The Test Engineer is the subject matter expert for infrastructure and product testing. They would be responsible for the manual test design and execution. They are responsible for providing all levels of test on a work effort; System, End-to-End System Test, User Acceptance Test, Performance Test, Non-Functional Test, Regression Test, End-to-End Customer Experience Test, Implementation Test, and Integration Test. The Test Engineer would provide automation requirements such as the manual functional testing tasks to the Automation Engineers. The Test Engineer will work directly with the Automation Engineer to decide what should be automated and how manual procedures may be modified to better facilitate automation. The Test Engineer is required to have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Role Description

1.Liaison/ambassador working with others to spread an understanding of the services provided by our component.

2. Be the primary technical contact for the specific product and affiliated testing efforts he or she may be assigned to represent.

3. Develop and maintain communication with the team, business partners and others in the organization (e.g. overviews provided in test team meetings to discuss efforts and testing).

4. The subject matter expert for the infrastructure product assigned.

5. Promote the use of test automation.

6. Create and maintain test documentation for each testing effort (i.e. Test Strategy, Test Plan, and Test Summary).

7. Design, create, execute, and log results for test cases.

8. Work with business and development teams in requirements of testing efforts and test plan and test case reviews.

9. Perform a full product review for impacts to assigned product

• Engage in incidents and problems associated to stability and availability of your product

• Review each Release for a list of products being changed and determine integration testing needs for your product assigned

10. Accountable for identifying, documenting and managing risks and defects associated to the products (with escalation).

11. Schedule one-on-one meeting with the Product Owner to understand the changes, potential impacts of the changes and to review unit test cases and results.

12. Be visible and available to all team members for assistance in training, reviewing work, knowledge share, and maintaining workload.

13. Keep the Test Manager informed of all issues that may need to be escalated.

14. Be able to communicate on a technical level and be able to bridge the gap between projects, business partners and technical staff.

15. Seek to remain current on technology, especially those technologies with future team impact.

16. Provide technical assistance in evaluating new solutions that may impact the workload of the testing team(s).

17. Validate and verify that solutions meet business, functional, and technical requirements.

18. Provide testing strategy and planning, environment monitoring, and risk mitigation.

19. Ensure timely completion of appropriate and accurate testing deliverables throughout the project life cycle.

20. Utilizes Services Management practices.

21. Provides suggestions for testing improvement.

22. Volunteers for additional work to stay fully allocated.

Additional Skills needed:

- Knowledge Service Management Processes (ITIL related) is required.

- Technical Test Case Development and Execution experience required.

- A willingness to build relationships with business partners to improve risk mitigation through validation.

- Firm understanding of performance testing

- Performance testing tools, including, but not limited to, HP Perf Center, BEST1, HP Diagnostics

- Firm background in Linux OS

- Performance test experience in web driven apps and web service testing

- Experience in and a firm understanding of non-functional testing

* For additional details and quickest response, please contact directly at 763-657-7170 or email David.Elhard@HTCinc.com and include current resume and contact info. **

No third Parties Please, local candidates strongly preferred.

Benefits: HTC*s competitive package includes besides compensation health, dental, vision, 401k, Disability cover, both Short and Long term, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending.