Full Stack Software Test Engineer

Overview:

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com.

Job Description Summary:

A Full Stack Software Engineer & Tester collaborates with the team to design, develop, and execute automated unit tests using the Cypress testing framework while leveraging Zephyr scale to manage test cases. They also review SW Release Packages, Software Test Reports, Software test artifacts, as well as participate in Software Peer Reviews all to ensure the team’s delivery of high quality, compliant software.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities
• Provide technical assistance and support to customers, suppliers, and employees in resolving issues.
• Assist in the improvement of manufacturing, process, and product efficiency to reduce nonconforming products.
• Ensures products meet the organizations and customers quality and product integrity requirements.
• Supports product development or operations team by providing analysis and expertise throughout the inspection process.
• Participates in a cross function team in the determination of root cause of failures. Identifies when failure analysis is necessary, along with providing recommendations of the corrective measures.
• Analyzes data to identify trends in product quality or defects with the goal of mitigating and preventing recurrence and future defects.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills/Abilities
• Ability to work on cross functional teams
• Working knowledge of Lean Six Sigma principles
• Familiarity with Quality Standards ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100.
• Expert knowledge and skills in process integration.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with the proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to prioritize tasks.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good interpersonal skills to communicate clearly.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Education
Requires a bachelor of Science degree an Engineering discipline.

Experience
Requires 3-5 years experience in quality engineering or other engineering role.

Additional Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities

• Create and execute manual software test cases via Zephyr Scale
• Write and execute unit tests with the Cypress testing framework
• Aid in other development tasks where needed
• Ensure products meet the organizations and customers’ quality and product integrity requirements
• Drive improvements to Draper’s software development process, including best practices
• Analyze data to identify trends in product quality or defects with the goal of mitigating and preventing recurrence and future defects
• Provide technical assistance and support to customers, suppliers, and employees in resolving issues

Required Qualifications:   

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (science, technology, engineering, software or math)
• Proficiency using SQL
• Experience with testing frameworks (Cypress, Jest, Playwright)
• Experience with programming languages and frameworks (JavaScript, React, NextJS, C#, Python )
• 2+ years of work experience
• Experience with Agile, SCRUM
• Ability to work on cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with the Atlassian tool suite e.g. JIRA, Confluence
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and reasoning skills; ability to debug and resolve difficult technical problems
• Experience in a wide breadth of software development activities
• Good interpersonal skills to communicate clearly
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills with the proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Access
• Familiarity with Zephyr Scale
• Familiarity with Epicor

Security Requirement:

This position will require the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance.  Main requirement for a security cle