Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

At ARA, we strive to hire valuable colleagues with not only the right skills, but also demonstrate our core values of passion, freedom, service and growth. As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer on our team, you are the backbone of our strategic initiatives and will be responsible for developing technology critical to the success of our projects as well as national security. This position offers an opportunity to participate in quality assurance and testing efforts on cutting-edge physics-based modeling and simulation software.

If you are a dynamic and motivated Software QA Engineer interested in contributing to our customer's growth in the fields of engineering, research, and software development then this immediate opening provides an exciting opportunity for you to engage in quality assurance and testing for cutting-edge physics-based modeling and simulation software.

Day to Day Responsibilities as a Senior QA Engineer:

• • Collaborating with software engineers to comprehend the technical architecture and implementation of each feature.
  • Interpreting and reporting testing results, advocating for quality throughout the development process.
  • Extending and enhancing our test framework.
  • Creating comprehensive test plans and test cases to support new features.
  • Reviewing user interfaces for conformity and functionality.
  • Identifying, isolating, documenting, regressing, and tracking bugs through resolution.
  • Collaborating effectively within the development team and demonstrating excellent communication skills.

Senior QA Engineer Requirements:

• • The nature of work (i.e. interactions with the intelligence community and DoD programs) requires eligibility to apply for and hold a US security clearance; selected applicants will undergo a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements at the time of employment.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field, with 8-10 years of relevant experience. Equivalent professional experience (at least 13 years) will be considered for talented candidates without a degree.
  • Proficient in testing methodologies within an integrated agile project team.
  • Ability to code automated tests using Test Complete, Robot, J-Unit, Silk4J, or Pytest.

Senior QA Engineer Preferences:

• • Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tools such as Gitlab, Jenkins, or TeamCity.
  • Application security tools such as Fortify or SonarQube.
  • Automated testing expertise.
  • Programming proficiency in C++, Java, or Python.

Who is ARA?

Do you want to work for a purpose? Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company. We have been providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences since 1979. ARA has over 2,042 employee owners and continues to grow rapidly. Together, our offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.

ARA also prides itself, on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. Employee ownership ensures you have a voice with what happens in the company. We are also very proud of our Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women to maximize career and professional accomplishments.

To find out more about what the Software Enterprise Division has to offer, visit our website at: https://www.ara.com/benefits/