Quality Assurance (QA) Automation Engineer

Location

Huntsville, AL or Dayton, OH

Contingent on winning contract.

Start Date: On or after June 5, 2026

About Minerva

Minerva is looking for a QA Automation Engineer to automate tests within a complex microservice architecture to ensure product quality. Responsibilities include designing and implementing tests, debugging, and defining corrective actions. They will also review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics.

Your Responsibilities

• Design, develop and execute automation scripts
• Analyzing data to identify trends, performing root cause analysis, and recommending corrective actions
• Ensuring products meet industry standards and customer expectation.
• Work with production and engineering teams to fix issues and train staff on quality standards.
• Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Collaborate with technical leads, software testers, and SRE team to ensure release quality.
• Work w/software testers to create and implement quality control processes, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and quality guidelines.
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Stay up to date with new testing tools and test strategies

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in developing automated testcases in at least one programming language
• Proven work experience in software quality assurance
• Strong understanding of functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information science, or related technical field
• Strong Communication and Organizational Skills
• US Citizenship
• Must have or be able to obtain a Top Secret Clearance

Desired Qualifications

• Proficiency in Go, Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, or Perl for writing efficient, reusable test scripts
• Expertise in Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Cypress, TestRail, or TestNG
• Ability to test APIs using Postman and automate through Newman
• Familiarity with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Docker for integrating tests into pipelines
• Proficiency in Git
• Basic to intermediate SQL skills to verify data integrity
• Experience with BDD tools like Cucumber

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Pay

Pay: $75,000.00 - $135,000.00 per year

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location

In person