Quality Assurance Engineer

DarkVision is looking for an experienced Quality Assurance Engineer to join our Software Engineering team. This role will be based out of our head office in Vancouver, Canada. Reporting to our QA Lead, the successful candidate will be instrumental in ensuring the quality of our various software products ranging from embedded Linux all the way to cloud processing. This position will be working hands-on with our high-performance ultrasound hardware.

The ideal candidate will have prior software QA experience with a keen interest in applying quality concepts to electronic and mechanical systems. The QA Engineer will be embedded in our development team working towards maintaining an overall view of the product quality by writing test plan, executing test plans as well as logging and tracking issues.

Responsibilities:

• Design, write, and execute test plans during all phases of product development
• Responsible for testing software of all types while logging test plan execution and bug tracking
• Collect, reproduce, and clearly document issues from test results and users into a consumable state for developers
• Design, develop and execute automation scripts
• Prioritize testing activities and escalate high risk and blocking issues as they are found
• Work directly with developers to invent and implement new ways to test product robustness.
• Participate in Agile working practices such as daily scrum meetings, sprint planning meetings, reviews, and retrospectives.

Expectations:

• 3+ years’ experience in a Software Quality Assurance, or Software Testing role including developing test plans is required
• Degree or Diploma in Engineering, Computer Science, or relevant field
• Experience with multiple different development environments (bare metal, embedded OS, PC, cloud computing)
• Experience with Python or Java, SQL is preferred
• Experience with Hardware, and Mechanical systems is highly preferred
• Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Experience with one or more issue tracking and test management tools is a plus