Software Quality Automation Engineer

Salary: $70,000 – $80,000 per year

The Melbourne Design Centre (MDC) is part of the Software Enterprise, Mobile Evidence and Cybersecurity Organisation. As a fully integrated R&D and Delivery site, the MDC is responsible for conceptualising, designing, developing and delivering mobile software and services that transform first responder operational response, coordination and management.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to join our quality assurance team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automated test frameworks while driving significant improvements in test coverage across our software products.

Get excited to:

• Test Automation Development

• Coordinate with software developers and QA engineers to develop, implement and maintain automation frameworks

• Design, develop, implement and maintain test automation for both iOS/ Android apps

• Develop new automated test capabilities and expand existing automation suites

• Create end-to-end automated test suites for UI,API and integration testing

Test Planning & Execution

• Analyze software functional/technical specifications and develop comprehensive test plans

• Design and develop manual testing strategies to test product features

• Perform regression, integration, system, and user acceptance testing, including both automated and manual testing as required

• Create and maintain test logs, test reports, and test data

Automation Coverage Enhancement

• Analyze existing test coverage gaps and develop strategies to increase automation coverage across all critical user journeys

• Identify manual test cases suitable for automation and prioritize based on business impact and risk

• Develop data-driven and parameterized test frameworks to maximize test reusability and coverage

CI/CD Integration

• Establish automated smoke, regression, and sanity test suites for CI/CD pipeline integration for Daily runs.

• Implement cross-platform test automation to ensure comprehensive coverage

• Design and maintain automated performance and load testing scenarios

Quality Standards & Best Practices

• Update and maintain test plans and test documentation

• Establish test automation best practices and coding standards to ensure maintainable and scalable test suites

• Create automated accessibility testing to ensure WCAG compliance