Mobile QA Engineer

As a Mobile QA Engineer at Picarro, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of the flagship product suite, Picarro Platform & Surveyor. Your responsibilities will include: - Developing and enforcing automated testing processes to maintain and expedite quality. - Creating automated test frameworks, testing tools, and simulators to meet functional, performance, scalability, and other quality requirements. - Performing performance, load, and scalability testing using automation. - Designing and implementing functional test plans and test cases based on system understanding and analysis of functional specifications. - Identifying test data requirements and generating necessary test data. - Executing test cases, identifying defects and risks, and communicating findings effectively. - Reporting test progress and quality status to project stakeholders. - Configuring test environments to support testing efforts. - Participating in code reviews and agile development cycles. - Collaborating closely with the development team and other stakeholders to understand requirements and provide timely feedback. - Ensuring the integrity and effectiveness of automated tests to achieve comprehensive automation coverage. Qualifications: - Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. - Experience: 5 years in Quality Assurance, with a strong focus on Automation Testing. - Automation Skills: Expertise with Selenium WebDriver for both UI and API automation. Good understanding of Appium/Mobile App Automation. - API Testing: Extensive experience in API testing, particularly with RESTful services. Ability to create and manage API automation frameworks. - Performance & Load Testing: Experience in performance and load testing is a plus. - Test Management: Familiarity with test management tools such as JIRA, TestRail, and HP ALM. - Version Control and CI/CD: Experience with version control systems like Git. Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines is advantageous. - Agile Collaboration: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail. Ability to work collaboratively within an Agile environment. Active participation in Agile ceremonies, with contributions toward best practices within the QA team. - Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a proactive and collaborative approach to teamwork. About Picarro: Picarro, Inc. is the world's leading producer of greenhouse gas and optical stable isotope instruments, used in various scientific and industrial applications. The company's products are designed and manufactured at Picarro's Santa Clara, California headquarters and exported worldwide. Honors awarded to the Company include the World Economic Forum of Technology Innovation Pioneer, IHS CERA Energy Innovation Pioneer, the U.S. Department of Energy Small Business of the Year, the TiE50 Winner, and the Red Herring Global 100 Winner. Key investors include Benchmark Capital Partners, Greylock Management Corporation, and more. As a Mobile QA Engineer at Picarro, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of the flagship product suite, Picarro Platform & Surveyor. Your responsibilities will include: - Developing and enforcing automated testing processes to maintain and expedite quality. - Creating automated test frameworks, testing tools, and simulators to meet functional, performance, scalability, and other quality requirements. - Performing performance, load, and scalability testing using automation. - Designing and implementing functional test plans and test cases based on system understanding and analysis of functional specifications. - Identifying test data requirements and generating necessary test data. - Executing test cases, identifying defects and risks, and communicating findings effectively. - Reporting test progress and quality status to project stakeholders. - Configuring test environments to support testing efforts. - Participating in code reviews and agile development cycles. - Collaborating closely with the development team and other stakeholders to understand requirements and provide timely feedback. - Ensuring the integrity and effectiveness of automated tests to achieve comprehensive automation coverage. Qualifications: - Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. - Experience: 5 years in Quality Assurance, with a strong focus on Automation Testing. - Automation Skills: Expertise with Selenium WebDriver for both UI and API automation. Good understanding of Appium/Mobile App Automation. - API Testing: Extensive experience in API testing, particularly with RESTful services. Ability to create and manage API automation frameworks. - Performance & Load Testing: Experience in performance and load testing is a plus. - Test Management: Familiarity with test management tools such as JIRA, TestRail, and HP ALM. - Version Control and CI/CD: Experience with version control systems like Git. Knowle