QA Automation Engineer

Hiring: QA Automation Engineer | State of Texas
Job Title: QA Automation Engineer
Experience: 8–10+ Years
Location: Austin, Texas
Work Mode: 100% Onsite – 5 Days a Week
Client: State of Texas
Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the United States

STRICT LOCAL REQUIREMENT: AUSTIN-AREA CANDIDATES WITH AUSTIN DRIVER’S LICENSE ONLY

Candidates must currently reside in Austin, Texas, or within a maximum 50-mile radius of Austin, and must possess an Austin-area/Texas driver’s license as required by the client. Candidates must be available to work onsite five days per week. No remote or hybrid arrangements.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer with strong expertise in manual testing, test automation frameworks, regression testing, CI/CD integration, and BDD-based testing. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience developing and maintaining automation scripts, managing defects, and leveraging modern testing tools and AI coding assistants to improve testing efficiency.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Manual Testing: 5+ years of experience in system testing, integration testing, UAT, black-box testing, and boundary value analysis.
Test Documentation: 5+ years of experience creating test plans, test cases, test matrices, and test summary reports.
Defect Management: 5+ years of experience with Jira or similar defect-tracking and workflow management tools.
Test Management: 5+ years of experience with Xray, Zephyr, TestRail, or equivalent test management tools, including requirements traceability.
Test Automation Frameworks: 4+ years of experience developing, refactoring, and maintaining automated regression scripts and frameworks.
Automation Tools: 4+ years of hands-on experience with Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or UiPath.
CI/CD Integration: 4+ years of experience integrating automated test scripts into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Microsoft Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
Programming & Scripting: 4+ years of experience with Java, Python, and/or JavaScript.
BDD Testing: 4+ years of experience developing test scripts using Cucumber and Gherkin.
API Testing: Familiarity with MuleSoft and other API development frameworks.
AI-Assisted Testing: 1+ year of experience using GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, or similar AI coding assistants to accelerate test script development and debugging.
UiPath Testing: 1+ year of familiarity with building or executing automated testing workflows using UiPath Studio or UiPath Test Suite.

Mandatory Candidate Requirements

8–10+ years of overall QA experience.
Must currently reside in Austin, Texas, or within a maximum 50-mile radius.
Austin-area candidates with a valid Austin/Texas driver’s license only.
Must be available for 100% onsite work, five days per week.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.
Candidate’s current city and state must be included with the submission.
A redacted copy of a valid driver’s license or government-issued ID must accompany the submission, as requested by the client.
Please submit only qualified, local candidates who meet the experience, technical, location, driver’s license, and onsite requirements. Out-of-area candidates will not be considered.