Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Summary:

Trimble has an opening for a SDET Level I position in Chennai, India. This is an exciting time to join as we grow and bring new features and technologies to our TC1 Analytics product.

The Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) is responsible for improving the quality of software releases through manual and automation tools enhancements.  Working in an agile development environment, the SDET will develop and apply customized testing methodologies to show measurable improvements to the released software. In addition, this person will develop automating test cases based on key product workflows that will accelerate testing during testing and release cycles. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain automation scripts

• Continuously evaluate and improve defined software processes

• Plan, schedule, and implement testing projects

• Design and develop quality testing procedures; update and modify existing tests as necessary 

• Define test objectives and collaborate with the QA Team and other departments 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 related to the quality of Trimble software

Competencies 

• Willingness and ability to quickly adapt and maintain software products and current testing technologies 

• Ability to estimate task durations and meet schedules 

• Strong initiative, customer-service oriented, and commitment to insure timely, quality solutions to customer issues

• Well-organized and 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, strong English verbal and written skills, positive attitude, strong work ethic, and good judgment 

• Able to thrive in a highly collaborative team work environment

Required Qualifications:

• 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 

• 1 to 2 Years of Prior experience in test automation and scripting in C# or Java.

• Experience in using Selenium for Web Testing.

• Understanding of QA testing processes

• Knowledge of technical and troubleshooting skills with a variety of business software tools

• Knowledge of QA-related tools for requirements management, test management, and defect tracking 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Prior experience in a global work environment

• Some knowledge of reporting tools like Power BI is a plus

• Knowledge or previous experience with DB tools such as SQL or Mongo

• Some knowledge of cloud and virtualization testing environments 

• Prior experience with automated test script creation 

• Knowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery test environment 

Working Conditions 

Work takes place in an office setting. It requires the ability to sit and work at a keyboard for extended periods of time and communicate with team members and other departments in person and by phone, computer, and video teleconferencing.  

This position requires regular interaction with team members in an agile development environment.  The ability to be present at the work site on a core schedule that facilitates team interaction is essential to the successful performance of this job.