Test Automation Engineer

Management and staff in Kofax’s Quality Assurance job family help the company to assure that its products and technology solutions are designed and built in accordance with company standards and customer requirements.  The position of Test Automation Engineer is a core, entry-level departmental role and appointees are expected to perform whole core departmental tasks; albeit more basic tasks by comparison to Sr. Test Automation Engineers and above.

Test Automation Engineers should be capable of independently performing the following tasks:

• Proficient in developing, enhancing, and maintaining test programs via scripting and one or more programming languages (.Net, C#, Java, iOS, etc.)
• Integrating automation programs into build and ALM systems for end to end automation
• Follow established version control and configuration management practices for all automation programs
• Effectively isolate cause of test case failures
• In addition, Test Automation Engineers will perform some of the following work and be involved in other aspects, as assigned; Support the general testing needs of the team in order to meet the organizations goals.
• Working within team and across departments to identify, recommend, develop, implement and maintain quality assurance testing processes and practices; continuously contributing to streamlined, more effective and efficient quality assurance testing
• Through efficient and effective quality assurance testing standards, tools, techniques and execution, helping Core Engineering and other cross-functional partners to maximize the potential for new or updated releases to be completed on-time, on-target, on-budget and without compromise to quality
• Supporting other internal and external partners/stakeholders/customers, as and when appropriate, in responding to quality assurance testing inquiries and/or other ad hoc needs
• Staying abreast of industry and field developments; remaining current in the latest quality assurance testing technologies and functionalities, as well as ever-evolving needs of customers and their customers

While the job description describes what is anticipated as the requirements of the position, the job requirements are subject to change based upon any changing needs and requirements of the business.

Candidates for this position should hold the following qualifications, have the following experience, and be able to demonstrate the following competencies to be considered as a suitable applicant. Please note that except where specified as “preferred,” or as a “plus,” all points listed below are considered minimum requirements.

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or related discipline is strongly preferred
• Proficient in one or more programming languages (.Net, C#, Java, iOS, etc.).
• 3-5 years’ relevant technical experience
• Has a minimum of one or more years’ previous experience developing test automation

Kofax, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V