QA Automation Engineer
DESE Research, Inc. · Huntsville, AL · 2 days ago
Quality AssuranceFull-time
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and execute automated software test suites
- Review existing unit tests and evaluate software test coverage
- Develop new automated unit tests to improve software quality and reliability
- Support regression testing during daily software build and integration activities
- Analyze test failures, identify root causes, and work with software engineers to resolve defects
- Develop and maintain repeatable software verification processes and testing documentation
- Collaborate with Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, and DevOps teams to improve software quality and test automation
- Support continuous integration and automated testing activities
- Generate quality metrics, testing evidence, and defect trend reporting
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on software reliability, automation, and long-term sustainment
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- Experience developing or maintaining automated software tests or test frameworks
- Experience with software verification, validation, and regression testing
- Understanding of software development lifecycle processes and software quality assurance principles
- Experience working within collaborative software development teams
- Ability to work independently while supporting a customer-facing engineering environment
- Active Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain and maintain one
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience developing unit tests for C++ applications
- Familiarity with Ada software environments
- Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD or daily build environments
- Experience with test automation frameworks and scripting languages
- Experience with code coverage tools, static analysis, or software quality metrics
- Experience supporting complex real-time, embedded, or defense software systems
- Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies