Test Engineer at Emerson Electric in National Capital Region

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Job Summary: If you are a professional looking for an opportunity to work with the global Emerson Systems and Software organization, this is a stimulating opportunity for you! As the Software Test Engineer, you will help ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of innovative software solutions used in distributed enterprise environments. You will play an active role across the full testing lifecycle—working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products that meet customer needs while supporting innovation and continuous improvement. In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be: Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test strategies and plans covering functional, integration, system, regression, and exploratory testing. Define test scope, create test cases, test data, and test configurations, ensuring alignment with product requirements, design specifications, and customer expectations. Ensure product quality through thorough validation of software features, end-to-end workflows, and system interactions across supported platforms and environments. Identify, document, analyze, troubleshoot, and track defects, working closely with development teams to ensure timely resolution, validation, verification, and continuous product quality improvement. Evaluate product risks and recommend appropriate test coverage, priorities, and mitigation strategies to support release readiness and overall product quality. Maintain accurate test documentation, test artifacts, traceability matrices, and quality reports to support project visibility, compliance, and knowledge retention. Ensure a holistic quality engineering approach that considers usability, security, performance, scalability, maintainability, reliability, and interoperability. Collaborate with developers, product owners, project managers, and other stakeholders to define test requirements, acceptance criteria, and support predictable, high-quality, and on-time product delivery. Contribute to continuous improvement of testing processes, methodologies, test automation, and quality engineering practices to enhance testing efficiency and effectiveness. Share technical knowledge, promote quality best practices, and mentor team members to strengthen organizational testing capabilities. Who You Are: You set objectives to align with broader organizational goals. You identify and create the processes necessary to get work done. You provide timely and helpful information to others across the organization. You gain insight into customer needs. You step up to handle tough issues. For This Role, You Will Need: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or any related field. Minimum of 2 years’ experience in software testing, quality assurance, customer support, or a related technical role Knowledge of software development lifecycle practices and testing methodologies Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into effective test coverage Experience in troubleshooting systems and documenting findings clearly Familiarity with Windows operating systems, networking, and database tools Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work across global teams A problem-solving mindset and the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively Openness to learning and adapting in a fast-evolving technical environment Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart: Knowledge of AMS Device Manager, DeltaV, Ovation, Foundation Fieldbus (FF), Profinet, and Profibus Experience with test automation tools (e.g., Ranorex or similar platforms) Exposure to virtual environments such as VMware or Hyper-V Familiarity with Agile development practices and tools like Azure DevOps Experience testing web or cloud-based applications using platforms such as Microsoft Azure or AWS Knowledge of performance, scalability, or system-level testing Exposure to industrial or process domains such as energy, manufacturing, or life sciences Our Culture