Senior IT Quality Assurance Automation Engineer - Republic Airways - Carmel, IN

As a Senior IT Quality Assurance Automation Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in the software quality assurance function for Republic Airways, ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products by defining test strategies, developing test automation, executing comprehensive testing plans, identifying defects, and collaborating closely with development teams to drive continuous improvement in the software development lifecycle.

The Senior IT Quality Assurance Automation Engineer will drive the development, implementation, and maintenance of automated testing frameworks supporting unit, integration, frontend/UI, backend, and data validation tests.

In this role you will contribute to QA governance/best practices, collaborate with business product owners, and participate in defining the quality goals for the overall product including user experience and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

Test Strategy & Planning:

Coordinates software QA needs across the Republic portfolio including performance testing, end-2-end testing, test automation, regression testing, user experience and validating system capability and scalability.
Develop and execute comprehensive test strategies aligned with project requirements, including functional, regression, performance, and usability testing.
Collaborate with product owners, developers, and stakeholders to understand product features and define acceptance criteria.
Design and maintain a robust test suite, leveraging both automated testing techniques and manual (as required).
Prioritize and estimate testing efforts to meet project deadlines.

Test Execution & Defect Management:

Oversee the execution of test cases across various testing phases, ensuring thorough coverage of product functionalities.
Define quality assurance automation development plans, including scoping, scheduling, implementation and metrics.
Identify, document, and track defects using defect management tools, providing clea