Software Quality Engineer II

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Software Quality Engineer II Location: State College, PA Employment Type: Full-time
We're seeking a Quality Engineer who will play a hands-on role in ensuring our products meet the highest standards of quality, usability, and performance. You'll work closely with developers, product managers, and stakeholders from concept to release-planning, executing, and improving testing strategies that keep our products production-ready and our users delighted. This role will support our Connect and Real Time SPC products. What You'll Do Plan, schedule, and execute test strategies for new features and components, combining exploratory and automated approaches to optimize coverage and prevent regressions. Partner with developers and stakeholders to clarify requirements , advocate for testability, and identify risks early in the development cycle. Conduct pair testing and review pull requests to uncover risk areas and ensure early defect detection. Address functional and non-functional requirements , including performance, security, accessibility, and maintainability. Maintain and extend automated test suites in shared frameworks, ensuring tests remain meaningful and efficient as the codebase evolves. Write clear, actionable bug reports, verify fixes, and ensure issues are completely resolved. Monitor product health, track quality indicators, and recommend improvements to development and testing practices. Contribute to cross-functional planning, technical decision-making, and continuous improvement efforts. Mentor others in testing approaches, share best practices, and maintain documentation, visuals, and onboarding materials . What You Bring 2+ years of progressive experience in commercial software testing or development. Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or equivalent work experience. Strong data literacy -able to interpret numerical data, graphs, and charts to inform decisions. Proficiency in API testing (RESTful APIs, Postman, or similar tools). Ability to validate API responses, performance, and security fixes. Strong SQL skills for querying and verifying databases; familiarity with MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server. Basic understanding of Azure infrastructure and cloud-based monitoring tools like Azure Application Insights. Bonus Skills Programming experience in PHP, JavaScript, or Python . Experience with automation frameworks like Cypress, Postman, or Playwright.
If you're passionate about building confidence in release quality , improving coverage where it matters most, and fostering a culture of shared responsibility for product excellence-we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help us ensure every release is our best one yet.
Our Benefits:
HEALTH INSURANCE : Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance is provided at no cost for full-time employees upon date of hire. Low co-pay pharmacy benefit and affordable family coverage plan is available. Short and Long Term Disability is fully paid by Minitab. Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Provides guidance for personal issue and information on other Work Life Matters.
LIFE INSURANCE : Group Term Life Insurance is provided at no cost for full-time employees at three times employee base salary. Minitab provides eligible employees the opportunity to purchase Voluntary Life Insurance for themselves and eligible dependents at affordable rates.
RETIREMENT PLANNING: A 401k Retirement Plan with T. Rowe Price is provided with eligible employee contribution immediately. Minitab will match dollar for dollar up to the first 6% of employee's contribution. Employees are fully vested in the Minitab, LLC 401(k) Retirement Plan upon date of hire.
PAID TIME OFF : Paid holidays, as well as 4 weeks of annual paid time off are provided. The annual paid time off increases one week every five years.
HIGHER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: The pursuit of ongoing development is important and valued at Minitab. In support of this value, Minitab offers tuition and related expenses assistance for both higher education and other professional development.
FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT: Medical and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts - Pre-tax Deductions. Parking and Transit - Pre-Tax Deductions.
HYBRID WORK SCHEDULE : We offer a hybrid work model for eligible positions.
PREMIUM BENEFITS : At our State College, PA Headquarters, there is an onsite gym, indoor swimming pool, yoga studio, movie theater, outdoor sand volleyball court, game room, arcade room and even a golf simulator. Personal training and nutrition counseling is available upon request.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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Location:
State College, PA, United States
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Computer And Mathematical Occupations

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