QA Release Engineer

As a QA / Release Engineer, you will play a critical role in our software quality and delivery by driving process improvements to release our vehicle software regularly, reliably, and with high quality. You will work cross-functionally with other teams as a force multiplier to improve their development process from idea to implementation to testing to deployment. This is a critical role to squash inefficiencies in our development process, improve the development experience for everyone in the software organization, and ultimately bring our autonomous vehicles to market sooner.

In this role, you will:

• Conduct manual and automated testing of software applications and identify any potential risks or issues.
• Analyze PR from developer - Perform functional, regression, integration, performance testing
• Triage the scenarios that the system flags for review
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., developers, product managers, and designers) / highlight impact of performance regressions.
• Report and track regressions / defects in an organized manner
• Continuously improve QA processes to ensure no performance degradation
• Conduct root cause analysis for defects and work with the development team to ensure timely resolutions.
• Validate fixes and improvements with comprehensive re-testing and ensure changes do not introduce new regressions
• Provide clear and concise test reports, highlighting risks, issues, and test progress.
• Support merge process (infra, pipedream jobs, first pass scenario triage, etc)
• Increase developer velocity while infra improvements are underway.
• Help get PR's through the PR validation process

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Proven experience as a QA Engineer or similar role in software quality assurance.
• Experience with both manual and automated testing methodologies.
• Familiarity with testing tools such as, TestRail, or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of various testing methodologies (functional, regression, performance, integration, etc.).
• Experience with issue tracking and project management tools like Jira.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a focus on teamwork

**Salary & Benefits**

• Salary: $115,000 - $125,000 annually  
• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Training & Development
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Free breakfast and lunch