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Lucasfilm’s Advanced Development Group (ADG) is looking for an Associate Software Engineer to join our Quality Engineering team.
Come join our Quality Engineering team to improve the quality assurance of products from the ADG, ILMxLAB, and ILM’s Virtual Art Department (VAD) through automation. We automate testing for the entire software development lifecycle, from Unreal Automation System to web services and lots of components in between.
ADG develops tools and techniques for high-fidelity computer graphics and simulation. Our goal is to expand and enhance creative storytelling in the Star Wars universe through real-time rendering of film-quality imagery. Our work can be seen powering ILMxLAB’s immersive experiences like Vader Immortal and Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge, as well as virtual production using ILM’s StageCraft for The Mandalorian and other TV shows and movies.
Responsibilities :
Design, Implement, and maintain a self-service test automation framework that’s intimately linked into the delivery (build, release, and deployment) pipeline
Recommend testing automation strategies and delivery best practices, and expose testing tooling to our customers to achieve these.
Continually improve the quality hooks into the delivery process through automation as our stakeholders innovate with new technology
Standardize procedures for repeatability, discoverability, and faster inception of a given project
Build the foundation of delivery technology on easy-to-use and easy-to-discover self-service principles that we expose to the wider internal community of artists, testers, producers, and engineers.
Maintains and uses the quality assurance engineering aspects of the DevOps tool-suite in support of ongoing software deployment, maintenance, and development efforts.
May participate in the development of various elements of the overall strategy and supports quality assurance through automation for the delivery pipeline.
Develop and maintain quality assurance engineering strategy and frameworks.
May participate in the documenting, maintaining, and using test automation to promote software from development environments through testing and into production environments, ensuring that each environment is correct and consistent.
Uses, maintains and may participate in one or more aspects of the development and implementation of automated testing systems.
Provides day-to-day operation support for automated testing tools, repositories, and utilities currently deployed.
May participate in the upgrade of deployed test automation tools.
Use procedures and processes to provide organizational support to control project quality through defined automated testing strategies.
May participate in the recommendations to – or enhancements of – test automation definitions.
May participate in the implementation of automated testing strategies to support change management processes, addressing the end-to-end process and controls.
Operates within the clearly defined structure of established test automation standards, practices and protocols.
May participate in the development of test automation standards, practices, and protocols.
Administer, control, and audit regular test automation throughout the SDLC.
May participate in the training of customers (artists and engineers) in automated testing tool use and defined build processes
May participate in conversations about strategic operational goals for the ADG Quality Engineering organization.
Reports and audits test automation tasks and activities
May participate in the recommendation of test automation philosophy, processes, and procedures that will be applied to all application development projects.
Through troubleshooting, participates in identifying problems with the functionality and integrity of assigned applications and participates in developing solutions to a variety of test automation technical problems.
Solves problems quickly and efficiently within the ADG and ILMxLAB organizational structure.
Participates in identifying and suggesting areas of process improvement.
Communicate basic technical information in understandable terms for both technical and non-technical personnel to a variety of audience
Communication with both internal and external contacts at peer levels to diagnose and resolve test automation and related application development problems.
Interacts with peers and may participate in interactions with management and senior level staff within other departments, units or functions regarding test automation issues and problems with assigned applications.
Ad hoc projects and tasks as assigned
Basic Qualifications :
Basic knowledge of trends, technology advances, new products, and best practices in automating testing processes and standards.
Basic understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) or Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
Good knowledge and experience with programming languages, relational databases, and configuration file formats.
College degree or equivalent work experience required.
0-2 years experience in a related field.
Passion for DevOps including but not limited to test automation and system automation.
Passion for immersive media such as virtual, augmented, or mixed reality.
Flexibility to handle a variety of tasks.
Experience using a continuous integration system.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work as part of a distributed team.
Self-motivated individual with excellent problem solving skills.
Ability to quickly learn new technology and then implement new techniques.
Unreal Engine, including C++ and Python code for test automation, C# and XML for build automation
Kotlin, Java, and Maven for TeamCity configuration and integration of testing rigs
Python for scripting for general automation
Web and mobile app testing frameworks like Selenium and Appium
Dockerfile and docker-compose syntax for container image creation.
Windows and Linux administration
Static analysis tools like linters, and comprehensive reporting tools like SonarQube
