We are looking for a Hardware 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.  Individual must be willing to work outside to test products as needed.  

Responsibilities:
Test Planning and Strategy
• Own the development and execution of test plans and test cases for multiple products.
• Perform subsequent data reduction and reviews of executed tests
• Develop and maintain testing strategies, including manual and automation testing.
• Participate in design and specification reviews and use this information to design test plans.
Test Execution and Bug Resolution
• Own 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
• 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.
Test Support and Collaboration
• 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.
• Aid in the diagnosis and resolution of test anomalies to include system /network analysis and reconfiguration.
• Communicate ideas to improve efficiency and/or repeatability

Requirements:
• High School diploma and some college or technical training
• 3+ years of related experience
• Experience in writing and performing software test plans/procedures.
• Basic computer skills including knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong ability to communicate and collaborate with personnel across all levels of the organization.
• Possess strong organization skills
• High sense of integrity and confidentiality
• Must be self-motivated with an ability to work independently with minimal supervision