Quality Assurance Engineer

Company Description

Alpine, an ITW company, is a leading provider of building component software, equipment, and the industry’s best service to truss manufacturers. Partnering with our customers, we help to improve their businesses and make them more productive. We are also a leader in delivering software solutions to homebuilders to increase productivity and profitability.
ITW offers its employees a path for advancement, a competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package designed to help employees care for themselves, their families, and their futures.

Job Description

In this role, you'll join an Agile team responsible for creating software features within Alpine’s suite of software products. The Quality Assurance Engineer I will participate in all areas of the SDLC with a primary focus of creating, updating, and executing manual and automated test cases to identify and resolve issues, and ensure quality standards and guidelines are being adhered to.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work with Agile Scrum team in creating and updating test cases for new and existing software features according to company standards.
• Execute manual test cases and perform exploratory testing to identify any issues or defects and to ensure overall quality of the software releases.
• Work with QA team in documenting issues and defects in JIRA with all details and ensure timely communication to the product owners, development teams, and stakeholders.
• Understand the requirements in JIRA in the form of Agile Epics, User Stories, and tasks.
• Participate in peer review sessions of technical solutions and related code. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher preferably in Computer Science or Engineering related fields.
• 1+ years’ experience as a junior Quality Assurance Tester or a Quality Assurance Tester or similar role, including past internships and University-related project work.
• Basic understanding of one or more Development Methodologies such as Agile with Scrum or Kanban.
• Good understanding of Test Methodologies and when to apply them.
• Basic experience using testing tools such as Selenium, Zephyr, TestRail, Microfocus, and/or Test Complete is preferred, but not needed.
• Ability to understand and document complex processes and procedures.
• Excellent problem solving and strong analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in teams and independently, with minimum supervision. 

Additional Information

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, talk, hear, reach with hands and arms and regularly required to walk. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

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As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.