QA Automation Engineer

We are seeking a skilled QA Automation Engineer to join our team in Romania. As a digitalization pioneer in the mobility and manufacturing industries, MHP transfers its expertise to a wide range of industries and is a premium partner for thought leaders on their way to a Better Tomorrow.

The successful candidate will define, maintain, and execute the overall testing strategy across releases and teams. You will design, develop, and maintain automated E2E test suites using Playwright/Cypress, plan, execute, and monitor smoke, regression, and functional testing activities.

Key responsibilities:

• Define, maintain, and execute the overall testing strategy across releases and teams.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated E2E test suites using Playwright/Cypress.
• Plan, execute, and monitor smoke, regression, and functional testing activities.
• Create and manage test plans, test cases, and test execution cycles in Xray.
• Integrate automated tests into GitHub CI/CD pipelines and ensure quality gates.
• Track, analyze, and report defects while collaborating with development teams on issue resolution.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, backlog refinement sessions, and release planning.
• Maintain testing documentation, quality metrics, and reporting in Jira and Confluence.

Requirements:

• Strong experience in QA Automation and software testing.
• Hands-on experience with Playwright or Cypress for End-to-End test automation.
• Working knowledge of JavaScript or Java for test automation and E2E test development.
• Experience with GitHub and CI/CD pipeline integration.
• Test management experience using Xray.
• Experience creating and executing Test Plans and Test Executions.
• Experience with smoke, regression, functional, and performance testing.
• Experience with performance and load testing tools (e.g., JMeter, k6, Gatling, or similar).
• Jira and Confluence knowledge.
• Experience defining and maintaining testing strategies in Agile/SAFe environments.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is an advantage.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience testing Angular-based applications.
• Experience with API testing and automation.
• Knowledge of AWS cloud environments.
• Experience with performance and load testing tools.
• Experience working in SAFe Agile Release Trains.
• ISTQB Foundation or Advanced certification.
• Experience with AI-powered tools, such as Claude or similar solutions.
• Experience in enterprise applications, preferably in the Automotive domain (Aftersales, Diagnostics, etc.) is a plus.

Benefits:

• Start date: by arrangement - always on the 1st and 15th of the month
• Working hours: full-time (40h); 27 vacation days
• Employment contract: CIM, Unlimited
• Line of work: Consulting
• Language skills: Fluency in written and spoken English; German is nice to have
• Flexibility & willingness to travel
• Other: a valid work permit