Senior Engineer, QA

Job Description: Senior Engineer, QA

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)

Job Term: Full-Time

The Opportunity:

Picarro is seeking an exceptional Sr. QA Engineer to join our team and ensure the quality of our flagship product suite, Picarro Platform & Surveyor™. This transformational data analytics platform enables comprehensive natural gas pipeline leak and upstream emission surveys across the entire natural gas industry supply chain, from wellhead to consumer.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and enforce automated testing processes to maintain and expedite quality.
• Create automated test frameworks, testing tools, and simulators to meet functional, performance, scalability, and other quality requirements.
• Perform performance, load, and scalability testing using automation.
• Design and implement functional test plans and test cases based on system understanding and analysis of functional specifications.
• Identify test data requirements and generate necessary test data.
• Execute test cases, identify defects and risks, and communicate findings effectively.
• Report test progress and quality status to project stakeholders.
• Configure test environments to support testing efforts.
• Participate in code reviews and agile development cycles.
• Collaborate closely with the development team and other stakeholders to understand requirements and provide timely feedback.
• Ensure the integrity and effectiveness of automated tests to achieve comprehensive automation coverage.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: 7+ years in Quality Assurance, with a strong focus on Automation Testing.
• Automation Skills:
• Expertise with Selenium WebDriver for both UI and API automation.
• Good understanding of Appium/Mobile App Automation
• Proficient in programming languages, preferably Java, for building and maintaining automation scripts.
• API Testing:
• Extensive experience in API testing, particularly with RESTful services.
• Ability to create and manage API automation frameworks.
• Performance & Load Testing: Experience in performance and load testing is a plus.
• Test Management: Familiarity with test management tools such as JIRA, TestRail, and HP ALM.
• Version Control and CI/CD:
• Experience with version control systems like Git.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines is advantageous.
• Agile Collaboration:
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail.
• Ability to work collaboratively within an Agile environment.
• Active participation in Agile ceremonies, with contributions toward best practices within the QA team.
• Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a proactive and collaborative approach to teamwork.

Good to Have:

• Messaging Tools: Basic understanding of Kafka or similar messaging tools for real-time data validation and monitoring.
• NoSQL Databases: Familiarity with NoSQL databases.
• Device Testing: Good Knowledge is testing Mobile Apps and Devices Integrated to Systems.

About Picarro:

Picarro, Inc. is the world's leading producer of greenhouse gas and optical stable isotope instruments, which are used in a wide variety of scientific and industrial applications, including: atmospheric science, air quality, greenhouse gas measurements, gas leak detection, food safety, hydrology, ecology and more. The company's products are all designed and manufactured at Picarro's Santa Clara, California headquarters and exported to countries worldwide. Picarro's products are based on dozens of patents related to cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) technology. Picarro's solutions are unparalleled in their precision, ease of use, portability, and reliability.

Honors awarded to the Company include the World Economic Forum of Technology Innovation Pioneer, IHS CERA Energy Innovation Pioneer, the U.S. Department of Energy Small Business of the Year, the TiE50 Winner and the Red Herring Global 100 Winner. Key investors include Benchmark Capital Partners, Greylock Management Corporation, Duff, Ackerman & Goodrich, Stanford University, Focus Ventures, Mingxin China Growth Ltd., Ntt finance and Weston Presidio Capital.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, gender identity, social orientation, nor on the basis of disability.

Posted positions are not open to third part recruiters/agencies and unsolicited resume submissions will be considered free referrals.