QA Engineer

Elk Grove Village, Illinois, United States

Building the people that build the world.

With platforms in HVAC and Detection and Measurement, SPX Technologies builds innovative solutions that enable a safer, more efficient, sustainable world. Through our RiSE talent development framework, we Reach, Identify, Strengthen, and Engage our employees to support them in their continued development. We're a global company of problem solvers, collaborators, and innovators, and our businesses build solutions that impact the world.

As part of Detection and Measurement, Genfare is a leader in configurable fare collection systems in the public transit industry. By creating high quality equipment and payment systems to improve the rider experience, we empower equitable mobility and provide services to better connect communities.

How you will make an Impact (Job Summary)

Genfare is hiring a Quality Engineer who is responsible for testing for its Embedded Systems and SaaS platform. The role includes testing of Genfare SaaS platforms, mobile applications for multiple customers and testing the quality of embedded services for multiple firmware's.

This role interfaces across all business areas, acting as visionary to proactively assist in defining the direction for testing for future projects.

The Quality Engineer role is to champion the best practices of quality assurance in Genfare ecosystem. The role requires hands on software QA experience to analyze requirements and perform testing effectively.

What you can expect in this role (Job Responsibilities)

While each day brings new opportunities at SPX, your core responsibilities will be:

• Analyze requirements timely and contribute towards requirements definition
• Manual testing of Embedded systems along with testing use cases across hardware devices, embedded systems, on-prem systems and cloud hosted platforms
• Creates detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Provide inputs on high-level test scenarios, challenges, risks, resources, test estimates, etc., during test planning meetings
• Identifies, records, documents thoroughly and track bugs
• Check consistency across devices, browsers, and operating systems
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved and new builds are given for testing
• Drive test innovation and streamline overall testing processes to improve product quality
• Research and analyze product features being tested
• Review user interfaces for consistency and simplicity
• Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
• Test software and firmware before release to ensure that projected functionality was implemented as expected.
• Verify and validate embedded firmware operation.
• Perform installations of software and embedded firmware to qualify as well as identify, reproduce, and report defects.
• Develop new test procedures and enhance existing ones to ensure products' reliability and usability.
• Perform product validation and verification of hardware in field or lab environment
  

What we are looking for (Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education)

We each bring something to the table, and we are looking for someone who has:

Required Experience

• Deep understanding of software testing, its main concepts, and processes: the whole bug life cycle; different testing levels, methods, and types; test estimation techniques
• Ability to work in an Agile environment
• Critical thinking and analytical skills to examine bug reports and prioritize necessary tests, what information to include in the daily status reports, prioritize and estimate task execution
• Good communication and teamwork skills to interact with project team members, clients, and stakeholders as well as work closely with the dev team - from reproducing the reported issue and emphasizing the fix for critical bugs to understanding how the bug has been fixed
• Basic programming skills with Selenium and Java, basic SQL knowledge to extract data for tests, XML, general web development skills, and web services.
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments.
• Experience with Manual testing and ability to analyze what can be automated to improve test cycle time
• Experience working in Test Management Tools such as Zephyr, Jira and Confluence
• Experience in API testing tools such as Postman
• Experience in Data testing using SQL queries
• Experience working in a global team-oriented culture and environment
  

Desired Qualifications

• Basic understanding of Linux
• Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source tools
• Perform API Testing
• Good knowledge on Cucumber, behavior driven testing using Gherkin language
• Deep SQL knowledge to extract data for tests
• Mobile Automation testing tools for android, ios and cross platform ones
• Continuous Integration testing tools -Jenkins
• Traditional embedded communication knowledge including RS232, RS485, USB and TCP/IP
• Experience with testing various network stacks
• Experience with Java and .NET development stacks
  

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Have an automation mindset, if a task needs to be repeated in needs to be automated with software.
• Expert in Agile Methodology - Scaled Agile Framework, Kanban, Scrum
  

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's and/or advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Comp. Eng. Or Equivalent experience
  

How we live our culture

Our culture is at the center of what we do and, more importantly, who we are. Our core values set a standard for how we manage ourselves, and our Leadership Model sets the standard for how we engage with each other. Whether you are an individual contributor or you lead a large team, each of us leads at SPX.

What benefits do we offer?

We know that the well-being of our employees is integral. Our benefits include:

• Generous and flexible paid time off including paid personal time off, caregiver, parental, and volunteer leave
• Competitive health insurance plans and 401(k) match, with benefits starting day one
• Competitive and performance-based compensation packages and bonus plans
• Educational assistance, leadership development programs, and recognition programs
  

Our commitment to embrace diversity to build a culture of inclusion at SPX

We value different backgrounds, experiences, and voices at SPX, and we are committed to challenging ourselves, openly communicating, and striving to improve every day. We believe in creating an inclusive work environment where everyone has a voice and is encouraged to realize their fullest potential.

SPX is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer committed to making selection decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

SPX is a diversified, global supplier of infrastructure equipment with scalable growth platforms in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), detection and measurement, and engineered solutions. With operations in 17 countries and approximately $1.4 billion in annual revenue, we offer a wide array of highly engineered products with strong brands.

At SPX , what's in it for our employees transcends market-competitive compensation and benefits. Our Total Rewards program also includes opportunities for employees' personal development, career growth, and recognition. These programs focus on alignment and assessment of organizational, team, and individual efforts toward achieving business results. Our development and career growth programs empower our employees to enhance their skills, develop new competencies, and pursue career goals. SPX benefits package provides choices designed to help employees manage their well-being. Our compensation programs are performance-based to recognize and reward employees who work hard, display the values and leadership practices we embrace, and deliver exceptional results.

• Integrity
• Accountability
• Excellence
• Teamwork
• Results
  

At SPX, our values are at the heart of everything we do. We use our values every day to help us make the right decisions. We embrace a common purpose and strive for improvement. We respect and value each other as individuals and recognize that only by working together, as a team, can we reach our full potential. We take responsibility for our actions, build strong relationships with each other and our customers, and always act ethically. Our values inspire us to achieve the high standards of quality, safety, and performance that our customers expect and deserve.

Our work environment is established on a work-life philosophy supported by policies, programs, and practices that help employees achieve success within and outside the workplace. We believe in creating an inclusive work environment where employees strive to realize their fullest potential. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer committed to making selection decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected basis.