Quality Engineer

Company Overview

​At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Noggin is a leader in integrated resilience management technology, offering a next-generation, cloud-based platform that combines 10 essential solutions into one unified system. Our award-winning platform seamlessly integrates operational and third-party risk management, operational resilience, business continuity, incident and crisis management, emergency management, and security and safety operations.

The Product Engineering area is responsible for designing, writing, testing and deploying the code for our software products at Noggin. The area consists of front-end only developers, backend-only developers, full-stack developers, test automation developers, and quality analysts. Developers and analysts are grouped into sprint teams of about 5 people, which focus on different aspects of the product. We run an Agile methodology and have adopted best practice processes and frameworks to ensure that the product is high-performing, secure and scalable.

Job Description

This role ensures Noggin's products and services meet high quality standards by developing and executing comprehensive test plans. Key responsibilities include validating software releases, conducting functional, automation, and non-functional testing, and applying Agile methodologies. The role focuses on building automation test suites and identifying SDLC bottlenecks to maintain reliability and excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Code Quality and Agile Practices: Support Engineering teams in writing testable code and applying agile testing methodologies, ensuring high-quality code and effective sprint planning.

• Test Automation and Non-Functional Testing: Enhance test automation frameworks and practices, including UI and API automation in BDD format, and integrate non-functional testing (performance/security) into the regression suite.

• Test Strategy and Execution: Develop and execute test strategies in collaboration with Engineering and Product stakeholders, providing feedback and ensuring deliverables meet quality standards while managing residual risks.

• Quality Assurance and Risk Management: Contribute to the Quality Knowledge Base, perform smoke testing, analyze release candidates for risks, and ensure quality outcomes in integrated environments through thorough testing.

• Communication and Coordination: Coordinate with Learning & Development, Support teams, and stakeholders to communicate changes, timing, scope, and impacts to products and services.

Basic Requirements

Education and Qualifications

Essential:

• Tertiary degree in software development (or similar) or at least 3 years commercial (paid) software engineering experience

Experience and Skills

Essential:

• A minimum of 3+ years direct experience as a Quality Engineer for major application integration and/or major application product release

• Extensive experience with testing cloud/web-based software applications using Agile Test Methodologies

• Extensive experience with Automation Testing with various Javascript based testing frameworks

• Strong experience with Non-Functional Testing methodologies (mainly Performance & Security testing)

It will also be beneficial (not mandatory) if you have: 

• Experience in test automation in a microservice based ecosystem

• Experience in test automation in an AWS environment

Personal Attributes

• Strong knowledge of system testing best practices and methodologies.

• Ability to understand the principles behind the Agile approach to software development.

• Ability to understand and create test plans from specifications or verbal communications.

• Ability to explain at a basic level on how changing conditions, current events, and historical contexts influence the quality of a release and the product. 

• Ability to identify Functional & Non-Functional risks during the earlier phases of release process

• Ability to build/execute/validate/report Automation Tests (both UI & API) across various browsers & Mobile Devices

• Ability to build/execute/validate/report Performance Tests (both UI & API)

• Ability to research new tools, technologies & testing process

Inclusion and Diversity

Motorola Solutions embraces a diverse pool of candidates in its recruitment activities. We consider all qualified applicants and do not discriminate based on age, gender identity, biological sex, sexual orientation, intersex status, race, national or ethnic origin, religion, disabilities or health conditions, marital or family status and other areas of potential difference.

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.