Test Automation Lead(Python)

 Job Description – Test Automation

Applied Materials, Inc. is the global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale enables customers to transform possibilities into reality. At Applied Materials, our innovations make possible the technology shaping the future.

Applied's AIx Products group is searching for software test automation developers to join our team. AIx (Actionable Insight Accelerator) is an ML/AI Data Analytics platform that enables development and deployment of new chip technologies. AIx allows engineers to innovate and optimize semiconductor processes in real-time, and control thousands of variables to improve semiconductor performance, power, area-cost and time to market (PPACt).

Key Responsibilities

• Understand the key requirements and break them down into use cases.
• Be a team player and interact with different stakeholders as required.
• Quickly learn new skills required to perform the job role effectively.
• Provide accurate estimate on the work items and effectively communicate any bottle necks on time.
• Deliver the assigned work items on schedule.
• Follow coding standards and guidelines set by the team and write secure, reliable, testable & readable code.
• Participate in technical discussions with software development and test team.
• Participate in planning, design, test development, and implementation of multiple initiatives.
• Create automation tests following agile software development methodologies and principles.
• Support overall QA activities such as the development of Test Approach, Test Cases, and manual test execution as needed.

Essential skills

• 3-5 Years of Professional SDET / Test Automation experience with minimum 2 years of recent hands-on experience on Microsoft Playwright or Selenium
• Strong experience in different JavaScript based test frameworks like Cucumber BDD, Mocha, Jasmine, Jest, TestNG, etc.
• Experience testing different browsers, devices, and screen resolutions.
• Experience in writing API tests using K6 or JMeter.
• Proficient in debugging CSS and creating element locators using appropriate CSS selector.
• Strong knowledge in HTML and JavaScript.
• Experience in testing huge data sets extracted from UI.
• Experience in testing dynamic visualizations built using charting libraries like D3.js, Plotly JS or similar (E.g.: High charts, Chart JS, etc.)
• Strong Analytical and Problem-Solving skills.
• Good in using IDEs like VS Code or Jet Brains WebStorm/PyCharm/Rider
• Experience using version control systems. (e.g., Git)

Desired skills

• Experience in Other UI Automation test frameworks is an added advantage.
• Experience using Postman and testing APIs using postman.
• Strong knowledge in Data structures and Algorithms
• Strong understanding on SQL and NoSQL Databases (E.g.: Mongo DB, MS SQL Server, etc.)
• Good knowledge in Software development design patterns (E.g.: Singleton, Factory, etc.)
• Familiarity with Data science and ML frameworks
• Experience in any one cloud platform (E.g.: AWS, Azure)
• Experience in testing mobile apps using emulators.
• Knowledge on CI/CD pipeline and build tools like Jenkins, JFrog, Openshift, etc

Educational Qualifications

• BE/B.Tech or Equivalent

Qualifications

Education:

High School Diploma/GED

Skills:

Certifications:

Languages:

Years of Experience:

4 - 7 Years

Work Experience:

Additional Information

Time Type:

Full time

Employee Type:

Assignee / Regular

Travel:

Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:

Yes

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.