Sr Quality Assurance Engineer

Job description

3076854
Additional Cities

Chicago
Career Level

Experienced
Relocation Assistance

Yes
Business

GE Transportation
Business Segment

Transportation Digital Solutions
Function

Digital Technology
Country/Territory

United States
Additional States/Provinces

Illinois
Postal Code

60661-3671
Role Summary/Purpose

Responsible for testing a component, feature and or feature set. Works independently and contributes to the immediate team and to other teams across business. S/he contributes to quality engineering discussions.
Essential Responsibilities

·  Own medium-sized quality engineering tasks; and delivers while mentoring and helping team members

·  Make technology choices at individual level and has ability to analyze impact

·  Apply principles of SDLC and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP, CI, Software and Product Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, refactoring and Testing Techniques

·  Integrate project testing with continuous-integration process

·  Work with fellow team members to diagnose bugs and formulate solutions

·  Provide expertise in the quality engineering, test planning and testing methodology for a software project

·  Develop and executes maintainable automation tests for acceptance, functional, and regression test cases
Qualifications/Requirements

·  Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)

·  A minimum of 5 years of professional experience OR Master’s degree with 3 years of experience

·  Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. GE may agree to sponsor an individual for an employment visa now or in the future if there is a shortage of individuals with particular skills.
Desired Characteristics

Technical Expertise:

·  A minimum of 3 years working knowledge in test automation using Selenium/Protractor

·  A minimum of 2 years working knowledge testing and automating Web services using Rest Assured

·  Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter and Gatling

·  Experience with Test documentation, test execution and defect management

·  Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous deployment process

·  Demonstrated experience and ability to write Java/Java script code for the purposes of testing solution code (e.g., white-box testing).

·  Experience with issue-tracking and agile project management systems such as Confluence, Rally, etc.

·  Experience working in Linux/Unix and Windows environments.

·  Experience working with virtual machines (VMs) as part of a test/integration infrastructure

Business Acumen:

·  Demonstrates the initiative to explore alternate technology and approaches to solving problems

·  Skilled in breaking down problems, documenting problem statements and estimating efforts

·  Demonstrates awareness about competitors and industry trends

·  Has the ability to analyze impact of technology choices

Leadership:

·  Ability to takes ownership of small and medium sized tasks and deliver while mentoring and helping team members

·  Ensures understanding of issues and presents clear rationale. Able to speak to mutual needs and win-win solutions. Uses two-way communication to influence outcomes and ongoing results

·  Identifies misalignments with goals, objectives, and work direction against the organizational strategy. Makes suggestions to course correct

·  Continuously measures deliverables of self and team against scheduled commitments. Effectively balances different, competing objectives

Personal Attributes:

·  Strong oral and written communication skills

·  Strong interpersonal skills

·  Effective team building and problem solving abilities

·  Persists to completion, especially in the face of overwhelming odds and setbacks. Pushes self for results; pushes others for results through team spirit

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About Us

GE is the world's Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is anEqual Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.