Role: Senior Test Automation Engineer (UI/Python) – Onsite (5 days a week)
Location: Omaha, NE
Duration: 12+ Months with possible extension
Position Overview
We are seeking a Senior Test Automation Engineer with strong hands-on experience in UI automation to design, develop, and maintain scalable automated test solutions that ensure product quality and reliable delivery. The ideal candidate will take ownership of automated UI test frameworks and drive long-term maintainability, stability, and coverage improvements.
Experience with Squish UI Automation is strongly preferred.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain automated UI test frameworks (desktop, web, embedded applications)
Own the automation architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability
Implement object mapping, verification points, and checkpoints for robust GUI automation
Develop and execute regression and smoke test suites
Deliver stable, reliable automated test execution to support release confidence
Continuously improve automation coverage and reduce test fragility
Participate actively in Agile ceremonies (refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives)
Engage early in requirement discussions to assess testability and automation feasibility
Collaborate closely with development teams for defect analysis and root cause resolution
Contribute to QA standards, best practices, and process improvements
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other QA engineers
Required Qualifications
7–15 years of experience in Quality Assurance with strong hands-on automation expertise
Proven UI automation experience across desktop, web, and embedded systems
Strong programming skills in:
Python
JavaScript
Experience in:
UI testing and GUI automation
Object mapping and verification strategies
Checkpoints and validation mechanisms
Regression and smoke testing
Version control experience using Git
Experience with test management tools such as Jira and Xray
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications
Strong experience with Squish UI Automation (highly preferred)
Experience in Qt UI testing
CI/CD integration experience (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps)
Experience with Robot Framework