QA Engineer

HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Automotive

We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN Automotive, we give you the keys to fast-track your career.

• Engineer audio systems and integrated technology platforms that augment the driving experience

• Combine ingenuity, in-depth research, and a spirit of collaboration with design and engineering excellence

• Advance in-vehicle infotainment, safety, efficiency, and enjoyment

About the Role
We are looking for a Sr.QA Engineer to develop key projects for Harman Remote Vehicle Updating Service (OTA) and device management, which is the most advanced and proven solution for Automotive/Mobile OEMs and Suppliers. Responsible for QA activities throughout the project life cycle. Working closely with project managers, architects, and development/peer QA engineer in Solution Engineering team.

Your Team
Report to development manager located in Japan

What You Will Do

• Design/execute test for automotive/mobile project

• Test environment installation/setup (Client side and Server side)

• Build/develop automation test

• Analysis defect/problems and test report

• Contribute to improve dev/test environment and quality delivery/maintenance workflow

• Assist in Software development/testing of Technical Support knowledge base through contributing to documentation and issue resolution tracking

What You Need

• Education: BSc. in Computer Science or equivalent

• At Least 5+ years of Experience in testing complex client/server solutions

• Being able to run manual tests and to implement automation.

• Knowledge and willingness to work with AI tools

• Develop automation frameworks for testing OTA products (client + server) in technologies: Java 11+, Cucumber, Selenium, JSystem

• Knowledge using C or Java and script (Shell, Python, Groovy)

• Knowledge in Linux hands-on, networking

• Independent, experienced in learning new environments quickly, experienced in working under pressure and meeting deadlines.

• Direct communication with project managers, solution managers and team leaders.

• Ability to work as a team member.

• Native level Japanese

• Comprehensive English skills (meeting, reporting and collaboration)

What is Nice to Have

• Strong foundation in object-oriented programming (OOP) with ability to apply advanced design patterns (factory, page object model, inheritance, encapsulation, etc.).

• Experience with Playwright for end-to-end UI automation (web).Expertise in Locust for designing and executing performance and stress testing.

• Proficient in GitHub as a development platform: branching strategies, PR workflows, Issues, GitHub Actions for CI/CD.

• Knowledge and experience in using: JUnit, Cucumber, JSystem, Selenium, JMeter

• Experience with scripting languages (Shell, Python, Groovy)

• Experience & knowledge of DB – Oracle/PostgreSQL, SQL, Elasticsearch

• Experience with Cloud Services like AWS/Azure/GCP

• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to travel up to 10%, domestic and international travel
• Successfully complete a background investigation as a condition of employment

What We Offer

• We offer an authentic diverse, equal, and inclusive work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development in a truly global organization.

• You will work on products and services that touch people’s lives and will change the industrial standards, being a part of the transformations in our industry.

• Our work environments are fast paced, challenging, empowering, collaborative, flexible and exciting.

• We offer our own HARMAN University with regular updates on the new technologies and trends by utilizing various sessions organized by Self Learning and Development Trainings to help grow and advance talent.

• We offer competitive compensation/benefit programs and recognition programs.

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HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.