Senior Systems Test Lead

Business Unit:

Cubic Transportation Systems

Company Details:

Cubic offers an opportunity to provide innovative technology for government and commercial customers around the globe, helping to solve their future problems today. We're the leading integrator of payment and information technology and services for intelligent travel solutions worldwide, and the leading provider of realistic combat training systems, secure communications and networking and highly specialized support services for military and security forces of the U.S. and allied nations. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and thrive in an innovative environment, we want to talk to you about your next role at Cubic! We are seeking employees inspired by technology, and motivated by the rewards of hard work, commitment, teamwork, quality, integrity, and respect. We invite you to explore opportunities with Cubic.

Job Details:

Job Summary: The Senior Systems Test Engineer is responsible for the technical planning, coordination, conduct, and execution of test activities at the system level across multiple complex projects. The incumbent will work with multiple internal engineering teams to develop system requirements analysis, system configuration data, and automated and manual test cases to ensure required system performance and reliability standards are designed, implemented, and verified. Will drive design, development and test activities from the system requirements view. This position typically works under general supervision and direction. Incumbents of this position will exercise discretionary decision-making authority.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works with engineering leads to develop system requirements and verifies compliance with performance and reliability standards.
• Works closely with management to develop and coordinate system test concepts and objectives.
• Assigns and delegates test activities to other test personal and drives their day-to-day activities.
• Develops test plans, cases, procedures, and reports.
• Identifies test resources to meet schedule dates. May develop and manage test budgets and schedules.
• Prepares test status reports and presents status to management and customers.
• Partners with Program Management to conduct the test readiness and post-test reviews.
• Traces complex system requirements from customer specifications to test cases and validates requirements through test execution.
• Assists in the development and maintenance of system test environments.
• Conducts integration and formal system tests.
• Maintains the test requirements database.
• Provides technical guidance, mentoring, and training to junior test personnel.
• Keeps abreast of improvements in system test engineering techniques.
• Interfaces with customers, contractors, and vendors.
• May evaluate third party or vendor capabilities to provide required products or services.
• Interfaces with hardware, software, and systems engineers to evaluate test alternatives.
• Interfaces with the QA organization to perform any corrective actions resulting from reviews and audits.
• Identifies and documents defects, defines severity and priority, assists with triaging and investigating issues.
• Drives and implements improvement to testing efficiency, quality, and effectiveness.
• Interfaces with customer representatives during through the product or program lifecycle.
• Performs other system test engineering duties as required to meet contractual requirements.

Minimum Job Requirements:

Four-year college degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or other related technical discipline plus a minimum of five years of experience, or a Master of Science degree plus three years of experience. Must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to analyze complex problems and multi-task. Must be detail oriented, analytical, and creative thinker with passion for quality and testing. Requires knowledge of system test engineering and knowledge of software compilers, architecture, embedded processing, operating systems, and/or mobile devices. Experience with JAVA, C/C++, C#, .Net, TCP/IP, UNIX, XML, databases, and SQL is desired. Understanding of API testing with SOAP, REST. with test processes, open-source test frameworks, test design strategies, writing test cases, and automating tests in Java with frameworks like JUnit/TestNG, Selenium, JMeter and Appium preferred. Experience with Jenkins or other continuous integration systems is desired. Experience with tools & applications (TestRail, JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, Git and Artifactory/Maven) preferred. Effective written and oral communication skills are required. Ability to use typical PC software such as word processors, databases, flowcharts, project schedulers, and spreadsheets. Must have the ability to analyze and test complex engineering software, and be able to prioritize and conduct multiple tasks under deadline and budget constraints. Use of standard hand tools, and special and general purpose test equipment. Travel, both domestic and foreign may be necessary to perform on-site testing. Demonstrate people-oriented leadership expertise and practices. Must be able to spend long periods of time working at a computer terminal. May require standing for prolonged periods of time.

The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities and requirements. Duties, responsibilities and requirements may change over time and according to business need.

Additional Information

Targeted full-time salary range between $ 101, 564 - $ 147,268 + benefits.

***Note: Disclosure of the pay scale data as required by Labor Code Section 432.3.

The Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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Worker Type:

Employee