Job Title: Senior SQA Engineer
Location: CHN - Chengdu, China
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Desired skills: Android platform testing, Java/C/C++ programming
Company Overview
Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help our customers – from consumers and small businesses to the largest global organizations – secure and manage their information-driven world against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently. Our software and services protect completely, in ways that can be easily managed and with controls that can be enforced automatically – enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored.
Department Overview
As Symantec's research organization, Symantec Research Labs (SRL) ensures the company's long-term leadership through innovation, generation of new ideas, and development of next-generation technologies. Projects include both long-term investigations and shorter term innovations that provide immediate benefit to customers across all of Symantec’s businesses. Past commercialized technologies from Symantec Research Labs include the company's first anti-spam technology, generic exploit blocking technology to proactively stop fast-spreading network threats, technology to improve the performance of our backup products, and technology to help protect critical infrastructure.
This open position within SRL is part of the CoreMobile division, a team focuses on mobile technology research.
Responsibilities
· This position is located in Symantec China Development Center Chengdu office.
· Develops and executes test plans and test cases, setup test environment, document results and report defects. Review design specifications from a quality and testability perspective and recommend changes, provide unit and integration level testing on early versions of new products and features .
· Performs black and white box testing with an emphasis on growing white box skills.
· Works on test automation procedures using a variety of software programming languages including Java, Perl, python on mobile platform to debug and test Android(or iOS) products.
· Participates code and design reviews written by development engineers for Android or iOS.
· Work with developers or other QA team members to debug/reproduce issues.
· Ability to plan and estimate his/her own work and should track the accuracy of his/her estimates and learn to make adjustments based on his/her prior performance.
· Should possess good problem solving skills to be able to judge problems in a very complicated environment, especially in the Android platform/ or Smartphone fields.
· Work with QA manager or leads to decide test direction and perform the tasks according to specification, can lead a small group for a product component test, guide junior engineers for daily testing work.
· Ability to work with other leaders on the QA team to come up with the best testing strategies.
· May be assigned to various QA software testing projects that utilize skills above.
Qualification
· MS or BS in Computer Science, 6+ years’ experience in Software development and/or quality engineering, 3+ years of testing Mobile Software, 2 years Java programming experience.
· Experience in debugging mobile software applications using both user mode and Android SDK/ eclipse/ Android Emulator/ Android Tools Plugin.
· Advanced level of experience with scripting languages such as Perl, Ruby, Python.
· Strong experience in software engineering especially quality assurance process.
· Expert at troubleshooting hardware and software problems in Windows, Linux, and with simple networks.
· Ability to solve problems proactively, is comfortable working with ambiguous specifications but can identify and implement a solution.
· Experience programming with Java programming language and Android APIs, and/or experts on C/C++ programming.
· Must be able to interact comfortably with members of the worldwide team and employees in other departments in Symantec.
· Ability to plan and estimate his/her own work and should track the accuracy of his/her estimates and learn to make adjustments based on his/her prior performance. Ability to re-prioritize work at short notice.
· Must be a motivated, detail-oriented individual and a good team player.
· Fluency in written and spoken English.
How To Apply
To be considered for a position, please submit your resume/CV on the Symantec Careers site.(http://www.symantec.com/about/careers/search.jsp)
Symantec staffing professionals will review your qualifications against open positions.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Symantec Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes diversity.
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