Windows Validation Engineer - Test engineer

Job Description for the WEV (Windows Experience Validation) Test Engineer role.

Primary Skills: Knowledge on Different flavors of Windows Builds Testing

WEV is sign off criteria servicing. WEV also validates candidate builds for engineering teams. Tasks include (but are not limited to):

• Selfhost Windows 11 daily. (Plan, drive, and deploy test efforts for Selfhost projects. test case creation, improvements and maintenance, testing, reporting, bug management for team & PM consumption.)
• Manage communications between WEV & engineering teams.
• Planning / scheduling WEV validation (IST/PST time zones).
• Provide sign-off for Windows on Microsoft Surface devices and Windows 11 Servicing.

Responsibilities

• Preparing devices under test (DUT), bare metal recovery/reinstallation, installation of OS & updates. Deploy pre-release images on DUTs and execute manual test cases.
• Validate expected functional behavior of Windows builds.
• Create and maintain bugs discovered during testing in Azure DevOps (ADO) tool and collaborate with Windows Client & Services and Development team to perform further troubleshooting if necessary.
• Regress bugs after fixes have been released.
• Create, maintain, edit, and revise test plans, test cases, and procedures in test documentation and collateral in Azure DevOps (ADO) and report the results.
• Provide root-cause analysis and identification of likely points of failures.
• Provide impact analysis of failures and customer use cases.
• Collaborate with partners and communicate changes to test cases and schedules.
• Document results in bug reports, status reports, and e-mail.
• Read, understand, and (possibly) modify scripts used for testing and diagnostics.
• When applicable, analyze compatibility issues reported by customers as associated with various DUTs and peripherals.

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

1. Extensive experience and understanding of Windows 10 and Windows 11 Operating Systems and various features of each OS. Knowledge of Windows OS Build numbers/versions.
2. Strong understanding of PC components/peripherals and how they relate to software and the OS.
3. Clear, thorough, effective communication skills. Candidates are required to read, write, and verbally communicate and articulate well in US English.
4. Technical aptitude and troubleshooting skills. Should be able to understand customer issues, identify issue/fault type, and the area to which it belongs.
5. Should be creative / innovative in problem solving/debugging and decision making, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
6. Continuous improvement of all validation processes. No status quo.
7. You are:
8. one who addresses issues proactively.
9. a person with an investigative mindset.
10. an independent thinker.
11. methodical and organized.