Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, Historian

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🕒 July 28

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Inductive Automation

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201 - 500 employees

☁️ SaaS

🏭 Manufacturing

🤝 B2B

SaaS • Manufacturing • B2B

Inductive Automation is a software company that develops Ignition, a universal industrial automation platform used for SCADA, IIoT, MES, HMI, alarming, reporting, edge computing and related industrial applications. Ignition is a modular, server-centric platform with unlimited licensing that connects to PLCs, OPC UA, SQL databases, MQTT and many other systems; it supports web-deployed clients, cloud and edge editions, and a marketplace and community of integrators and modules. The company emphasizes digital transformation for industrial operations, training (Inductive University), an integrator program, and ecosystem partnerships.

📋 Description

• Validating issues of all complexity with minimal guidance including issues with regression risk • Contributing both fixes and new tests to automated test suites; support junior Quality Assurance Engineers automation tasks via mentorship • Diagnosing run failure reports properly and transform them into actionable tasks • Focusing on testing-related items within the development lifecycle, including testability of requirements, implementation, and testing (collaborating with development along the way) • Consistently meet target threshold for regression tests execution; add manual test cases where appropriate, identify deficient test cases, and provide mentoring on test case development and execution • Developing and executing test plans that cover all functional requirements; determine applicable test strategies for medium/high complexity bugs and features in team-relevant Ignition product areas • Working toward and maintain an advanced level of proficiency across multiple Ignition product areas within the team's scope; gain proficiency as a subject matter expert in a product area • Breaking down complex testing efforts into simpler phases that can be tested by less experienced engineers • Prioritizing unowned or undesirable work that enables the team to move faster • Demonstrating autonomy without sacrificing quality or delivery time; resolving and overcoming medium scale blockers or challenges • Working with the Quality Assurance team and adjacent teams to solve problems; escalate problems that have wider scope • Building relationships with stakeholders which may include customers, product managers, cross-functional partners, and external partners • Ensuring that knowledge is shared amongst the team and does not position themselves or others as a single point of failure • Resolving issues and sharing knowledge by improving the execution of the Support Division, Training Department, Sales Division, etc • Working towards and maintaining an advanced understanding of industries that use Ignition, our customer base, and the purpose of SCADA software • Staying knowledgeable about the company, its values, each division's contributions, and the company's industry contributions • Helping junior engineers with issues and support them with their technical growth • Improving team strength by advising managers and other leaders with insights and recommendations

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering OR at least 4 years experience working in a related field • 3-5 years of industry experience • Firm grasp of troubleshooting skills within a complex application environment, including debugging of errors, identifying the source of performance issues, parsing of logs and stack traces, and determining reproducible steps for issues • Strong programming knowledge with at least one language, including understanding of functions, conditional statements, and basic object oriented concepts (Python, Java/JavaScript, C++) • Strong understanding of the SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) and each of the phases • Proficient with source control management systems, such as Git, and common usage (clone and checkout of repositories and specific branches, commits and merge conflicts) • Proficient with setup and querying of SQL databases (MS SQL Server, MySQL, similar) • Proficient in using Windows, Linux (Ubuntu), and macOS platforms, including working from the command line, and debugging issues with applications running as a service • Experience with deploying applications using virtualization software (VMWare, Docker Desktop), including creating images, debugging running containers, and use of persistent data (volumes) • Experience with bug tracking systems and writing proper bug reports • Familiarity with well-known protocols in the Internet protocol suite and their usage in applications (TCP/UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, IP)

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% Employee Covered Health Care: Don’t pay a dime for your medical, dental, and vision insurance • Paid Time Off: Receive paid holidays, vacation, and sick time • 401k with Match: Save for the future with our company-matching 401k program • World-Class Headquarters: While on-site, enjoy complimentary snacks and beverages, then challenge a friend to a game of pool, table tennis, shuffleboard, or foosball • Adjacent Nature Reserve: On-site employees enjoy breathtaking views and adventures that energize and inspire