You will
- Review requirements and seek clarification around any ambiguities with a focus on customer impact and business goals. Leverage input from product stakeholders to determine if requirements and solution meet those needs
- Understand the implications of design decisions and adjust testing approach based on the impact and risk in the short and long-term
- Partner with product owners and senior developers to understand and design tests around any non-functional system requirements in areas such as data retention, performance, and security
- Define and deliver well-scoped test plans for projects. May include working in the role of a project quality lead across several teams to ensure all pieces of a combined, larger functionality meet project goals
- Mentor less-experienced team members by providing guidance as well as modeling solid quality practices and professional behavior
- Consistently deliver clear, flexible, reusable, and efficient manual and automated tests with thoughtful decisions when choosing one over the other
- Proactively identify, gain alignment, and implement improvements to current testing practices and tools.
- Create defects with clear and complete steps to reproduce. Perform initial investigation using server logs, browser tools, and other resources available – include details upon submission. Own and drive defects to resolution
- Participate in code reviews. Provide thoughtful and actionable feedback. Respond to feedback with openness and implement beneficial changes
- Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation for high priority incidents and address issues with appropriate level of urgency
- Drive discussions with manager about career growth. Actively seek opportunities to grow professional skillset
- Model and promote Protolabs’ defined quality best-practices and standards as well as internal team goals
- Perform additional tasks as assigned
What it takes
- Degree in Computer Science or related field, completion of a qualified bootcamp, or equivalent experience
- .NET frameworks, C#, Azure DevOps, Git, SQL Server, test repositories, automation frameworks
- Experience working with agile, SAFe, or scum methodologies and processes
- 7+ years of experience in software testing or development with 5 of those years including writing and maintaining automated tests
- Experience working with event-driven services and web service testing
- Software testing and defect identification
- Writing manual and automated tests
- Use of test and defect management systems
- Use of code version control systems
- Writing test code in object-oriented languages
- Writing SQL queries
- Use of integrated development environments
- Debugging and troubleshooting issues
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Understanding of software development and testing practices and methodologies. Includes understanding of when to use manual or automated testing
- Capable of reading and navigating functions and classes/modules
- Understanding of web services, service-oriented and microservice architectures, and eventdriven systems
- Strong sense of accountability. Take ownership of assigned work, seek clarification or guidance when needed, and deliver on time
- Ability to independently prioritize tasks appropriately based on impact and delivery dates
- Ability to learn from mistakes and seek to minimize risk of recurrence without dwelling on them
- Encourage feedback from peers and managers. Act upon it accordingly by looking at both strengths and growth areas. Ability to also provide thoughtful and effective feedback
- Share ideas to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the team. Encourage others to do the same by fostering an environment of collaboration and innovation
- Engage in valuable, open, exchanges of differing ideas through productive conflict
- Communicate proactively, forthrightly, and concisely with the ability to adapt messaging to meet the needs of various stakeholders
Top Skills
What We Do
Protolabs is the world's fastest digital manufacturing source for rapid prototyping and on-demand production. The technology-enabled company produces custom parts and assemblies in as fast as 1 day with automated 3D printing, CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, and injection molding processes. Our digital approach to manufacturing enables accelerated time to market, reduces development and production costs, and minimizes risk throughout the product life cycle.
3D Printing
Our 3D printing service offers a wide selection of materials and technologies to create prototypes and end-use parts with complex geometries and detailed features. With tight process controls, careful design reviews, and extensive quality monitoring, we ensure precise and repeatable 3D-printed parts, every time.
CNC Machining
We use 3- and 5-axis milling along with turning to machine parts from commercial-grade plastics and metals. Our online quoting system and automated manufacturing process enable us to ship parts within 24 hours, helping customers accelerate development and reduce time to market.
Sheet Metal Fabrication
Protolabs is an industry leader in quick-turn sheet metal parts for both prototyping and low-volume production. Our digital approach to manufacturing enables us to fabricate sheet metal parts in as fast as 5 days. Additionally, we can support our customers’ development efforts with component assemblies, several finish options, and screen printing.
Injection Molding
Our injection molding service offers two options—prototyping and on-demand manufacturing—which provide customers a tooling solution that aligns with their project’s requirements. It’s used for quick-turn prototyping, bridge tooling, and low-volume production of up to 10,000+ parts in 15 days or less.
