Software QA Engineer, Device OS

$102,600 - $185,000/Yr

Amazon - Austin, TX

Full-time - Senior

Austin, TX

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About the position

As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at Amazon Lab126, you will innovate and drive new quality initiatives, establish test frameworks, and processes for testing new devices and operating systems. You will lead a team in ensuring high-quality standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional software products. Your role will involve mentoring QA engineers, defining quality metrics, and continuously improving testing processes to enhance product quality.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop comprehensive test strategies, test plans, automation, and methodologies to ensure the quality and reliability of software products.
• Collaborate and influence cross-functional teams including developers, product managers, and project managers to understand software quality requirements and design effective test strategies.
• Define release planning and provide input on the readiness of software for production deployment.
• Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers, providing guidance, technical expertise, and ensuring adherence to best practices.
• Work with component teams to identify the pain points in their area and provide technical guidance.
• Create, maintain, and execute test cases, test scripts, and test scenarios for various software components, including functional, regression, performance, and security testing.
• Identify and document defects, issues, and potential areas of improvement in the software development process.
• Perform root cause analysis of complex issues and work with the development team to resolve issues and enhance the overall product quality.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in QA and testing, and apply this knowledge to continuously improve testing processes.
• Define key metrics for measuring and reporting on the quality of software products and test effectiveness.

Requirements

• 6+ years of quality assurance engineering experience
• 4+ years of delivering test automation, test tools, leading the QA projects and initiatives experience
• Knowledge of QA methodology and tools, with demonstrated experience in a QAE role
• Experience in automation testing
• Experience in manual testing

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of at least one modern object-oriented programming language such as C++, Java, Objective C
• Good understanding of Linux Kernel and layers across operating systems
• Experience working on Graphics components
• Knowledge of Linux Input's subsystem
• Knowledge on UI layers, GPU tools
• Knowledge around Khronos CTs

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Financial benefits
• Equity options
• Sign-on payments
• Comprehensive employee benefits