Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

A Moving Experience.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a motivated Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer. Your main responsibilities will be, but not limited to:

• Design, develop, automate, and maintain tests (functional, sanity, system) using Java
• Build end to end tests to test the product as a whole
• Work in an agile environment with CI/CD
• Maintain, and improve our test automation framework.
• Troubleshoot problems (root cause analysis) and report defects in JIRA.
• Participate to the technical aspects of the software solution through the full development lifecycle (including requirements, design, implementation, testing, documentation, maintenance, training and support).
• Oversee regression testing to ensure new features do not impact existing functionalities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define the best test strategies.
• Play an active role in daily scrums, weekly grooming sessions, etc.
• As a QA subject matter expert (SME), document and implement the test strategy
• Conduct test case reviews to ensure high quality.

Qualifications

Number of Years of Work Experience: 4-7 years software industry experience

Required Skills

• Experience working as a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer or equivalent position
• Experience working with Java
• Background executing and analyzing both manual and automated test suites
• Proficiency with both client and server automation frameworks
• Demonstrated ability to focus and complete tasks on time
• Strong team player
• Ability to analyze and solve complex problems quickly and creatively
• Desire to learn new technologies
• Excellent English oral and written communication skills
• Self-starting, self-motivated, self-directed, and self-sufficient

Preferred Skills

• Good scripting experience e.g. bash, shell, python
• amiliarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) and/or Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies.
• Familiarity with automotive industry standards and regulations (ISO 26262, ASPICE) is an advantage.
• Proficiency with tools commonly used in the software development life cycle, such as version control systems, issue tracking systems, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Microsoft Azure Cloud knowledge
• Hands-on experience with the "container ecosystem" e.g. Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience working with databases (e.g.: MSSQL, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• Unix/Linux OS and networking knowledge

Education

• Bachelor University degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.

Cerence Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNC and www.cerence.com) is the global industry leader in creating unique, moving experiences for the automotive world. Spun out from Nuance in October 2019, Cerence is a new, independent company that has quickly gained traction as a leader in the automotive voice assistant space, working with all of the world’s leading automakers – from Ford and Fiat Chrysler to Daimler, Audi and BMW to Geely and SAIC – to transform how a car feels, responds and learns. Its track record is built on more than 20 years of industry experience and leadership and more than 500 million cars on the road today across more than 70 languages.  

As Cerence looks to the future and continues an ambitious growth agenda, we need someone to join the team and help build the future of voice and AI in cars. This is an exciting opportunity to join Cerence’s passionate, dedicated, global team and be a part of meaningful innovation in a rapidly growing industry. 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Cerence is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, genetic information and other protected classifications. Cerence Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

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- Following workplace security protocols and training programs to familiarize with the ways to maintain a safe workplace.
- Following security procedures to report any suspicious activity.
- Having respect for corporate security procedures to allow those procedures to be effective.
- Adhering to company's compliance and regulations.
- Encouraging to follow a zero tolerance for workplace violence.

- Basic knowledge of information security and data privacy requirements (e.g., how to protect data & how to be handling this data).

- Demonstrative knowledge of information security through internal training programs.