Quality Assurance Tester II

About the role

Join the team driving continuous innovation for the revolutionary Coca-Cola Freestyle dispenser fleet! In this role, you will help test and deliver a completely new embedded system powering next-generation dispensers, operating at the intersection of cloud, web, IoT, and embedded hardware technologies.

Location: Atlanta, Georgia | Job type: Contract

Responsibilities

• Develop test plans, test cases, and execute manual and automated functional and performance tests on physical dispensers and prototypes.
• Analyze system, application, and event logs using Unix command-line utilities to debug hardware/software defects.
• Validate API and backend protocol communication between Linux-based embedded operating systems and hardware components.
• Partner closely with development resources, management, and product owners to track defects, mitigate risk, and report quality metrics.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience testing embedded systems or IoT hardware platforms (e.g., HVAC, set-top boxes, switches/routers, industrial controls, or robotics).
• Strong practical experience in log analysis using Unix shell command-line tools.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycles, QA methodologies, and defect triage.
• Knowledge of Linux OS, web services, and API testing for backend-to-hardware communication.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a creative, analytical mindset for quality processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related Engineering discipline.
• Experience with test automation frameworks (Selenium, JUnit, Java, JavaScript, Groovy).
• Proficiency with version control systems (Git).

Skills

• API
• testing tools
• automated testing
• backend
• cloud architectures
• test coverage
• command-line tools
• Communication Protocols
• complex network
• Programming
• event logs
• Git
• Groovy
• Java
• JavaScript
• JUnit
• Log Analysis
• industrial controls
• Python
• system reliability
• Selenium
• debugging
• test automation frameworks
• version control systems
• SDLC Methodologies
• Software Testing
• Unix command
• Unix shell scripting
• web service
• analytical
• detail-oriented
• inquisitive
• troubleshooting skills
• automated
• Automation
• HVAC
• prototypes
• reporting data
• identify defects
• defect tracking
• Embedded Systems
• embedded devices
• full-stack software development
• functional tests
• IoT
• IoT devices
• Quality Assurance