Location: Andover, MA and Permanent position

Our client is an early stage top-tier venture funded software start-up. The founding team have successfully built several VC backed technology companies in the past.

Job Description:

The Principal Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for coordinating, implementing, and executing the product testing efforts. The ideal candidate is goal-oriented and a fast learner who combines excellent operational judgment with design, management, and troubleshooting skills. You will work with great people, be challenged and truly make a difference- while focused on helping people live productive and happier lives. Though the environment is fun and friendly, it is really fast paced.

Responsibilities:

* Follow a systematic approach to the evaluation of product quality.
* Design tests and analyze testing results to determine product correctness and identify errors and shortcomings.
* Design, develop, and maintain automated testing scripts.
* Develop automated scripts to determine product correctness.
* Help establish plans, standards, and procedures.
* Help establish and enforce product General Availability criteria.
* Define infrastructure for test automation and maintain the technical test environment.
* Uncover, track, and communicate non-compliance and quality assurance issues and corrective action activities.
* Establish and collect quality metrics to baseline, gauge, and support on-going development initiatives.

Requirements:

* Ability to deliver high quality products.
* Self-starter, able to work in a fast paced team environment, and demonstrate organizational skills with ability to handle multiple priorities.
* Linux shell scripting experience.
* Experience working on intellectually exciting projects with strong engineering challenges.
* Scripting experience in at least one of: Perl, TCL/Expect, Selenium, AutoIT, or similar.
* Extremely process-oriented, meticulous and willing to work hard to help the company succeed.
* Experience with both manual and automated testing; experience in two or more automation languages is a plus.
* High level of experience in developing and maintaining test plans and test cases.
* BS/MS in computer science or related technical field.

Benefits:

* Highly competitive salary and benefits.
* Company stock options.
* Fun and challenging work environment.

Individuals can send resumes to rajeev@wiziotec.com