Job Description
An Amazing Career Opportunity for Solutions QA Engineer
Location: Basingstoke
Job ID : 27439
As the Solutions QA Engineer, you will be responsible for testing solutions (internal and 3rd party) ensuring solutions are fit for purpose and use.
The qualified candidate will take a hands-on approach and lead the project delivery team in the design and execution of QA strategies and methods, you should possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, attention to detail and a real passion for testing and quality.
If this sounds like you keep on reading !
Who are we?
HID Global powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely.
We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,000 worldwide employees.
Check us out here: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo
As our Solutions QA Engineer, you’ll support HID’s success by:
* Create test plans/scripts from use cases, user stories, functional specifications.
* Carry out solutions software testing to ensure products are fit for purpose (meets required functionality, compliance, and capacity).
* Track, follow up and ensure that all bugs are remediated, and code is released effectively.
* Expertise in Postman API testing.
* Contribute to test automation scripting using Selenium.
* Ensure the product achieves or exceeds the envisioned customer experience.
* Develop quality strategies for software products and oversee the development and execution of software test plans and analysis of test results.
* Ensure coordination and completion of test activities.
* Provide demo to customers, training to end users, and knowledge sharing internally.
* Lead CAT testing with the customer.
* Foster a collaborative and inclusive culture within the team.
* Contribute as QA Lead in the project core team to achieve project goals and objectives.
* Participate in the core team Meeting.
* Be a point of contact and escalation for PMs.
* Identify, quantify, prioritize, and manage quality, contributing to the project risk mitigation plans.
* Liaise with project stakeholders such as the Business Analyst, Product Owner, Developers, PMs, Technical Writer, Customers.
* Ensure customer satisfaction, overcoming obstacles, and escalating concerns when required.
What we will love about your background
* A proactive approach to work, with a positive can-do attitude, enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible and adaptable. Willing to pick up and learn about new technologies as required.
* Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills with the ability to analyze complex situations; responsible and accountable for own decision making.
* Team player with a questioning nature.
* Hard-working, goal oriented and with a high level of energy and enthusiasm; able to operate efficiently, effectively, and professionally within a fast paced, dynamic and results driven business environment.
* Exceptional interpersonal and stakeholder management skills and the ability to communicate with authority both verbally and in writing at all levels of the business and across different cultures.
* Ability to tailor communication appropriately to the requirement of diverse audiences.
* Ability to listen and understand information and to interpret stakeholder and customer needs.
Education and/or Experience:
* Higher level education in software engineering or computer science, or have equivalent experience.
* Degree in Computer Science or related field desirable, but not essential
* Requires a minimum of 5 years’ experience of release testing in controlled environments.
* Experience working internationally advantageous.
* Experience of stakeholder management.
* Proven capabilities in leading software product testing, ideally for products that integrate software and hardware.
* Proven ability to drive QA success via integrated cross-functional teams involving deep collaboration with technical/software team and design.
Why apply?
* Empowerment: You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise.
* Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive ambitious change.
* Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly.