Digital Control Incorporated (DCI) is the world's leading supplier of underground locating and steering products for the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) industry. Since the introduction of this revolutionary technology 30 years ago, Digital Control has been at the forefront of trenchless technologies that enable the efficient installation of underground utilities such as fiber optic, telecom, gas, and water lines world-wide. DCI's products are valued for their durable design, ease of use and uncompromising commitment to customer service.
We are looking for a QA Tester to join our team and work on testing strategy and execution. You will enjoy solving testing challenges while promoting a culture of quality throughout the organization. The ideal candidate has a background in a technical field, strong QA and UAT experience, and has experience working in small to midsize businesses. You are methodical, a self-starter, and passionate about quality which is key to the growth and success of a product.
Responsibilities
Test Planning and Strategy
- Contribute to the development and execution of test plans and test cases for multiple products.
- Execute test across various testing phases such as functional, stress, destructive, and performance.
- Perform subsequent data reduction and reviews of executed tests.
- Participate in design and specification reviews and use this information to design test plans.
- Contribute to the execution of test plans and test cases for multiple products.
- Promote QA productivity through automation, tools, and other best practices.
- Verify and document bugs and testing fixes.
Test Execution and Bug Resolution
- Configure, operate, and maintain tactical information systems. This includes development, test and laboratory representations of fielded systems, as well as the fielded systems themselves.
- Be responsible for sustaining the lab systems (hardware and software) under test between test events.
- Investigate and resolve operational problems in conjunction with other engineering and technical personnel.
- Support field incident condition replication and resolution related to the system under test; generate user documentation for solution implementation or work around.
- Support the security accreditation efforts for the assigned system.
- Partner and collaborate with Engineers, Project and Product Managers, to develop a strong understanding of the testing objectives and priorities.
- Participate in the Agile development process and track and report out sprint progress.
Test Support and Collaboration
- Aid in the diagnosis and resolution of test anomalies to include system /network analysis and reconfiguration.
- Communicate ideas to improve efficiency and/or repeatability.