Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Summary:

If you are a professional looking for an opportunity to work with the global Emerson Systems and Software organization, this is a stimulating opportunity for you! As the Software Quality Assurance Engineer, you will help build and sustain quality, as part of a collaborative Agile team. You will combine hands-on testing, automation, technical investigation, and continuous improvement to help deliver reliable, high-quality software experiences. By partnering closely with cross-functional teams, you will advocate quality, represent the customer perspective, and contribute to innovative solutions that support successful product releases.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Champion quality throughout the software delivery lifecycle by identifying risks early and supporting informed release decisions.

• Develop a strong understanding of software platform, customer workflows, integrations, and operational use cases to ensure effective test coverage.

• Translate business and technical requirements into comprehensive test strategies that address functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end scenarios.

• Execute exploratory, functional, regression, API, integration, and end-to-end testing activities while documenting results and communicating outcomes clearly.

• Investigate, document, and verify software defects, working collaboratively with stakeholders to drive effective resolution.

• Design, develop, and maintain automated tests that improve efficiency, reduce repetitive manual effort, and strengthen release confidence.

• Partner with developers, product owners, and subject matter experts to improve requirements clarity, acceptance criteria, and testability early in the development process.

• Utilize AI-enabled tools responsibly to support test design, automation development, test data creation, analysis, documentation, and defect investigation while validating outputs for accuracy and quality.

• Analyze testing trends and quality metrics to identify opportunities for product, automation, and process improvements.

• Collaborate with product management, development, user experience, architecture, operations, support, and domain experts to deliver customer-focused solutions.

• Actively contribute to Agile, Scrum, and SAFe ceremonies, promoting quality-focused practices and continuous improvement.

Who You Are:

You have a strong bottom-line orientation. You learn quickly when facing new situations. You follow through on commitments. You make sound decisions, even in the absence of complete information. You anticipate the impact of emerging technologies and makes adjustments.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience.

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in software quality assurance, including both manual and automated testing of web-based, enterprise, or complex software applications.

• Knowledge of software testing principles, exploratory testing, test design techniques, defect management, and risk-based testing approaches.

• Experience designing and executing tests across user interfaces, APIs, integrations, backend services, and data workflows.

• Experience developing or maintaining automated tests using modern frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar tools.

• Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language such as C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, or Java.

• Experience using relational databases and SQL for test data management, validation, and troubleshooting.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

• Experience balancing manual testing activities with scalable and maintainable automated test coverage.

• Experience using Azure DevOps, Git-based workflows, test management tools, and CI/CD practices.

• Experience leveraging AI-assisted tools to enhance testing, automation, analysis, and quality practices.

• Experience testing cloud-based, SaaS, distributed, or highly integrated software solutions.

• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or SAFe environments with geographically distributed teams.

• Experience supporting industrial automation, SCADA, control systems, IoT, IIoT, telemetry, or related operational technology solutions.

Our Culture and Commitment To You:

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance plans, Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave