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Caterpillar Inc. · 2 hours ago

Lead Software Test Engineer; D365

Phoenix, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$126K/yr - $205K/yr

Caterpillar Inc. is a global team focused on building sustainable communities through innovative technology. The Lead Software Test Engineer will lead the functional and performance testing for Microsoft Dynamics 365 applications, ensuring quality and collaboration across various teams to enhance product performance and resilience.

ConstructionMachinery ManufacturingManufacturingMechanical Engineering

No H1B

Responsibilities

Serve as the testing and quality assurance authority within the ERP Engineering team

Create automated test cases / suites and utilize automated testing tools to perform and report on the testing

Collaborate closely with the lead support engineer for all D365 bugs, incidents, and escalations

Prepare technical documentation and training to other teams as needed

Prepare non-technical documentation and presentations to share with other teams and stakeholders

Provide support to architects and engineers by fulfilling their testing requests, preparing reports, and providing technical assistance

Play a key role in conducting risk assessments, root cause analysis, corrective actions, quality assurance processes and issue resolution

Communicate end user feedback to technology teams in order to improve product quality and roadmap

Lead initiatives to improve testing process efficiency and productivity

Foster a development culture of innovation and excellence

Has participated in the functional and performance testing of multiple large software products, including upgrades and migrations

Designs, plans, and executes testing strategies and tactics to ensure software product quality at all stages of the application life cycle, and adherence to stated requirements

Interprets testing requirements from product development plans and functional documentation

Estimates and monitors testing efforts and costs based on functional and technical requirements

Works with a formal life cycle methodology

Has experience with testing data exchange interfaces to and from software product

Assess critical inter-dependencies among individual system elements and other applications that help and hinder performance

Manages the tools and techniques for the testing of extraction, transformation and loading of data (ETL)

Tests the integration of 3rd party / ISV software into the framework and infrastructure

Participates in the testing of technology interfaces and bridges

Act as a product advocate within the engineering team, ensuring QA and testing insights are incorporated into product improvements

Provide relevant information and convey ideas, information, and business needs that cater to all audience types

Adapt documentation and presentations for the intended audience

Communicate clearly, effectively, and professionally; downward, upward, and outward

Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation of system architecture, dependencies, and testing procedures to facilitate rapid knowledge transfer internally and to other cross functional teams

Utilize business processes and technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to data that helps the organization make better business decisions

Conduct, document and communicate the impacts of application changes after testing

Stay current with industry best practices and emerging technologies to anticipate future challenges and opportunities for system enhancement

Qualification

Microsoft Dynamics 365Power PlatformSoftware Product TestingAzure DevOpsSQL queriesETL testingAzure microservicesEffective CommunicationDocumentation Skills

Required