Quality Assurance Engineer in North Vancouver, British Columbia at DarkVision Technologies

DarkVision is a Vancouver-based tech company that has been disrupting the industrial imaging market since 2013. We have created the world’s most advanced acoustic-based imaging platform, revolutionizing how our clients quantify and visualize the integrity of their critical assets.

Backed by Blackstone, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, DarkVision’s team of Software, Mechanical, and Machine Learning Engineers and Data Analysts is rapidly expanding to meet the demand for the company’s current and upcoming products.

Our employees work on cutting-edge technologies that blend science with real-world applications. We invite you to join our team for the exciting journey ahead as we become the global leader in industrial imaging.

DarkVision is looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join our Software Engineering team. Reporting to our Quality Assurance Manager, the successful candidate will be instrumental in ensuring the quality of our various software products ranging from embedded Linux to Windows desktop applications, all the way to cloud processing. This position will also work hands-on with our high-performance ultrasound hardware.

The ideal candidate will have prior software QA experience with a keen interest in developing test automation for regression testing of our desktop applications.

This role is fully on-site at our North Vancouver, BC HQ, where employees enjoy a wide array of amenities including a fully equipped gym, squash court, steam room, climbing wall, and more!

You will be joining our software and hardware engineers working on complete “full-stack” development. From embedded systems to data processing to desktop applications to 3D rendering and cloud services, the Software team at DarkVision plays a central role in everything that happens with our award-winning ultrasound imaging solutions.

• Design, develop, and execute automation scripts
• Design, write, and execute test plans during all phases of product development
• Responsible for testing software of all types while logging test plan execution and bug tracking
• Collect, reproduce, and clearly document issues from test results and users into a consumable state for developers
• Prioritize testing activities and escalate high-risk and blocking issues as they are found
• Work directly with developers, product managers, and UX/UI designers to invent and implement new ways to test product robustness
• Participate in Agile working practices such as daily scrum meetings, sprint planning meetings, reviews, and retrospectives

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related technical discipline; or an equivalent combination of education, relevant work experience
• Experience in software quality assurance, software testing, or software development through professional employment, co-op terms, or internships
• Experience creating and executing test plans and documenting defects
• Experience developing, executing, or maintaining automated tests

• 3+ years of experience in a SW QA or Testing role
• Experience with multiple different development environments (bare metal, embedded OS, PC, cloud computing)
• Experience with Python (or other scripting languages) and SQL
• Experience with Hardware and Mechanical systems
• Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Experience with one or more issue tracking and test management tools
• Experience with C++ or AWS

For this role, we anticipate paying $80,000 – $110,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form. This role is also eligible for full benefits, competitive vacation allotment, flexible hours and work environment, and access to our state-of-the-art facilities (on-site gym with squash court, climbing wall, steam room, and yoga studio).

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