Senior Test Automation Engineer

Remote Work:
Hybrid

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.

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You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward‑thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about – locally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Test Automation Engineer to join our Quality Assurance team! In this pivotal role, you will architect and enhance our test automation ecosystem, spearhead our AI model validation efforts, and champion cutting‑edge QA methodologies. The ideal candidate will possess a robust technical acumen, proven leadership capabilities, and a fervent commitment to quality engineering and continuous improvement.

You will manage quality assurance processes, including compliance with specification, usability, security, performance and overall business value. You will look at the project from a broader perspective and can lead one or more teams of software engineers. You will often bring domain‑specific expertise in areas such as UI/UX design, database management, continuous integration/delivery or machine learning.

• Takes responsibility for the project from a broader perspective, including the business side
• Acts as a role model to team members to encourage professional working practices
• May coordinate the activities of other personnel and hold regular meetings with other team members to assess progress, resolve impediments and discuss work assignment
• Provides feedback to managers on the project status in the form of progress reports, test coverage, test pass rates, areas of concern and gaps in testing
• Works closely with developers on the software architecture and features in order to devise effective test strategies
• Verifies software functionality against user requirements or specification
• Creates test plans and maintains test infrastructure
• Creates and maintains test suites, test cases and test runs in a test case management tool
• Automates test scenarios using scripting or dedicated tools (Test Complete, Selenium, Robot Framework, UI Automator, etc.)
• Verifies bug reports provided by customers; works with customers to specify reproduction steps
• Contributes to testing processes, including end‑to‑end testing, UI/UX testing, API testing, integration testing, load testing and stress testing
• Contributes to the automation of test cases using dedicated tools such as Test Complete, Selenium and Robot Framework or scripting languages such as Bash or Python
• Contributes to the validation of bug reports from users and other testers, working with them to specify production steps, assigning bug reports to developers and assessing work done on fixing bugs
• Integrates appropriate tools into the automation process to expedite automation
• Documents software defects with clearly described test setups, reproduction steps and, where appropriate, relevant documents such as screenshots, screen casts and logs
• Prepares benchmarks for performance and evaluates software against them
• Determines when release candidates are ready for release to external customers
• Performs integration testing, including cross‑platform test setups or interoperability with dedicated hardware
• Provides knowledgeable feedback on software design and user experience, exceeding just the compliance with predefined specification
• Supervises processes and configures relevant tools for iteration planning, continuous integration, risk management, release criteria, deployment
• Drive the architecture, development, and lifecycle management of our test automation frameworks, ensuring they are scalable, maintainable, and adhere to…