What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead, QA Engineer position at Markem-Imaje Corporation?
Systech delivers digital product identification and traceability solutions that empower our customers with information to achieve compliance, detect supply chain threats and gain transparency across the supply chain. Built on decades of experience as the leader in pharmaceutical serialization with thousands of global implementations, our comprehensive brand protection suite provides the real-time insight, actionable product data and digital connectivity needed to know exactly what is happening at every stage of the product journey. Global brands across industries rely on Systech to keep their products authentic, safe and connected-from manufacturing to the consumer's hands.
Key Responsibilities:
The Lead, QA Engineer will drive end to end QA initialtives and projects:
- Assure product quality through the development of manual or automated test scripts.
- Ensure test design is traceable to requirement and achieves a high level of requirement and test execution coverage. Continuously improve test scripts and product coverage. Complete all updates test cases, test scripts, test harnesses, test guidelines according to schedule.
- Manage test cases and test results, ensuring traceability across all applicable artifacts.
- Execute all assigned testing, whether manual or automated, according to schedule and any productivity targets committed.
- Support root-cause analysis exercises against target areas, propose corrective approaches for measurable improvements, track and report progress; communicate the plans and results effectively to drive change. Collect and analyze data and other findings, according to plans.
- Produce reports that are clear, effective, insightful, and traceable - whether for defects discovered during test or non-compliance issues found during a process review or audit. Ensure defect reports have reproducible steps to allow for quick resolution. Utilize existing tracking systems, report mechanisms, agreed conventions, and metrics when preparing and providing such reports.
- Escalate concerns about project/product/process quality in a clear, timely and collaborative way.
- Participate in improvement initiatives. Develop quality assurance plans or test plans and embed appropriate activities as part of project/product development plans.
- Participate in defect reviews or other project efforts, providing clear status when needed.
- Keep current on software industry methodologies and trends with respect to software quality and testing. Propose improvements to current operations when the opportunity arises.
- Champion the QPlan/QCert process, and the Systech culture of continuous improvement in product quality, by setting and committing to quantifiable quality goals and measuring those goals before reaching RTM (release to manufacturing).
Technical Skills:
Languages we utilize day to day:
- Hewlett Packard Unified Functional Testing (UFT) aka (QTP Quick Test Professional)
- Visual Basic scripting (VB)
- Python
- Robot Framework
- Appium
Other skills that will translate well:
- Selenium
- C / C
- Java
- SQL
Tools we use:
- Jira
- Jenkins
- VMware
- GIT
- MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access)
- MS Windows Embedded (Win 7 and Win XP), MS Server OS
- SQL Server
- Wireshark
Not necessary, but nice to have:
- Hardware - Electrical and wiring skills
- Docker
- Linux OS
Academic and professional qualifications:
- Successful completion of a Bachelor's Degree or relevant technical/business experience.
- Typical Relevant Experience 4 - 8 years
Systech office located in Princeton NJ: a center for learning and innovation for over 100 years and home to Princeton University. Moreover, the employees may enjoy a great range of activities close by: skiing, hiking, great beaches, multiple culture events and, of course, access to New York City and Philadelphia.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information or any other factors prohibited by law.
