Quality Assurance Specialist Career Research and Resources
H&R Block Financial Corp., Digital Tax Services
I automated testing of Block's tax software (formerly TaxCut) for Mac product using AppleScript to build a test harness to test builds and generate reports as they are released for acceptance from engineering. Creating automation scripts for other groups as well specialized set up and clean up scripts. I also wrote Mac test plans and where there were cross platform needs - adapted current test plans to the Mac product. I w...
Avg. Salary: $78,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Apple, Inc.
Mac OS X Update Group: Testing updates to Mac OS X 10.1-10.3, Designed Classic Test Plan to test important apps that had not yet been ported to Mac OS X for continued Classic compatibility. Instituted the Mac OS X Update Site Watch looking for early responses by customers to rapidly determine any issues with the update. Updated test plans for continued compatibility with updated OS X versions. Assisted coworkers in determin...
Avg. Salary: $78,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
PicoStar, LLC
Whitebox testing and verification of integration of Assistive Technologies Freestyle, a Macintosh based computer and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) device. I was testing the upgraded OS software and underlying hardware and defined remanufacturing defects, then designed solutions to those problems. Designed the Filemaker Pro based bug tracking database for PicoStar.
Avg. Salary: $78,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Pioneer Digital Technologies - Broadband Application Division
Blackbox (both ad hoc and matrix based) testing of 1.0 version of Java based client/server software to control functionality and information display on a variety of advanced digital set top boxes. Designed and maintained a Filemaker Pro based bug tracking database and wrote the documentation for the database.
Avg. Salary: $78,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Genoa Testing Labs
Blackbox testing of printer driver software on Macintosh, Windows 95 and Widows NT4. Updated test plans for clarity and Mac compatibility.
Avg. Salary: $78,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Knowledge Adventure (Davidson & Associates)
Responsible for performing Whitebox and Blackbox testing, Utilized standard and custom testing tools to bring to light coding issues. Developed test plans to be executed by testers with both matrix and ad hoc testing methodologies and then compiling data received from testers. Managed Macintosh hardware and testing tools. Ascertained viability of code ported from other platforms. Work closely with Tech Support to uncover ca...
Avg. Salary: $78,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Symantec Corporation
Lead SQA for the Symantec product Suitcase 3. Forged links with other software developers to facilitate the software testing and retain ongoing relationships with other developers. Maintained software compatibility library. Maintained hardware testing lab and the networks in that lab. Acted as supervisor when supervisor was unavailable. Used extensive knowledge of Macintosh hardware and software to assist Software Engineers...
Avg. Salary: $78,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Newspress/Info, Inc.
Supervision of Macintosh computers, printers, Ethernet network. Trained employees in software implementation. Purchase recommendations for graphics department. Creation of graphic elements, advertisements and promotional materials for the Shopper, Executive Digest and other publications produced by Postal Press. Columnist, Software Reviewer.
Avg. Salary: $78,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Bisag- India
• Part of web application development team • Developed a module on “Dissolving a polygon”. For collecting weather reports and rainfall estimation in accordance with the change in season • Gathered requirements from different parts, designed and develop intranet portal using .NET 2005 and SQL Server. • Created Web parts using .NET 2005 • Generated reports using “Business Objects” • Used Adobe Flex 3 to develop sev...
Avg. Salary: $60,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Quintex Wireless
• Served as member of Quality Assurance and Services team • Developed reports for the portfolio managers and fund managers. • Developed Dimensions and Fact tables using stored procedures in SQL Server 2005. • Analyses of the T-Mobile software products on Linux based OS. • Exposed to complete VCN Servers and LVN process.
Avg. Salary: $60,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
