Senior Automation Engineer- AutoCAD Mac

Position Overview

At Autodesk, we are obsessed with building tools for people who imagine, design, and make a better world for the 10 billion people living on our planet. Our clients make the tallest buildings in the world, innovate on new green, affordable housing for low-income communities, put rockets into space, invent solutions for bringing fresh water to famine-affected countries, 3D print cheap prosthetic limbs for the needy in third-world countries, design and make the products in your home and in your pocket, and bring stories and experiences to life that leap off the screen and inspire the world.

Helping those teams do what they do better, faster, and with less negative impact on the world is the mission that pulls us all out of bed every morning.

Our focus on the AutoCAD product development team is to continue the success of the world’s leading CAD family of applications and deliver value to a new generation of customers, on whatever platforms they choose. Our efforts to bring AutoCAD to new platforms have been publicly recognized by some of the biggest tech companies in the world (e.g., Apple, Google, Microsoft) in their various keynote events and help set the industry standard for how cross-platform development is done.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Automation QA Engineer to join our team to develop AutoCAD on macOS. As part of our dynamic team, you'll use knowledge of end-user processes to plan, develop, execute, and maintain test strategies with the objective of early detection of defects that impact customers, in assigned features or products, bringing customer perspective into the software development process to ensure product goals are met, and ensuring our customers receive exceptional functionality and services. Your involvement in presenting and demonstrating these functionalities to partners will be crucial to our project's success.

You will need to be experienced in testing software APIs and UI using C++, Objective-C, and Python, and a quick learner willing to face new challenges. You will work in a collaborative environment with product owners, developers, and manual testers to ensure the quality of the product.

Responsibilities

1. Participate in Scrum ceremonies for requirement gathering, test planning, execution, and progress reporting.
2. Develop comprehensive software automation test plans with manual testers and developers, focusing on API, UI, functionality, performance, memory leak, and workflow.
3. Receive defect reports from other sources (customers, product support, newsgroups, Applications Engineers) and confirm and track specific issues for use by development.
4. Write test cases based on real production work, and create scripts for automation.
5. Uphold high-quality standards for the products you work on.
6. Reproduce random crashes and help developers identify the root cause.
7. Develop, maintain, and monitor automation test dashboard and reports for engineering process.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Background in Software Engineering / Computer Science, Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, or relevant domains.
2. 3-5 years’ experience in Software QA, Development, or relevant industries.
3. Experience in testing software APIs and UI using C++, Objective-C, and Python.
4. Knowledge of approaches, tools, and techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving problems (analyzing alternatives, risks, and benefits).
5. Eagerness for new challenges and expanding knowledge.
6. Experience with CAD software, scripting, or Auto LISP programming, Cocoa programming would be a big plus.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience in application testing.
2. Familiarity with Agile Software Development Processes and Product Development Life Cycle.
3. Accuracy/Attention to Detail: Ability to process information with high levels of accuracy.
4. Keen interest in new technologies and their timely adoption.
5. Ability to learn large software systems quickly.
6. Ability to work well in a team to deliver on team goals.
7. Flexibility under changing conditions and ability to multi-task between projects.
8. Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
9. Self-directed and require minimal supervision.