Job: Software Engineer in Test

EchoStar Corporation is a technology company emphasizing the design, development, and manufacturing of millions of award-winning, "cutting-edge" digital set-top boxes and related products for the home and commercial television market, including being Dish Network's exclusive supplier.

EchoStar recently acquired Sling Media, Inc to expand its technology portfolio into digital in-home and mobile video distribution. EchoStar is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado with other engineering facilities in Atlanta, England, The Netherlands, and the Ukraine.

EchoStar is aggressively recruiting energetic, driven, intelligent people to meet the future technological demands of our customers.

We are looking for someone to develop automation testing on web applications (functionality, performance, and security). We use the standard software development lifecycle workflow (SDLC): DEV, TEST, BETA and PROD. We need a leader for the selection and implementation of tools for both white-box and black-box testing.

Experience with software development lifecycle workflow is required.

Duties and Responsibilities
Are you?
Someone with the initiative to create an automation testing platform for web development? You will get to research the tools, build the system, and implement its design. You are in control! Want accountability, responsibility, and recognition? This is your opportunity.

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JUnit, Selenium, Sahi, FitNesse, Canoo, Watir/Watin/Watij, or Ruby.

Experience with various SDLCs (required)

Experience developing custom Java test harnesses (preferred).

Working knowledge of CEA-2014, Webkit, or LAMP standards and/or structures (preferred).

Are you able to look at challenges from both a developer and a tester’s viewpoint? Are you a good communicator? Want to work in a laid-back, highly collaborative environment?

Here’s what we expect of you:

Design and build automated test suites for both front-end GUI's as well as backend verification of large-scale, complex data systems.

Ability to transform written/verbal test cases into automated test scripts.

Creation and maintenance of functional and technical design documents.

Continually and effectively communicate strategy and progress to company management and project teams.

Remain current on new test automation tools and test automation methodologies and communicate trends and opportunities to management as appropriate.

Project coordination skills and ability to monitor test progress and resolve failures.

If you are reading this, you’re looking for a change. If you are qualified, we want to talk to you!

Think you have got what it takes?

Skills and Qualifications:
Education: BS in Computer Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or at least a 4 Year Degree in a related field; and/or equivalent practical experience.
Experience: 3+ years design, development, and test related experience. iPhone/iTouch application development experience preferred.

Programming Skills: Java, PHP, JavaScript, MySql, SQL, HTML, and CSS