Your Title: Software Development Engineer in Test

Job Location: Remote | United States

Our Department: Construction | Viewpoint

Summary

The Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) is responsible for improving the quality of software releases through automation and tools enhancements. Working in an agile development environment, the SDET will develop and apply customized testing methodologies to show measurable improvements to the released software. This person will develop automating test cases based on key product workflows that will accelerate testing during testing and release cycles.

What You Will Do

• Implement and maintain automation scripts

• Continuously evaluate and improve defined software processes

• Plan, schedule, and implement testing projects

• Design and develop quality testing procedures; update and modify existing tests as necessary

• Define test objectives and collaborate with the QA Team and other departments to achieve project goals

• Perform moderately complex functional, application, regression, performance, and integration testing

• Define and adhere to quality initiatives

• Provide metrics and results from all testing efforts that will support business decisions related to the quality of the Viewpoint Software.

Competencies

• Willingness and ability to quickly adapt and maintain software products and current testing technologies

• Ability to accurately estimate task durations and meet schedules

• Strong initiative, customer-service oriented, and commitment to insure timely, quality solutions to customer issues

• Well-organized, self-directed team player. Remains open to ideas, and exhibits willingness to try new things

• Prioritize and plan work activities, use time efficiently and develop realistic action plans

• Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness and monitor own work to ensure quality

• Present information effectively, and is capable of interpreting written technical documentation

• Adapt to changes in the work environment, manage competing demands, and is able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events

• Demonstrate professionalism, strong English verbal and written skills, positive attitude, strong work ethic, and good judgment

• Able to thrive in a highly collaborative team work environment

What Skills & Experience You Should Bring

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field plus a minimum of two years relevant experience in software quality assurance or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Demonstrated test automation and scripting skills

• Strong understanding of QA processes

• Knowledge of cloud and virtualization testing environments

• Strong technical skills with a variety of business software tools

• Experience with QA-related tools for requirements management, test management, and defect tracking

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of accounting principles and practices (e.g. accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory, purchase orders, general ledger)

• Prior experience with automated test script creation

• Experience in a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery test environment

• Knowledge of performance and security testing techniques

About Trimble

Trimble is an exciting, entrepreneurial company, with a history of exceptional growth coupled with a disciplined and strategic focus on being the best. While GPS is at our core, we have grown beyond this technology to embrace other sophisticated positioning technologies and, in doing so; we are changing the way the world works. Our solutions are used in over 140 countries and we have incredibly diverse lines of business.

Trimble's Inclusiveness Commitment

We believe in celebrating our differences. That is why our diversity is our strength. To us, that means actively participating in opportunities to be inclusive. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have guided our current success while also moving our desire to improve. We actively seek to add members to our community who represent our customers and the places we live and work.

We have programs in place to make sure our people are seen, heard, and welcomed and most importantly that they know they belong, no matter who they are or where they are coming from.