Software QA Engineer I

Axon

$75K — $120K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 0-3 years experience in a QA/testing position
  • Proficient in writing test cases and implementing test strategies
  • Skilled in analyzing logs to identify root causes of bugs
  • Familiarity with bug-tracking tools like Jira and Bugzilla
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Understanding of software development life-cycle and quality assurance processes
  • Experience with Android debugging tools and both automated and manual testing methodologies

Responsibilities

  • Execute and maintain test cases in collaboration with the team
  • Add new test cases based on established testing areas
  • Edit existing test cases to ensure accuracy
  • Investigate and report software and hardware issues
  • Verify bug fixes and report newly discovered issues
  • Review bug reports from team members
  • Provide weekly updates on task progress and logged bugs
  • Assess software, firmware, and hardware architecture for testability
  • Review technical documents to give timely feedback
  • Work with developers and product managers on test coverage identification

Benefits

  • Discretionary paid time off
  • Robust parental leave policy
  • Award-winning office environment
  • Opportunity to ride along with police officers for real-world experience
  • 401K with employer match
  • Support for physical, financial, and emotional well-being through diverse benefits
Full Job Description
Quality Assurance Engineer: Axon VR L6
Your Impact

You aren't like everybody else. You aim a little higher. You reach a little further. Your experience is much broader than just a previous career or a few past jobs. You've been listening, learning, and paying attention to recent events which have demonstrated to you why building world-class technology for Public Safety is so important. You do more because it matters to you. And when it comes to looking for that next opportunity, you want to do work that matters to others.

At Axon, we build connected devices such as body cameras powered by an industry-leading digital evidence management platform. Our hardware, software, and training platforms bring security, efficiency, and transparency to law enforcement and are enabling us to truly change the world. The Axon business is growing rapidly and we are looking for a dedicated and proven Quality Assurance Engineer to join our Virtual & Augmented Reality team.

In this role you will work with the engineering teams to support QA efforts across our Community Engagement Training and Simulator Training products in Virtual Reality. The role focuses on helping define, execute, and document a series of QA steps that will result in providing the best possible experience for our users. This is a fast-paced role that works directly with other developers and QA leads to analyze and isolate software and hardware failures resulting in thorough, actionable bugs

You will join an interdisciplinary team that is tackling the biggest challenges in public safety training head-on, including immersive VR-based empathy and de-escalation training to help officers engage with the communities they serve with greater awareness and safety. We seek to revolutionize how training is implemented within public safety and we seek to accomplish this while abiding to the following guiding principles:
  1. Build VR Solutions for Social Good: With our mission to Protect Life, we develop VR solutions that benefit both law enforcement and the community, while addressing key issues in society.
  2. Empower Agencies with Data: Deliver ongoing data and analysis that provide agencies with key insights that enable them to make decisions that result in building better, more efficient, and positive programs.
  3. Develop an Active and Diverse Virtual Platform: Leverage the latest in VR technologies to create a robust portfolio of solutions and the highest-quality content, that enable users to be more effective in their roles and manage the challenges of 21st century public safety.
Our VR Team

We believe that happy teams make the best products, so we foster a friendly, open, introspective team culture that encourages everyone to speak their mind, collaborate together, and have fun.

We believe we can only succeed if we deeply understand our customers and get to know them. We spend a lot of time with law enforcement officers to learn about their needs, watch their experience and see the real impact of our work. We also work closely with our Axon Community Impact team, along with other community subject experts to create our content and curriculum to reflect the needs of both law enforcement + community.

What You'll Do
  • Execute, maintain, and collaborate on test cases
  • Add cases to an existing/established area
  • Edit existing cases for accuracy
  • Investigate and report on software and hardware bugs
  • Report newly discovered issues and verify bug fixes
  • Review bug reports from other team members
  • Weekly reporting of task progress and bugs logged
  • Review hardware, firmware and software architecture to ensure testability
  • Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
  • Collaborate with developers, designers and product managers to identify test coverage
What You Bring
  • 0-3 years Experience in a QA/testing position
  • Experience writing test cases, test plans and implementing test strategy
    • Experience reviewing logs to derive the root-cause of bugs
  • Competency with command line tools
  • Experience with commonly used bug-tracking software such as Jira, Bugzilla, Mantis, etc
  • Clear, accurate and succinct written and verbal communication
  • Understanding of the software development life-cycle and quality assurance
  • Experience with Android debugging tools
  • Experience working with a variety of automated and manual testing methodologies

Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience required
Benefits that Benefit You
  • Competitive salary and 401K with employer match
  • Discretionary paid time off
  • Robust parental leave policy
  • An award-winning office/working environment
  • Ride along with real police officers in real life situations, see them use technology, get inspired
  • And more...


Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit https://www.axon.com/careers.

Base Pay Range

$75,000-$120,000 USD

Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit https://www.axon.com/careers.

Base Pay Range

$75,000-$120,000 USD

Don't meet every single requirement? That's ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you're excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Important Notes

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.

Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.

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