We are looking for a Senior Mac SQA Engineer who has a passion for technology and enjoys partnering with developers to resolve issues and create solutions. The primary responsibility of this position is to ensure the quality of the Engineering releases as designed in the Specifications and Requirements by the Product Marketing team, test planning and execution, and to help define, implement and refine best practices for software testing on the Mac platform.

Responsibilities:

•Testing of our Smartpen and Mac desktop application.
•Work closely with engineering and product marketing teams on reviewing and understanding functional requirements.
•Participate in software requirements and implementation design reviews.
•Develop test plans and write test cases to be implemented. Recommend appropriate SQA tools for developing, running tests, and analyzing results. Develop and maintain test plan and test case framework and templates.
•Execute manual and automated tests, report and analyze results. Assess and report severity and priority of problems found during validation cycles, by considering all angles of the problem space including customer perception, functionality, usability, performance, etc.
•Coordinate and Lead an offshore/offsite test team.

Qualifications:

•Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent work experience.
•Minimum of 7 years of experience testing complex Mac & Windows desktop software applications and/or consumer electronics devices. Demonstrated increase in responsibilities over time.
•Strong knowledge and application of SQA processes and testing methodologies is essential.
•Full software development lifecycle (SDLC) SQA experience and understanding of the bug lifecycle.
•Minimum 4+ years testing web & client based software applications.
•Minimum 3+ years experience in back-end white box testing (command line, flat files, loading/verification, reports)
•Minimum 2+ years of hands-on designing and developing automation tests and execution utilizing Test Complete, Mercury WinRunner/QTP, Load Runner, or equivalent.
•Minimum 2+ years of programming/scripting experience required. Obj-C, Java, Perl, C# is a strong plus.
•Working knowledge of relational databases SQL, MSSQL and MySQL
•Ability to multi-task in a fast paced, dynamic small start-up environment
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills as exemplified by clear issue explanations, documentation and effective cross-functional team communications.

Nice to have, but not required:

•Administration of defect & test case management systems is a plus.
•Experience in leading an off-site test team.

We are considering telecommuting a few days a week for this position.
Also we are considering contractors for this position.

We have a gym onsite, we are close to Bart and we are 8 miles from the San Mateo bridge!

Compensation packages include competitive salaries and generous stock incentives. We are headquartered in Oakland, CA.