QA Hardware Test Engineer

Lives reasonably close to the St. Charles / west St. Louis metro area

• Collaborative, low-ego WHAT DOES NOT FIT

• Pure hardware test / validation engineers - there’s an engineer for that
• QA Managers who want to write test plans and organize processes to manage in a team are the the one. There is no team.
• Automation specialists who lead with tooling and frameworks - the team isn’t there yet
• Candidates who have only tested software applications that don’t have a physical component unless there is a compelling draw. Company relocation - At this time, client will NOT relocate for this role Company sponsorship - At this time, client will NOT sponsor for this role

Has done software testing before, in a real job, on real products

• Has tested physical products / instruments (preferred over software-only applications)
• Comfortable picking up a device, plugging it in, running it through its paces against a spec
• Has worked in a small team or has assisted a QA lead - understands what structured testing looks like without needing to run it yet
• Exposure to test planning, test case documentation, defect logging

• Curious about automation without being a zealot about it Mindset:

• Genuinely likes QA - this is a career path for them, not a fallback
• Human curiosity is the core skill: the ability to think like a user or a customer and find what engineers don’t find
• Practical, not theoretical - not trying to build a CMMI Level 3 program on day one
• Comfortable in ambiguity - there is no playbook yet
• Wants to be part of building something, not just executing against an established process

• $51,000-82,000 per year Responsibilities Westar Display Technologies is a leading supplier of display quality assurance (QA) and automated optical measurement systems, as well as video processing soluti…

• 21 days ago +