Mobile Test Automation Engineer Consultant

Spectraforce

US


12 days ago

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Mobile Test Automation Engineer Consultant
Spectraforce
US

12 days ago

Job Description

Job Summary
This senior-level individual contributor role is responsible for guiding and influencing the Global Quality Services Mobile Testing Framework. The position also leads the refinement, improvement, and maintenance of Automated Regression suites while developing software quality assurance test strategies and processes. Additionally, this role provides code reviews, oversees automation best practices, and continuously improves testing processes.


Essential Responsibilities

  • Leads business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in the subject area, developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines, and coordinating resources to achieve organizational goals.
  • Practices self-leadership and promotes continuous learning by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders, driving project progress, and mentoring junior team members.
  • Leads the development of QA test project strategies, methodologies, and standard processes for large-scale, complex IT initiatives.
  • Oversees and addresses critical issues, dependencies, and risks related to testing, ensuring QA projects are appropriately staffed and milestones are met.
  • Reviews and signs off on testing scope and approach, partnering with cross-functional IT and business stakeholders to approve the overall testing strategy.
  • Manages the development and execution of test scenarios across all testing phases, ensuring quality metrics are tracked and that all testable business processes, test data, and test environment requirements are validated.
  • Develops project plans for moderately to highly complex QA initiatives, identifying scope, work plans, schedules, milestones, and critical paths.
  • Creates, updates, maintains, and streamlines quality metric reports, tracking testing phases, release certifications, defects, and test cases passed/failed.
  • Ensures adherence to entry and exit criteria in alignment with company testing standards.
  • Generates scheduled reports and provides daily test execution metrics to IT teams and management.
  • Demonstrates strong test automation skills, with programming in Java, Appium, Selenium, Karate, or other mobile automation scripting languages required (API & UI).
  • Collaborates closely with development teams to understand technical requirements and develop test cases and strategies.
  • Works in an Agile and fast-paced environment, training new team members while enforcing process standards.

Job Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, CIS, or a related field, with a minimum of 8 years of experience in SQA, software testing, or a related field. In lieu of a degree, 3 years of additional work experience may be substituted, for a total of 11 years.
  • Minimum 8 years of experience with functional and automation testing, with at least 3 years in mobile app testing and 2 years in mobile browser and API testing.
  • Minimum 5 years in a lead role working with technical and cross-functional teams.
  • Experience reviewing test cases and scripts from a test coverage perspective, as well as reviewing technical code for coverage.
  • Minimum 2 years of experience writing technical documentation in a software testing or quality assurance environment.
  • Hands-on experience with debugging and troubleshooting mobile app issues in collaboration with developers and technical teams.
  • 4-5 years of experience in Java and other scripting languages, with at least 4 years specifically in Java.
  • Minimum 4 years of experience with testing frameworks such as TestNG/Junit and Groovy/shell scripting.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience with Selenium/Appium, with at least 2 years of experience specifically in Appium.
  • Strong functional knowledge of mobile app testing processes, tools, and technologies, with hands-on experience defining optimal test strategies for regression testing across iOS and Android platforms (native vs. hybrid apps).
  • 5 years of experience running tests on cloud solutions, with at least 1 year focused on mobile cloud solutions.
  • Minimum 2 years of API testing experience using Karate, ReadyAPI, or Postman.
  • At least 1 year of experience with Oracle, SQL, and/or Postgres databases.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with mock services and testing using mock services is a plus.
  • Knowledge of debugging tools such as Charles Proxy is highly desirable.
  • Experience with emulator/simulator testing is a plus.
  • Knowledge of Git version control.
  • A self-starter with domain knowledge who can work independently and mentor junior team members.

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