Graduate Software Quality Assurance Engineer, Linux, PC, IoT

Summary

Join the Commercial Engineering Quality Assurance team at Canonical as a Graduate Software QA engineer and contribute to establishing quality processes from the ground up. As a quality expert, you will improve automated test capability, perform testing of Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Core on various hardware, and collaborate with teams across the company to drive quality improvements.

Requirements

• Passionate about Linux desktop, and related technologies. Ubuntu experience would be a plus
• Experience with common scripting languages, including Shell script, Python or JavaScript
• Comfortable with online communication and collaboration such as mailing lists, Mattermost, wiki
• Excellent logic, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills
• Strong written and spoken communication skills in English
• Ability to be productive in a globally distributed team
• Ability to pick up new technologies and achieve high effectiveness quickly

Responsibilities

• Improve our automated test capability with design and code contributions
• Perform automated and manual testing of Ubuntu Desktop, Server and Core on varies latest hardware
• Suggest solutions to identified product problems
• Collaborate with the Project team to ensure consistent project execution
• Identify quality assurance process bottleneck and suggest improvements
• Collect quality data
• Establish proactive measures to improve the quality and reliability of the Ubuntu platform
• Prepare time estimates and schedule for testing activities
• Identify, isolate, and document bugs clearly and concisely in the bugs database
• Work with development teams across multiple projects to build efficient, effective automated testing
• Communicate effectively with colleagues in a variety of time zones around the world
• Triage test reports and customer bugs