Senior QA Engineer, HelioScope

About Aurora Solar

Aurora is on a mission to create a future of solar for all. Our award-winning software puts the power of data and technology into the hands of every solar professional to make solar adoption simple and predictable. Our software has designed millions of solar projects so far, empowering solar companies to sell, design, and install residential and commercial solar arrays accurately, seamlessly, and at scale. 

We are a remote-first collaborative team of sustainable energy enthusiasts who love what we do. We’ve been named one of "The Best Mid-Sized Remote Companies To Work for in 2024" by BuiltIn.com and have been recognized for the second time as a Certified Green Business (CGB) with the city of San Francisco. We’re in this together to support the world’s transition to solar.

About the Role

HelioScope, by Aurora Solar, is a cloud-based design and engineering platform which lowers the cost and increases the accuracy of commercial, industrial, and utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) solar projects. HelioScope powers our customers through the design and engineering process for tens of thousands of large-scale PV projects around the world every month. HelioScope is one of our fastest-growing products at Aurora.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Quality Engineer to help scale our team by contributing your testing capabilities, automation experience, attention to detail, customer empathy, stewardship, and knowledge to the team and the broader Aurora Solar organization.

Your Impact 

• Drive quality solutions and participate in risk mitigation for both existing software and greenfield features as a key player on a fully remote team of engineers spread across the US and Canada

• Inspire, mentor, and extend your knowledge in a collaborative environment that promotes creativity and autonomy

• Challenge assumptions and help the team to continually optimize and improve

• As a quality SME, collaborate with your team on user stories and epics from ideation, through implementation to delivery to ensure a high-quality, well-tested, and maintainable product 

• Collaborate with Product Management, Customer Support, Customer Success, and the rest of the HelioScope business unit to build what matters for our customers

• Take operational responsibility for the services that are owned by your team

What You Bring 

• 5+ years of increasing responsibility and impact on manual testing, creating test cases, test scenarios, defect management, and risk mitigation

• 1-3+ years of automation experience (Mabl Preferred)

• Expertise in multiple testing methods such as white box and backend testing

• Proficiency with HTML, CSS, SQL, JavaScript, and Rest API testing

• Proficiency with issue tracking and test case management tools like Jira and Zephyr 

• Experience with SaaS applications and agile methodologies

• Experience with fast-paced collaborative teams

• Excellent communication skills

• Technical or computer science background

• Passion for renewable energy and sustainability

• Language Requirement: Proficient in both written and spoken English. We kindly request that your resume be submitted in English, preferably

Nice to Haves 

• Experience in CAD is a big plus

• Experience in analyzing and troubleshooting issues using observability and monitoring tools like Datadog, New Relic, Sentry, etc… 

• Experience in the solar or electric power industry

• Experience in quality metrics

• Experience in quality testing for Internationalization/localization

Locations: 

• Aurora is currently hiring within the US, Canada, Mexico, and Germany with additional locations on the horizon. We’re united in our work to support the world’s transition to solar!

Aurora is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce of people who believe in and are passionate about creating a future of solar energy for all. We are an equal opportunity employer, we welcome and consider qualified applicants regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. We encourage you to apply even if you believe that you do not meet all of the above criteria!

Aurora is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation that would better enable your success during the application or interview process, please complete this form.

For San Francisco applicants: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment.