QA Engineer

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Lisbon
Hybrid
Mid level
Cloud • Enterprise Web • Software • Analytics • Design
Altium is transforming how electronics are designed with the industry’s most collaborative EDA/ECAD software platform.
The Role
The QA Engineer ensures product quality by designing, implementing, and executing tests on Altium's cloud applications while maintaining documentation. They collaborate with the team to identify issues and enhance user experience through comprehensive testing.
Summary Generated by Built In
  ⚡️ Why Altium?

Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. From startups to world’s technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before.

  • Constant innovation has created a transformative technology, unique in its space
  • More than 30,000 companies and 100,000 electronics engineers worldwide use Altium
  • We are growing, debt-free, and financially strong, with the resources to become #1 in the EDA industry
Why Altium Software Engineering? 

Build the cloud platform that’s transforming electronics design. Altium Develop/Agile let design engineers communicate, collaborate and bring their ideas to market more efficiently than any platform in the industry. Altium offers the opportunity to conceive and build new product features for engineers who develop smart products.

The Requirements Portal delivers essential features on the Altium Develop/Agile platform for engineering teams to collaborate on their product requirements. It covers the entire lifecycle from importing with smart importers customer requirements, collaborating on them, connecting them to the electronics design, verifying them and creating relevant compliance documents.

  • Shape the future: You'll be part of a close-knit team with ambitious goals, but you'll also have the freedom and power to define the best way to achieve them. Collaborate with your team to map out the features and technical path that will bring our product vision to life;
  • Grow together, share knowledge: We foster a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing. You'll have the opportunity to learn from and mentor your teammates, contributing to a collaborative environment where everyone thrives;

If you like the idea of working in an environment that encourages creative and autonomous work, focuses on your growth potential and where there’s always room to discuss the quirks of living on this planet, then we might just be a perfect fit.

A day in the life of our QA Engineer

As a QA Engineer, your primary responsibility will be to ensure the quality of product development for our complex cloud applications with the Altium365 - Valispace R&D team. You will work closely with the development team to design, implement, and execute tests that identify issues and ensure our software meets the highest standards. Your expertise will be crucial in maintaining the reliability and performance of our products, ensuring they deliver an exceptional user experience.

  • Craft comprehensive test documentation: Become a master of writing clear and detailed test documentation, ensuring every Altium feature is thoroughly tested and functions as intended.
  • Champion stability through rigorous testing: As a dedicated tester, you'll be on the front lines, meticulously testing new features to identify and prevent bugs before they reach users.
  • Safeguard the user experience with comprehensive regression testing: Perform in-depth regression testing across a broad spectrum of Altium products. Your work will be instrumental in maintaining a stable and reliable user experience.
Who We’re Looking For
  • 4+ years of experience as a QA Engineer in testing complex software systems
  • Experience in testing web applications
  • Experience in writing comprehensive test plans and using test management tools (i.e. Testrail)
  • Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, tools, and processes
  • Experience testing software at the API level
  • You’re detail-oriented with an ability to see the bigger picture
  • You understand and have experience working with complex and evolved SDLC processes
  • Performance testing tools knowledge (i.e. Jmeter)
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Understanding of CI systems (i.e. Jenkins, Github Actions, TeamCity)
  • Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written
Benefits:
  • Comprehensive health insurance;
  • Nilo.health, a mental health and wellbeing support platform;
  • Generous Learning & Development budget and training days;
  • Remote-friendly (you can work from home or from our cool office in Lisbon - you choose!);
  • Commuting budget if you decide to come to the office;
  • Home internet allowance;
  • A lot of fun team activities every once in a while 
🏢 Our hybrid schedule 

Our global hybrid model allows employees to work remotely two days per week. Our designated In-Office Days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This is when we come together in-person as a team to collaborate, learn from one another, and accelerate innovation. Some exceptions apply.

🌍 Also, we would like you to knowWe are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

💡 Learn more about why a career at Altium is an opportunity like no other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAYCOLpPLPE 

✈️ Altium Benefits: https://careers.altium.com/#s-benefits 

👏 Are you already an Altium employee? Please apply directly through our internal Greenhouse job board. If you have questions, please contact HR.

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Teamcity
Test Management Tools
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The Company
HQ: San Diego, CA
900 Employees
Year Founded: 1985

What We Do

Altium is transforming the way the electronics industry designs new products with the most advanced, most collaborative EDA/ECAD software that design engineers have ever worked with. We are the first and only company to enable the entire electronics value chain — design, supply chain, and manufacturing — to work together easily and fluidly on a digital platform.

Our work, and yours, will impact nearly every industry around the globe. We are the world's most widely used electronics design solution. More than 100,000 engineers and 30,000 businesses in clean energy, transportation, communications, healthcare, computing, research, manufacturing and more are all creating new products faster and more efficiently than ever using Altium software innovations.

Why Work With Us

Altium is the most agile company in our industry. We think big and move fast and change direction when needed. It’s the only way to transform and speed the way electronics are designed. If you have a passion for new ideas, discussion, exploration, and results, you’ll be in excellent company at Altium as you make your impact on the world.

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