Pinnacle Group
Position: Automation Engineer
Location: Plano, Texas
Duration: Contract
Job ID: 169329
Job Overview:
The Automation Engineer will act as a critical bridge between development and product excellence, ensuring the codebase is functional, robust, scalable, and ready for real-world use. This role involves designing and implementing testing frameworks, collaborating with developers and product owners, and fostering a quality-first culture throughout the software lifecycle.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Requirements:
About PTR Global: PTR Global is a leading provider of information technology and workforce solutions. PTR Global has become one of the largest providers in its industry, with over 5000 professionals providing services across the U.S. and Canada. For more information visit
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Pay Range: $55 - $60
The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision and 401K contributions as well as any other PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by appliable state or localities where you reside or work.
If you receive a suspicious message, email, or phone call claiming to be from PTR Global do not respond or click on any links. Instead, contact us directly at +1 214-740-2424. To report any concerns, please email us at
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Location: Plano, Texas
Duration: Contract
Job ID: 169329
Job Overview:
The Automation Engineer will act as a critical bridge between development and product excellence, ensuring the codebase is functional, robust, scalable, and ready for real-world use. This role involves designing and implementing testing frameworks, collaborating with developers and product owners, and fostering a quality-first culture throughout the software lifecycle.
Responsibilities:
- Requirement Analysis and Design: Analyze processes, communicate with clients, determine test strategies, and contribute to technical design and quality assurance tasks.
- Design and Execute Test Cases: Define test scope, create user-friendly test cases, implement test frameworks, and execute planned test cases using tools like PostMan, SoapUI, AWS enablers, and more.
- Setting up Test Environment Benches: Configure test benches in lower environments to ensure functionality before production.
- Report Bugs to Developers: Document defects, estimate bug severity, and collaborate with developers for efficient resolution.
- Troubleshoot and Resolve Issues: Manage defects, respond to queries, and participate in defect-related meetings to ensure timely resolution.
- API Automation: Create and execute backend API tests, support production deployments, and collaborate with QA and Dev teams for debugging and testing.
- UI Automation: Develop and execute UI automation scripts, support weekly deployments, and address production issues using automation tools.
- Performance Engineering: Conduct load testing, analyze results, and collaborate with Dev teams to resolve performance issues.
Qualifications:
- Experience in connected vehicle/infotainment system validation (desired).
- Extensive experience with log collections for vehicle head units, communication systems, and mobile platforms (iOS and Android).
- Proficiency in dashboarding and documentation using Jira and Confluence.
- Experience with enterprise QA frameworks such as BDD and TDD.
- Strong problem-solving skills with knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis.
- Experience with agile/scrum and waterfall development cycles.
- Proficiency in API testing for microservices hosted on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Understanding of authentication types, SSL authentication, and MQTT (a plus).
- Experience in in-car network protocol testing (CAN, MOST) is a plus.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in relevant fields.
About PTR Global: PTR Global is a leading provider of information technology and workforce solutions. PTR Global has become one of the largest providers in its industry, with over 5000 professionals providing services across the U.S. and Canada. For more information visit
At PTR Global, we understand the importance of your privacy and security. We NEVER ASK job applicants to:
- Pay any fee to be considered for, submitted to, or selected for any opportunity.
- Purchase any product, service, or gift cards from us or for us as part of an application, interview, or selection process.
- Provide sensitive financial information such as credit card numbers or banking information. Successfully placed or hired candidates would only be asked for banking details after accepting an offer from us during our official onboarding processes as part of payroll setup.
Pay Range: $55 - $60
The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision and 401K contributions as well as any other PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by appliable state or localities where you reside or work.
If you receive a suspicious message, email, or phone call claiming to be from PTR Global do not respond or click on any links. Instead, contact us directly at +1 214-740-2424. To report any concerns, please email us at
#LI-VB1