Software Development Engineer in Test II

SDET II

Summary 

Viewpoint Construction Software, a Trimble company, has an opening for a Software Developer in Test in Portland OR, This is an exciting time to join as we grow and bring new features and technologies to our award winning construction collaboration products.

The SDET Engineer is responsible for improving the quality of software releases through automation processes and tools enhancements.  Working in an agile development environment, the SDET Engineer will develop and apply customized testing methodologies to show measurable improvements to the released Viewpoint Software.  In addition, this person is responsible for automating test cases based on key product workflows that will accelerate testing during testing and release cycles. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain automation scripts

• Continuously evaluate and improve defined software processes

• Plan, schedule, and implement testing projects

• Design and develop quality testing procedures; update and modify existing tests as necessary 

• Define test objectives and collaborate with the QA Team and other departments to achieve project goals

• Perform moderately complex functional, application, regression, and performance testing

• Define and adhere to quality initiatives

• Provide metrics and results from all testing efforts that will support business decisions related to the quality of the Viewpoint Software

Competencies 

• Willingness and ability to quickly adapt and maintain software products and current testing technologies 

• Ability to accurately estimate task durations and meet schedules 

• Strong initiative, customer-service oriented, and commitment to insure timely, quality solutions to customer issues

• Well-organized, self-directed team player.  Remains open to others’ ideas, and exhibits willingness to try new things 

• Prioritize and plan work activities, use time efficiently and develop realistic action plans 

• Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness and monitor own work to ensure quality

• Present information effectively, and is capable of interpreting written technical documentation 

• Adapt to changes in the work environment, manage competing demands, and is able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events 

• Demonstrate professionalism, strong English verbal and written skills, positive attitude, strong work ethic, and good judgment 

• Able to thrive in a highly collaborative team work environment

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field plus a minimum of two years relevant experience in software quality assurance or equivalent combination of education and experience 

• Demonstrated test automation and scripting skills

• Strong understanding of QA processes

• Knowledge of cloud and virtualization testing environments 

• Strong technical skills with a variety of business software tools

• Experience with QA-related tools for requirements management, test management, and defect tracking 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Prior experience with automated test script creation 

• Experience in a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery test environment 

• Knowledge of Performance and Security testing techniques

• Familiar with testing microservices

• Experience with Azure Cloud technologies and solution tools

Working Conditions 

Work takes place in an office setting. It requires the ability to sit and work at a keyboard for extended periods of time and communicate with team members and other departments in person and by phone, computer, and video teleconferencing.