a computer. The role typically requires the use of basic office equipment such as a phone, video, computer, keyboard, mouse, and printer.

Iridium is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.