Industry: High-tech software manufacturing 

Location: 3 weeks remote + one week onsite in Germany ( traveling to Germany for one week per month is crucial) 

Project length: The first contract is signed for a period of 12 months + renewals

Rate: salary to agreed (depending on the candidate's experience)

Start: ASAP

Order type: B2B.

 

Join a pioneering high-tech software manufacturer specializing in mission-critical communication systems. 

 

As a part of the team, you will be expanding testing capacities:

  • Sprint-accompanying testing

  • Close collaboration between QA engineers and development (Product Owner, developer)

  • Continuous expansion of test coverage through automated regression testing

 

The focus of the Role:

  • Developing test cases within the product development domain

  • Implementing test automation

  • Streamlining CI/CD automation

  • Enhancing automation across delivery processes

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Conducting product-specific tests within a Scrum development team

  • Defining test cases for newly developed features based on epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria from the product owner

  • Collaborating with the Product Owner during the formulation of test cases

  • Cooperating with the integration test team to establish product-related test cases

  • Continuously expanding automated regression test case coverage

  • Partnering with the development team to implement automated test cases and set validation criteria

  • Collaborating with the automation team to maintain the CI/CD platform and test automation infrastructure

  • Setting cross-team and cross-product standards for:

    • Test automation

    • Test methodology

    • Testing and automation technologies and tools

  • Ensuring compliance with QA-relevant implementation standards within development, including:

    • Providing guidance to developers on best practices

    • Ensuring test coverage through developer-run unit tests

    • Ensuring software testability

  • Implementing test automation specifications as provided by the test automation team

 

Additional Responsibilities:

  • Active participation in the Change Control Board

  • Coordination of test strategy with various departments

  • Assisting customer projects by providing automation tools for installation, configuration, validation, and reporting

 

Essential Requirements (Must-Have):

 

  • 3-6 years of experience in testing 

    - Ranorex

    - test automation

    - CI/CD

    - GitLab

    - Jira and Xray

    - ISTQB

    - SCRUM / agile

    - REST API testing

    - Web UI Testing

     

    • Proficiency in test management

    • Defining test cases in a SCRUM environment, closely interacting with developers and product owners

    • Conducting API and interface tests (REST, protocols)

  • Experience in test automation:

    • Familiarity with Ranorex (candidates with experience preferred), Tricentis Tosca, Selenium, Appium, Cucumber

    • Familiarity with CI/CD tools: GitLab, Jenkins

  • Soft skills: Agile mindset, collaborative approach within a SCRUM team, effective interaction with developers and product owners, strong communication

  • Tools: Jira, XRay, Confluence

  • Language: English (required)

  • ISTQB certification highly valued: Certified Tester, Test Manager, Test Automation Engineer, Agile Tester

  • Plus: Experience with virtualization technologies such as OpenStack, VM Ware, Docker

  • Experience with mobile technology

 

Nice to have : 

  • preferably experience in the following areas: Telecom, 4G/5G, Radio Technology/ Radio Equipment, Networking, and Security. 

  • The German language will be very beneficial