Quality Assurance Engineer

About Us
A safer, low-carbon shipping industry is underpinned by data sharing. We at Wärtsilä are creating the digital infrastructure needed to enable high-performing maritime logistics – for the safe movement of goods and people. Through our world-leading Smart Marine portfolio, we support our customers in their efforts to ensure secure, highly energy-efficient, and cost-effective marine operations.
Wärtsilä is on a mission to enable sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services. As we change course towards a cleaner, smarter maritime future, we’re looking for top talent to join our team. Are you ready to join Wärtsilä?

About the role
We are now looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join our forward-looking software engineering team. This position is hybrid, as in 4 days a week in the office, in our downtown Vancouver, Canada office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform functional testing on web applications.
• Participate in all project phases including planning, preparation, stabilization and first line of support of all the solutions.
• Cooperate with software development engineers, end users and business analysts.
• Participate in sessions for knowledge sharing, optimization and improvement of the performance.
• Strong knowledge of QA methodology and tools.
• Experience in writing test plans and test cases.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Bring a creative thinking approach when it comes to complex problem-solving situations.
• Promoting quality within the organization.
• Interaction with business analysts to resolve problems before starting the implementation of software solutions.
• Development of detailed test plans, user scenarios and validation procedures based on project requirements and specifications.
• Installation, configuration and management of software testing platforms.
• Planning and performing functional and regression tests on web applications.
• Interaction with software development engineers to troubleshoot problems discovered during the testing process.
• Validation of new versions and performing Release Management Process.
• Development of general and detailed testing documentation, End-User documentation, Bug Reports and Release notes.
• Performing training process of the end user.
• Creating UAT documentation and performing UAT process with the client.
• Providing software application support.
• Direct communication with the client to find out the nature of the issued problem.
• Establishing the root causes of application errors, and escalating serious concerns.
• Experience in automation testing using Python + Robot Framework.

Nice to have:

• Experience in API testing.
• Experience in GitHub Actions and Jenkins.

For applicants that reside in British Columbia (BC), the annual salary wage range is 75k CAD - 90k CAD. We also offer 20 days of vacation, RRSP, and medical benefits.

The starting salary for this position would be determined with consideration of the successful candidate’s relevant education, individual skill set, level of experience applicable to the role they are being offered and consideration of internal equity.

Wärtsilä Canada is committed to Employment Equity, supports diversity in the workplace, and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including women, members of visible minorities, Indigenous persons, and persons with disabilities. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please let us know, and we will work with you to support your request. At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities.

This is Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 17,800 professionals, in more than 280 locations in 79 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com