Software QA Engineer

Software QA Engineer

Location: Apex, NC 27539

Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite 5 Days/Week

Contract: 3 6 Months, with potential 6-month extension based on performance

Interview: 1-hour onsite interview with the team

Day in the life:

• Design and execute test plans for technically advanced IoT products.
• Develop test cases based on functional requirements, user scenarios, and customer needs.
• Own and maintain software test documentation throughout the development lifecycle.
• Participate in design reviews and collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Support manual testing efforts including unit, integration, and user acceptance testing.
• Contribute to the development of custom automated test applications and test harnesses.
• Apply best engineering practices within a stage-gate product development framework.
• Demonstrate urgency, creativity, and commitment to software quality and reliability.
• Perform functional and regression testing on embedded firmware and edge devices.
• Conduct IoT device validation including connectivity, sensor feedback, and control logic.
• Execute mobile app testing across iOS and Android platforms, validating cloud-device interactions.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using tools like Selenium, Katalon, Appium, or TestProject.
• Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines and test management tools (Jira, Zephyr, Jenkins).
• AI ready solutions and mindset with QA background.

Must haves:

• 3 5 years of experience in software, firmware, API or mobile app testing in a product development environment.
• Hands-on experience with C/C++, C#, and QT.
• Familiarity with manual testing methods: unit, integration, and UAT.
• Exposure to IoT device testing and automation scripting for firmware/software/mobile platforms.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle including specification, debugging, and deployment.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Introductory experience with automation tools/frameworks: TestProject, Ranorex, QTP, UFT, Selenium, Katalon, Appium (iOS/Android).

Nice to haves:

• Experience with scripting languages such as Java or Python.
• Experience with static analyzing tools.
• Exposure to Linux and embedded Linux.
• Experience with Git and GitHub, AWS integration.
• Experience with Agile or equivalent software development processes.
• Experience with Continuous Integration.
• Experience in test management and automation tools Zephyr, QC ALM.

Interview process:

• Onsite with team, one hour