Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

1w1 week ago

California ISO

Folsom, US · Full-time · $108,225 – $180,375

About this role

The California ISO manages electricity flow across 80 percent of California's power grid, safeguarding 30 million Californians with 24/7 reliable operations. As Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer, apply test engineering and product knowledge to design tests and strategies for validating production software. Ensure alignment with CAISO quality practices including security, performance, integration, and functional testing for adapters.

Plan and execute optimal levels of security, integration, and performance tests, assessing results and recommending improvements to address variances. Establish and maintain software test automation and performance test engineering code base. Lead technical improvements for enterprise test methodology, procedures, guidelines, and tools.

Lead testing teams to ensure software meets quality standards and drives defect escape rate reductions. Provide technical or process training to staff as required. Operate in a hybrid schedule within an impartial grid operator environment committed to work/life integration.

Assess appropriate testing depth for software releases with Quality Assurance Lead input. Optimize test sequencing and scope to lower total cost of quality. Contribute to sustained operational excellence in a vital infrastructure role.

Requirements

Test engineering and product knowledge for designing tests and testing strategies
Technical and process knowledge to align testing with security, performance, integration, and functional practices
Experience establishing and maintaining software test automation and performance test engineering code bases
Ability to assess appropriate level and depth of testing for software releases
Expertise leading technical improvements in enterprise test methodology, procedures, guidelines, and tools
Skills in test planning, execution, and optimization for high-reliability software
Knowledge of quality assurance practices for production software in grid operations

Responsibilities

Plan and execute optimum level of Security, Integration, and Performance Tests, assess results, and recommend areas for prioritization and performance tuning
Lead technical aspects of test planning, determine quantity and quality of tests, and ensure requirements are testable
Estimate Integration, Security, Performance, and Functional tests for adapters as well as Test Automation efforts
Lead testing teams related to quality of tests and test records to meet ISO standards and reduce defect escape rates
Establish and maintain ISO Performance and Test Automation framework, perform code-reviews and maintenance of scripts
Establish and maintain ISO product baseline tests and incremental test labs/cases for software security, performance, and integration
Provide technical or process training to other staff as required
Optimize sequencing and scope of technical testing to drive lower Total Cost of Quality