Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.
We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!
Job Description
Company Overview
Rockwell Automation, the world's largest company dedicated to industrial automation, makes its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Throughout the world, our flagship Allen-Bradley® and Rockwell Software® product brands are recognized for innovation and excellence. When you choose Rockwell Automation, you join countless talented employees who have helped us establish our leadership position in the automation industry over the past century.
When you join Rockwell Automation you become part of a diverse, inclusive and global community with a passion for innovation and a place where you can partner with great minds and inspiring people.
We know our employees are key to our success and future. Helping you develop a rewarding career is a top priority because when you succeed, we succeed.
Job Description
As a Senior Software Test Engineer for Rockwell Automation, you will have the opportunity to work together with a team of product managers and software developers to develop industry-leading commercial software known for its innovation and usability. You will be responsible for developing test strategy, creating and executing test plans to ensure the quality of the products.
In this position, you will be a key player in feature design, implementation, and testing. You will play an active role in all the stages of the development lifecycle and support your team throughout the process. You will also help ensure that developed products meet requirements and are within total quality management standards. This position will allow you to collaborate with multiple global cross-functional teams and may also require you to be the technical lead of a small-scale feature or portion of a feature.
When you join our software engineering group, you become part of a team that believes in knowledge sharing and collaboration and that is committed to using reliable and well-thought-out engineering practices and technology to overcome any challenges.
We are looking for someone who will effectively leverage a diverse set of technical backgrounds and opinions by fostering a team-oriented environment and the use of open and direct communications, honesty and respect. The ideal candidate will also actively seek knowledge of new developments in the software engineering, computer engineering, and test automation fields and will identify and pursue career development and training opportunities.
Essential Functions
- Collects, contributes to and documents requirements for a feature and its components, ensuring the information required for the development of software and corresponding test cases are contained in the specifications.
- Develops test plans for new features or contributes to existing ones ensuring they meet the established requirements.
- Establishes a timeline and determines the resources needed to execute a test plan. Considers tradeoffs between requirements, speed, cost and coverage. Provides progress reports, as needed.
- Creates test cases and related documents that meets the product quality requirements, including traceability.
- Creates test automation plans and automates required test cases.
- Conducts manual or automated tests, reports anomalies, and characterizes the anomalies properly based company quality criteria.
- Leads or participates in reviews of requirement documents, test cases and user documentation.
- Builds relationships and interacts with peers to ensure assigned tasks are prioritized appropriately.
- Takes the lead on identifying and recommending software development capability improvements in the areas of software development practices, development tools, and test automation.
- Thinks outside the box and is willing to research and explore new avenues to overcome obstacles by utilizing the latest technologies and standards.
- Clearly communicates and conveys design concepts, both verbally and in writing.
- Able to learn and understand complex control system concepts.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
- Typically requires a minimum of five years of experience in a software product development environment
- Direct experience with creating test plans and test cases for web applications or services; familiar with manual and automated testing methodologies
- Strong knowledge of test automation and familiar with test automation framework such as TestCafe or TestNG
Desired Qualifications
- Direct experience of automating test cases using Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or other language
- Direct experience with Agile software development process, experience of Scrum Master is an advantage.
- Able to apply knowledge of testing cloud-based software products
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Direct experience with the Industrial Automation industry
- Direct experience collaborating with local and global technical development teams
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
