Automation Tester (Sandton) at Blue Label Telecoms

JOB PURPOSE

• Responsible to design and verify circuits, logic, systems, and algorithms to meet product requirements. Individual will determine the proper method and procedures to be used in the digital system development and determine the best method for verifying the digital system before the complete design is committed to silicon.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Development and Design

• Design, develop and test digital subsystems
• Analyze requirements, identify required work and estimate development tasks
• Perform in conjunction with software development team to ensure system meets operational requirements
• Collaborate on architecture, top level, and block level definition
• Record design and develop product documentation inputs for technical writers
• Involve in digital and software requirements definition
• Plan and oversee digital and software development projects
• Engineer and design digital control boards to meet power amplifier module requirements
• Design and implement software components to meet customer-specific design
• Accountable for the effective creation, measurement and control of the test strategy within content and Comms
• Review business requirements, creation and execution of Functional, Integration, End-to-End, Regression, UAT & Automation (UI & API)
• Ownership and driving testing tasks from start to finish
• Coordinate and support UAT with business users.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver
• Create and execute test plans and test cases for software applications
• Collaborate with the development team to identify test scenarios and ensure that all critical business requirements are covered in the test plan
• Analyze test results and debug errors
• Report and track defects and work with the development team to resolve them
• Work with the QA team to continuously improve the automation framework and testing process
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies such as stand-ups, planning sessions, and retrospectives
• Continuously learn new testing technologies and tools
• Write interface control documentation
• Generate and review technical product documentation
• Collaborate with other engineers, managers and Product Management teams to develop innovative solutions meeting market needs
• Design, implement and test code from module level through full system integration
• Conduct hands-on bench testing and debugging of digital hardware
• Full Chip/block level RTL design and implementation
• Collaborate with analog engineers to define mixed-signal interface
• Participate in chip and block level digital/mixed-signal test bench development with Verilog/System Verilog/UVM
• Modeling/simulating/debugging digital circuits
• Work with verification team on verification plans, test cases, and analyzing test results Interact with customers during design reviews and system tests
• Explain special requirements and to resolve technical issues related to vendor-supplied material working with vendors

Work Collaboratively

• Build a culture of respect and understanding across the organisation
• Recognise outcomes which resulted from effective collaboration between teams
• Build co-operation and overcome barriers to information sharing, communication and collaboration across the organisation
• Facilitate opportunities to engage and collaborate with external stakeholders to develop joint solutions

Leadership

• Through effective inspirational leadership, facilitate the creation of accountable, full service teams who understand and strive to meet the needs of all stakeholders
• Role model behavior and motivate team members in line with the core values
• Take full responsibility for performance of all direct reports, motivating and managing them in relation to quality standards and agreed benchmarks and objectives, focusing on all aspects of sound people management: Provide support and guidance on career path planning, on-the-job training, coaching and mentoring to direct reports
• Develop, promote and direct the implementation of equal opportunities policies in all aspects of the company’s work
• Communicate and maintain trust relationships with shareholders, business partners and authorities

Self-Management

• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are  consistently and accurately maintained
• Demonstrate flexibility in balancing achievement of own objectives with abilities to understand and respond to organizational needs
• Plan and prioritise, demonstrating abilities to manage competing demands
• Demonstrate abilities to anticipate and manage change
• Demonstrate consistent application of internal procedures

Requirements
BEHABIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• Business Insight
• Courage
• Cultivates Innovation
• Decision Quality
• Collaborates
• Plans and Aligns
• Communicates Effectively
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Strategic Mindset
• Manages Ambiguity
• Tech Savvy
• Action Oriented

EDUCATION

• Matric
• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Computer Science or related field

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 10+ years’ progressive experience in similar role
• Experience in digital design and implementation is a must
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Test Automation 
• Experience of supervising and directing people and other resources to achieve specific end results within limited timeframes
• At least 3 years of experience in automation testing with Selenium WebDriver
• Experience in programming languages such as Java, Python or C#
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and experience working in an Agile development environment
• Experience with version control systems such as Git
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changes quickly
• Min 3 years’ experience in the testing competency
• QC experience (test planning, test execution, defect management lifecycle)
• Solid experience in the implementation of the STLC (Test Planning, Monitoring and Control – including reporting, Test Analysis and Design, Test Execution, Test Closure) throughout the project lifecycle)
• Experience with other automation tools such as Appium or TestComplete
• Experience in mobile automation testing
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or CircleCI
• Knowledge of SQL and databases.