Sr. Test Automation Designer

The Senior Test Automation Designer is a member of the VxWorks Certified Platforms Quality team whose primary responsibility is to design and develop automation tools to mitigate software quality issues associated with the design, production and release of the VxWorks Certified Platforms products.Responsibilities:The Senior Test Automation Designer works closely with Product Management, Configuration Management, Development, Technical Publications, Quality Assurance, and Support team members to determine testing requirements and to identify the tools needed to provide efficient testing throughout the lifecycle. - Work with build teams and configuration management processes to automate the build acceptance test process to ensure only quality builds are released into testing.- Determine best methods to generate, track, store, restore and utilize test data.- Validate development unit testing procedures and test cases to ensure adequate unit test coverage.- Investigate and suggest code coverage validation techniques and tools.- Design, architect and implement automated tests for regression, load, performance and system testing.- Participate in the review and selection of tools and technologies to optimize existing quality practices and recommend where these might be used to improve quality process and test automation tools infrastructure.- Represent and promote quality engineering and quality assurance methods, processes and procedures.- Work independently by scheduling tasks, meeting project deliverables and reporting status to management.Requirements: - Due to the nature of work, US citizenship / US permanent residency is required- Minimum of 7 years experience in software product quality assurance/development with an emphasis on test automation - Interactive and scripting languages such as Perl, Expect, Python or TCL.- Experience (5 years) using scripting languages to develop tools to assist in development, deployment and testing efforts.- Experience (2-3 years) programming with C.- Understanding of basic Operating System internals, such as scheduling, IO, memory management and various bus architectures- Minimum of a BS degree in technology related field (equivalent experience will be considered).Desired:- Experience (5 years) designing and implementing test automation for embedded software using commercial test automation tools from companies such as Segue or Mercury - Familiarity with the Common Criteria, especially EAL6- Familiarity with MILS (Multiple Independent Levels of Security)- Familiarity with DO-178B or IEC61508 certification standards- Familiarity with VxWorks- Experience working with geographically distributed development and quality assurance teams http://careers-windriver.com/WindRiver/jobboard/NewCandidateExt.aspx?__JobID=2668&__jbsrc=DD26F989-EFDA-4DDF-9A50-2E798BE54B64