Thursday, August 18, 2005

Tasks of a Test Engineer


The Test Engineer should participate o­n teams that design and develop the products. They should develop test protocols and test reports for the verification testing of the product to ensure that they meet product requirements and specifications. Tasks and responsibilities include:

1. Prepare verification and validation test plans, test procedures and test reports.

2. Participate in the development of product requirements and specifications.

3. Perform verification and validation testing of hardware and software.

4. Participate in customer meetings o­n project status and design reviews.

5. Facilitate risk analysis activities.

6. Contribute to the overall improvement in procedures.

7. Ensure that testing is performed

8. Ensure that testing is documented

9. Ensure that testing methodology, techniques, standards are established and developed

Testing personnel are encouraged to be creative & innovative, while at the same time are expected to learn and follow our structured processes.

The basic skills for a qualified test engineer:

  • Controlled - Organized individual, systematic planing - Good planing o­n testing
  • Competent - Technical awareness of testing methods, tools, and criteria
  • Critical - Inner determination to discover problems
  • Comprehensive - Total understanding of the given system and specifications - Pay good attention to the details
  • Considerate - Ability to related to others and resolve conflicts


The basic tasks of a test engineer include:

  1. Prepare testing plans and organize testing activities
  2. Design test cases and document them using well-defined test methods
  3. Develop test procedures and test data
  4. Write problem reports and text execution records
  5. Use testing tools and aids
  6. Review test designs, results and problems
  7. Test maintenance changes
  8. Oversee acceptance tests.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

When we talking about testing methology does only apply to testing or the whole development life cyle? does the V-model and Egile methology fall under testing phase or whole SDLC and how to link the two to work together hand in hand to achieve same goal.