Job Summary
The Digital Accessibility Test Engineer will support the design, development, testing, and maintenance of accessible websites and web applications. The role focuses on ensuring compliance with Section 508, WCAG 2.2 Level AA, and applicable federal and state accessibility requirements. Responsibilities include accessibility analysis, responsive and mobile design, front-end development, automated and manual testing, defect management, documentation, and knowledge transfer. The engineer will collaborate with the Accessibility Compliance Team to deliver accessible digital solutions and establish consistent accessibility testing practices.
Key Responsibilities
• Maintain compliance with WCAG 2.2 Level AA standards and applicable federal and state accessibility requirements.
• Review existing policies, processes, workflows, and design systems to identify necessary accessibility improvements.
• Apply Universal Design principles to website and web application design and development.
• Propose appropriate design solutions, including alternative options, level-of-effort estimates, and target delivery dates.
• Document approved design and implementation solutions.
• Assess the impact of reported defects and enhancement requests on existing applications.
• Perform accessibility testing using a variety of assistive technologies and testing tools to identify accessibility defects.
• Recommend technical solutions to address accessibility issues and improve compliance.
• Develop approved application changes within existing technical environments, following established deployment procedures and QA/testing methodologies.
• Perform internal unit testing and quality assurance testing.
• Maintain and update system documentation to reflect application and environment changes.
• Develop accessibility testing methodologies incorporating automated tools, assistive technologies, and manual testing.
• Ensure testing procedures address all WCAG 2.2 success criteria.
• Provide technical expertise on accessibility requirements, implementation approaches, and testing practices.
• Develop methodologies for classifying accessibility defects by severity and priority.
• Transfer accessibility knowledge, best practices, experience, and lessons learned to the Accessibility Compliance Team.
• Educate team members on accessible front-end development practices.
• Support knowledge transfer through collaborative documentation, annotations, code comments, cross-training, job shadowing, working sessions, and team meetings.
Required Qualifications
• 10 years of digital accessibility experience designing for web accessibility standards and requirements, including Section 508 and WCAG 2.2 Level AA success criteria.
• 10 years of digital accessibility experience performing automated and manual testing using screen readers, text-to-speech tools, development tools, and color contrast validation tools.
• 10 years of web application experience manually inspecting code to validate and ensure accessible design practices.
• 10 years of experience in web and mobile design, front-end development, and web application testing methodologies.
• Strong experience designing patterns, design systems, user flows, wireframes, and prototypes.
