QA Test Engineer - KS
Aechelon Technology5 months ago
Overland Park, KS, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Maintain the QA test lab and ensure test systems are operational for Kansas-based engineers.
- Coordinate with the platform team to upgrade or order test hardware, firmware, and software.
- Reproduce software issues in the lab with Kansas-based engineers.
- Maintain proprietary Python code for the automated test system.
- Maintain and expand Jenkins scripting and the automated test suite.
- Create automation scripts for stress tests, performance tests, and special-feature testing.
- Create and maintain an image-diffing test suite.
- Develop test plans and automated tests using the proprietary test system.
- Perform manual testing of new software-release features as needed.
- Communicate with team members across time zones.
- Help others learn to use the test system.
- Document the test system for internal and external users.
Requirements
- BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
- Significant experience testing 3D graphics applications and/or content creation tools.
- Solid understanding of 3D graphics concepts and the ability to identify technical and aesthetic software problems.
- Experience writing automated tests.
- Strong experience using command prompts such as DOS and Bash.
- Experience with software project management using Jira or a similar tool.
- Detail orientation, organizational and communication skills, and persistence in following through.
- Eligibility to work with export-controlled technology and U.S. citizenship due to restricted data access.
- Video game or 3D graphics testing experience is a bonus.
- Flight simulation software experience is a bonus.
- VR or MR headset configuration and testing experience is a bonus.
- Experience creating image-difference tests is a bonus.
- Experience with Jira, Perforce, Visual Studio, Jenkins, Bash, and GitHub is a bonus.
- Technical documentation experience is a bonus.
- Basic knowledge of 3D modeling, GIS, geospatial, or geotypical content creation is a bonus.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and company performance-based profit sharing.
- 401(k) plan.
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
- Requires five days per week in-office at the company’s Kansas location; not remote, though this may change based on familiarity with the test system infrastructure.
- No relocation reimbursement provided.
About Aechelon Technology
Aechelon Technology builds visual simulation systems for military and government training, including image generators, geospecific visual and sensor databases, and realistic 3D models, plus integration services. It sells hardware, software, and content to U.S. Government agencies and defense prime contractors for flight and sensor-training simulators. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in South San Francisco, the company is privately held and backed by Sagewind Capital.