QA Engineer

Role

QA Engineer

Location

Birmingham/UK

Who are LRQA?

LRQA stands for dedication to clients, market firsts, and deep expertise in risk management. We’ve grown to become a leading global assurance provider, bringing together outstanding expertise in certification, customised assurance, cybersecurity, inspection and training.

While we’re proud of our heritage, it’s who we are today that really matters, because that’s what shapes who we and our clients can become tomorrow. By staying true to our shared values and combining decades of collective experience, we support our clients in building a safer and more sustainable future.

What do we do?

We help our clients negotiate a rapidly changing world, by working with them to manage and mitigate the risks they face. We serve a wide variety of industries, with a core focus on Food & Beverage, Consumer Goods, Transportation & Mobility, Technology & Telco, Construction & Manufacturing, Energy and Renewables and Chemical & Processing.

Our products and services range from independent third-party auditing to certification and training; we also offer consultancy services, real- time assurance technology and data-driven supply chain transformation programs. our innovative end-to- end solutions help our clients shape their own future, rather than letting it shape them.

LRQA currently operates across 51 countries, has more than 2,500 colleagues, generates around £350m in revenue, and supports more than 60,000 clients across a diverse range of sectors and markets.

Role Purpose

LRQA is seeking a passionate, detail-oriented Software Quality Assurance Engineer with a strong understanding of software testing methodologies, policies, and procedures.  The engineer will play a major role in assessing and monitoring the software design and implementation meet the acceptance criteria in consensus. You will have the opportunity to work at a dynamic and fast-growing company, with an experienced and agile IT team to build robust and high performing applications and tackle interesting engineering challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement test plans that provide comprehensive coverage of product usage


• Review user stories and requirements to create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and decide upon which level it will be tested early in the sprint


• Understand the software functions and the acceptance criteria to assess the defects and risks in the software before delivered


• Design and manage testing environments, regressions, smoke tests, etc.


• Compose and execute automated tests and ensure these are kept up-to-date


• Review user interface for consistency and functionality


• Accurately and concisely characterize issues encountered during testing, and track issues through resolution with engineering teams


• Contribute to improvements to the Agile SDCL by participating in retrospectives, providing feedback to engineering management, drafting documentation, conducting demo to users, conducting trainings to scrum team members, etc.


• Review the defects reported by users that were missed during the SDLC/QA process


• Other duties as assigned

QA Qualifications / Requirements:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in software testing, including designing and implementing complex test plans and test cases


• Familiar with software development process and Agile methodology


• Familiarity with issue reporting tools such as Jira, Bugzilla00


• Hands on experience in web application automated testing development


• Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and good understanding of business processes


• Self-Driven/ Self-Motivated/ Ability to work independently and quality conscience


• Attention to detail


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English


• Creative and innovative thinking skills


• Candidates with more QA Qualifications and/or Technical Skills will be considered for role of Senior QA Engineer.

Preferred Technical Skills

• Experience with BDD: Gherkin, Jest, Jest Cucumber


• Experience with UI testing: Cypress


• Experience with Zephyr for JIRA.


• Experience with API Testing


• Experience with test automation tools: Cypress, Selenium, Robot Framework, Python, Playwright


• Experience with performance testing: Gatling


• Experience in Postman, Fiddler, Proxyman, Github, Gitlab CI/CD, Jenkins, SQL, any major programming language is an additional advantage, e.g. Javascript, Python, etc.


• Experience testing mobile applications (Android, iOS) is an additional advantage.

Diversity and Inclusion at LRQA:

We are on a mission to be the place where we all want to work and we are passionate about embracing different perspectives because we understand the value this brings to our business, our clients and each other. We are all about creating a safer and more sustainable future and our inclusive culture is right at the heart of our business.

Together our employees make our communities better and we want you to be part of our diverse team!

LRQA is a leading global assurance provider. The integrity and expertise we bring to our partnership with clients support their journey to a safer, more secure and more sustainable future. ( Group entities ).

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