Professional Test Automation Engineer E-Mobility

KOSTAL Group is a global, family-owned German company that develops market-leading solutions for the solar and automotive industries. The company has been established in 1912 and employs about 20 000 people at 47 locations in 22 countries. In Hungary, KOSTAL is about to build its first business service centre to provide business support in IT, finance, procurement, master data, sales and HR fields. This will be a global centre with high value-added and complex processes.

Overall Purpose of Job:

An e-mobility backend platform is an essential part of a charging infrastructure. An electric vehicle (EV) driver depends on a reliable and error-free infrastructure and applications. Such a need can only be achieved by extensive and regular (automated) testing of all software components. As a result, the EV driver is offered the most worry-free charging experience as possible.

Main tasks, roles and responsibilities:

• As a Professional Test Automation Engineer, you drive the test activities within an interdisciplinary agile software development team in the context of a web portal.
• You ensure the desired product and process quality with suitable test methodologies.
• The design, implementation, maintenance and implementation of automatic and manual test cases is the essential part of your daily work.
• You will report bugs, re-test related software changes and help with troubleshooting bugs.
• You act as sparring partner for the Product Owner, the Developers and the Test Management.
• You can teach test methodologies to other testers.
• You will work with international colleagues in our scaled agile software development program using SAFe methodology and Scrum.

Experiences and requirements:

Education:

• Closed academical studies, preferably B.Sc. or M.Sc. degree in Computer Sciences/Business Informatics or similar education

Work experiences – time/seniority/ sector:

• 3+ years of professional experience as Test Automation Engineer

Technical/ IT knowledge:

• Experience with automating functional, integration and regression tests of micro services, web applications or web services.
• Ideally, experience with a test automation framework like Cypress, Selenium or Playwright, or the willingness to build-up this knowledge in a short term.
• Knowledge of programming languages (JavaScript and/or TypeScript) and databases (SQL and/or non-SQL).
• Having ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) and ideally, with the Agile Tester (CTFL-AT) extension is an advantage

Language – with level

• Fluent English

Mobility requirements

• As per need – usually 2-4 weeks per year to Germany or similar

Required Skills and Competencies:

• You are characterized by a high level of quality awareness and standards. You have an attention to detail and a passion for error-free software.
• You love to work in a team, you like to learn new things every day and like to communicate.
• Experience with agile methodologies like Scrum or Kanban and ideally, SAFe.
• Ideally, experience in the EV charging business

What do we offer :

• Flexible working conditions with remote work possibility (in-person presence is required from time to time), you can have a real work-life balance
• Modern, newly renovated, sustainable office with parking space and bicycle storage area in the heart of Budapest
• Supportive, diverse and highly skilled community
• Ability to really make a difference and build new processes from scratch, you can participate in the formation and shape of the BSC processes
• KOSTAL is a dynamically developing company, an independent, family-run business which provides much flexibility
• You can enjoy our value-oriented work culture: we are down-to-earth, appreciative, inspiring and innovative