Automation Quality Engineer III

Who We Are:

SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connected Vehicle Services) are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners -- in the car, at home, and anywhere on the go with connected devices. Our vision is to shape the future of audio, where everyone can be effortlessly connected to the voices, stories and music they love wherever they are.

This is the place where a diverse group of emerging talent and legends alike come to share authentic and purposeful songs, stories, sounds and insights through some of the best programming and technology in the world. Our critically-acclaimed, industry-leading audio entertainment encompasses music, sports, comedy, news, talk, live events, and podcasting. No matter their individual role, each of our employees plays a vital part in bringing SiriusXM's vision to life every day.

SiriusXM

SiriusXM is the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products. SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM's subsidiaries Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and monetization. The Company's advertising sales organization, which operates as SXM Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization and ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers. SiriusXM, through Sirius XM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to automakers.

How you'll make an impact:

As part of the Automated Test Development Team, the Test Engineer will help analyze and understand requirements to create and define test cases for use in our Automation Framework. This utilizes a variety of skills including ruby programming and integration with our proprietary tools. The test framework and test cases are utilized by internal and external customers.

What you'll do:

• Work closely with our Product, UX and other teams to understand requirements and create automated test cases.
• These test cases are written in the Gherkin BDD format and utilize defined step definitions in our testing framework to exercise all aspects of a product, ensuring compliance with requirements.
• You will write the test cases, and the supporting software in the Ruby scripting language.
• You will run test cases against internal reference applications to validate the test cases.
• You will perform triage of failures found during your own validation testing, or by others.
• You will perform bug fixing of test cases.
• You will maintain a close working relationship and collaboration with client's team leads and SMEs
• You will review the code of the other team members, provide constructive feedback, and help to increase the quality
• You will follow all technical procedures, documentation, and standard processes.
• You will work proactively to understand project backlog of work for one or more sprints ahead asking for clarity of requirements and acceptance criteria where required
• You will investigate better solutions to current implementation, assess the effort and propose for improvement
• You will participate in technical presentations

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree in computer sciences, software engineering, electrical engineering or equivalent
• Minimum 1- 3 years engineering experience in software development or software QA test.
• Experience with automated software test frameworks
• Experience with git, or similar source control
• Scripting language experience with Ruby, Perl, Python or other similar language.
• MS-Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).
• Experience in Ticket Creation/Bug Tracking tools such as JIRA
• PC hardware architecture, including USB etc.
• Good public speaking and presentation skills.
• Interpersonal skills and ability to interact and work with staff at all levels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to pay attention to details and be organized.
• Ability to project professionalism over the phone and in person.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Commitment to "internal client" and customer service principles.
• Willingness to take initiative and to follow through on projects.
• Spelling, grammar, proofreading and editing skills.
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and multi-task, and work under shifting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Must have legal right to work in the US.

Our goal at SiriusXM is to provide and maintain a work environment that fosters mutual respect, professionalism and cooperation. SiriusXM is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, gender identity, marital status, familial status, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

The requirements and duties described above may be modified or waived by the Company in its sole discretion without notice.
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