Senior Software Design Engineer in Test-Mobile Apps

Washington  ‐ Onsite
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*Contract to Hire Opportunity!*

Our client is developing a JAVA based platform for the newest model of one of the most popular car models on the market. This is a position with the group that is developing cutting edge technology in the automotive space. The team is integrating mobile phone connectivity for vehicles, enabling driving environments to safely access services like Pandora, iHeart Radio, Bing, OpenTable, Movie Tickets, and more.

  • Great team environment, flexible schedule
  • Your input will be highly valued
  • Collaborate with a broad mobile Client Server development team

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Define and implement sustainable automation strategies together with peers for mobile applications that provide significant increase in test efficiencies and coverage
  • Execute and evaluate automated testing results
  • Support QA organization as needed with tools development
  • Support QA organization by participating as needed in the product release testing efforts
  • Provide technical leadership to the QA organization, including mentoring and growing junior team members with respect to technical skills and automation

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Engineering or CS Degree
  • 6+ years direct experience in product delivery environments with a primary focus on Software Quality Assurance
  • 5+ years of test automation experience within Software Quality Assurance organizations
  • Experience with test automation in the mobile handset industry and/or Embedded systems
  • Proven track record of designing effective test automation frameworks, ideally in eco systems with uncontrolled dependencies (cellular radios, networking, Bluetooth, etc.) and/or Client Server solutions
  • Experience with and wide exposure to various automation tools, including JUnit and mobile app automation tools
  • Technical understanding of mobile platforms/OSs such as iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, etc.
  • Working knowledge of Bluetooth Protocol as well as general network architectures and communication protocols such as OSI, IP, TCP, HTTP, XMLRPC, XML
  • Proficiency with Linux/UNIX and MacOSX development environments
  • Very good OO programming skills in Java, C#, C++, as well as Scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, etc.
  • Experience with building tools, simulators, automating API testing, including testing of SDKs a plus
  • Good understanding of SDLC and how sound quality assurance/engineering fits into the overall process
  • Passion and ability to advocate for customers and excellence in product quality with strong QA background and ability to think like a quality assurance professional
  • Ideal candidate will be true QA Engineer with skills and experiences of a SDET (automation and technical skills)

...if you are interested and qualified for this role, please apply as soon as possible. We'll contact you immediately with the next steps for consideration as we're looking to hire as soon as you are able to start.

Start date
n.a
Duration
6 months
From
Compucom
Published at
22.06.2012
Project ID:
381120
Contract type
Freelance
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