Description
As a Senior Quality Test Engineer at 3M, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with innovative people around the world and make an impact by developing and implementing comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases for new and existing software and electronic safety products.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and test cases for new and existing software and electronic safety products.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and ensure test coverage.
- Conduct manual and automated testing to identify defects and ensure functionality, performance, and security.
- Track and report on testing progress, defect metrics, and overall quality status to stakeholders.
- Drive continuous improvement in QA processes, tools, and methodologies.
- Coordinate work of external resources and vendors where appropriate.
- Stay up to date with the latest trends and technologies in software testing and quality assurance.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified before start)
- Seven (7) years or more of experience working in software or electronics quality and testing in a private, public, government or military environment
Preferred qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- Experience as a QA or test engineer or in a similar role, with a strong background in software testing.
- In-depth knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
- Experience with both manual and automated testing techniques.
- Proficiency in test automation tools such as Selenium, Appium, or similar.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience with bug tracking and test management tools (e.g., JIRA, Azure DevOps, Github).
- Experience with mobile application testing.
Work location: This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the 3M Center in Maplewood, MN.
Travel: May include up to 10% domestic or international.
Relocation: May be authorized.
Salary: The expected compensation range for this position is $145,676 - $178,049, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible.