Test Automation QA Engineer

A career with EROAD offers the unique opportunity to work in a fast-growing organisation that is at the forefront of intelligent transport solutions - enhancing road safety, improving productivity, and reducing environmental impact. EROAD's mission is to deliver intelligence you can trust, for a better world tomorrow.

What We're Looking For

As a Senior QA Engineer at EROAD, you will work as part of a collaborative agile team to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of our SaaS-based fleet management solutions. You will play a key role in validating new functionality, identifying issues early in the software development lifecycle, and championing quality across the stack.

You will contribute to the design, execution, and maintenance of test plans for web, mobile, API, and backend systems. Depending on your level of experience, you will also support or lead the implementation of test automation frameworks and quality engineering practices to support continuous delivery.

About the Role

Job Responsibilities

Test Strategy and Planning

• Analyse requirements and use cases to design and document comprehensive test strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define acceptance criteria and test coverage for user stories and epics.
• For senior roles: define overall test approaches, drive automation roadmap, and mentor junior QA team members.

Automation and Tooling

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, reusable test automation frameworks.
• Develop automated test suites for functional, regression, integration, and performance testing.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to enable fast and reliable feedback.
• For junior roles: support execution of existing automated test suites and participate in test case design.

Test Execution and Reporting

• Execute manual and automated test plans across different platforms and environments.
• Record and report defects clearly, with sufficient detail for rapid resolution.
• Analyse test results and communicate quality metrics to the development team and stakeholders.

Quality Engineering and Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, tools, and documentation.
• Stay current with evolving QA trends, techniques, and technologies.
• For senior roles: champion quality culture across the team, introduce best practices, and drive process improvements.

Job Qualifications

• Solid understanding of software QA methodologies and software development life cycles.
• Familiarity with agile practices, continuous integration, and version control systems.
• Ability to write and maintain automated test cases using tools such as Cypress, Selenium, Postman, or similar.
• Understanding of testing APIs, databases, and web/mobile platforms.
• For senior roles: strong experience with test strategy development, automation architecture, and team leadership.
• Detail-oriented with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Proactive and able to work independently as well as collaboratively.
• Excellent communication skills and a customer-focused mindset.
• Passionate about quality and driving improvements.
• Capable of mentoring team members and influencing quality across teams.
• 5+ years of QA experience in SaaS or enterprise software.
• Proven ability to define QA strategy, build automation frameworks, and mentor others.
• Deep understanding of quality engineering principles and tools.

Why You'll Love Working at EROAD

EROAD is a true Kiwi success story in the tech sector! Publicly listed since 2012, we're represented on the NZX and ASX and continue to grow rapidly across New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, and the USA.

At EROAD, we value diversity and are proud to be a multicultural organisation. We invest in our people through comprehensive medical coverage, unlimited sick leave, employee recognition programs, EAP offerings, and continuous learning opportunities.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do - we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and belonging where you can bring your ideas to life.

Join EROAD and be part of a purpose-driven organisation that's shaping the future of connected transport - we can't wait to hear from you.