HII - Newport News, VA
posted 2 days ago
About the position
Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII-NNS), is seeking a QA Test Engineer that has a basic understanding of software testing / quality assurance practices. The ideal candidate is technically minded, inquisitive, curious, detail oriented, quick-learning, and ultimately interested in becoming a functional expert and quality gate of software developed/delivered by our agile team. Experience with Teamcenter interfaces, software unit testing principles, and UI based test automation tools is preferred. In this role, you will join a team of IT professionals dedicated to designing and building information systems to support construction of some of the largest and most complex products in the world. Our IT systems process information across Engineering, Planning, Operations and Manufacturing. We are the sole designer and builder of U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy Submarines.
Responsibilities
- Creating detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
- Estimating, prioritizing, planning and coordinating testing activities as part of the agile software development lifecycle
- Designing, developing and executing re-useable and scalable automation scripts using UI based automation tools
- Ability to understand and use XML, Microsoft Access, and Excel for managing large sets of data
- Identifying, documenting, recording, and tracking defects/bugs and working with the internal and external teams to understand and resolve defects and bugs
- Performing thorough regression testing (manual and/or automated) when bugs are resolved
- Assisting software engineers in defining in-code unit tests with a test driven development approach
- Developing and applying testing processes for new and existing product development to meet customer needs
- Monitoring debugging process results and automation script failures
- Staying up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree and 0 years of relevant exempt experience
- NNS Apprentice School graduate or Navy Nuclear Power School (NNPS) graduate or Associate's Degree or other formal 2 year program and 2 years of relevant exempt experience or 4 years of relevant non-exempt experience
- Military Paygrade E-5 or above military experience
- High School/GED and 4 years combined of Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience or other relevant exempt experience
- High School/GED and 8 years combined of Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Trades, Military experience or other relevant non-exempt experience
- A relevant professional certification can be substituted for a Bachelor's Degree
Nice-to-haves
- Customer service-oriented attitude, desire to help others succeed
- Quality first mindset
- UI based test automation experience (Worksoft, Tricentis, Trissential is a plus)
- Ability to listen and communicate well, and a desire and eagerness to learn
- Willingness to stretch in leadership development, mentorship, and technical aptitude
- Experience Working with large sets of data
- General understanding of Data Configuration Management
- Engineering, shipbuilding or manufacturing processes
- Software development practices
- Agile methodology applied to the software development lifecycle
- Test processes, tools and strategies (automated unit test principles, test driven development, regression testing, and UI-based test automation tools)
- Bug/defect tracking and resolution
- DevOps concepts and principles
- Siemens Team Center
Benefits
- Medical, prescription drug, dental and vision plan choices
- On-site health centers
- Tele-medicine
- Wellness resources
- Employee assistance programs
- Savings plan options (401K)
- Financial education and planning tools
- Life insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee discounts
- Early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships
