Quality Assurance Engineer

Title: QA Engineer 2

Position Summary 

Trimble has an opening for a QA Engineer Level III position in Lake Oswego, OR. This is an exciting time to join as we grow and bring new features and technologies to our award winning construction collaboration products.

What You Will Do

QA Engineer is responsible for improving the quality of software releases through manual and automation testing and tools enhancements. Working in an agile development environment, the QA Engineer will develop and apply customized testing methodologies to show measurable improvements to the released software. This person will develop test cases based on key product workflows that will improve quality of testing during the software release cycle. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Continuously evaluate and improve software processes
• Design and develop quality testing procedures; update and modify existing tests as necessary 
• Define test objectives and collaborate with team members 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 
• Research new emerging technologies to improve the efficiency of testing practices

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 ensuring 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, positive attitude, and strong work ethic
• Strong verbal and written communication skills 
• 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 
• Strong understanding of QA testing processes
• Experience with QA-related tools for requirement management, test management, and defect tracking 
• Knowledge of integration testing
• Strong technical skills with a variety of business software tools
• Basic knowledge of MSQL and/or other DB management systems (Mongo)

What Skills & Experience You Could Bring

• Knowledge of accounting principles and practices (e.g. accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory, purchase orders, general ledger)
• Prior experience with testing methodologies (Functional, Regression, Integration testing)
• Previous experience in a team work environment 
• Experience with requirements and defect tracking systems

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.

Trimble’s Privacy Policy

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Pay Equity

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Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

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Hiring Range:

79924

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106000

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Bonus Eligible?

No

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Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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Trimble is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and embrace our
candidates' diversity and take affirmative action to employ and advance individuals
without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation,
religion, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, pregnancy (including
childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, marital status, genetic
information, and all other legally protected characteristics. We forbid discrimination and
harassment in the workplace based on any protected status or characteristic. A criminal
history is not an automatic bar to employment with the Company, and we consider
qualified applicants consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

The Company is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for
individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs in our job
application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation for your job, contact

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