Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Responsibilities

• An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for a QA Engineer to drive forward new solutions based around our custom in-house PARIS platform and other initiatives
• The successful candidate will be responsible for testing all current and future software releases – with focus on developing both manual and automated test capability.
• This role is a key part of Fleet’s focus to develop leading digital capability to enhance and improve our platforms deployed on over 500 ships

Co-operating with the Development of Front-end and Back-end Software

• Working closely with the development team to test and help improve both front-end and back-end components following industry best-practices and in adherence with architectural principles
• Provide workable solutions to issues discovered, that balance the need to meet strategic goals whilst also delivering short-term benefits to meet business objectives
• Using methods such as prototyping to identify innovative solutions in line with technology trends to both demonstrate how IT can help solve problems effectively and efficiently
• Test current products and identifying deficiencies
• Investigate product quality in order to make improvements to achieve better customer satisfaction – using data
• Plan, create and manage the overall Quality Planning strategy
• Oversee continuous improvement projects

 

 

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Working closely with developers, stakeholders and end users to understand user flows and potential vulnerabilities
• Communicating clearly and concisely across all levels – facilitating key decisions with developers, and other IT stakeholders in simple terms
• Collaborate with the Product Development team to ensure consistent project execution
• Identify quality assurance process bottleneck and suggest actions for improvement
• Identify key KPI’s for product quality

 

 

Team Working & People Management

• Providing mentoring and coaching to the development team – sharing experience in quality expertise and best practices and helping the team to overcome hurdles
• Working collaboratively with the rest of the IT team members – based onshore and offshore – to ensure that solutions delivered are high-quality and easy-to-support