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QA Engineer jobs in Houston, TX

QA engineers make sure software works before users find out it does not. The role blends manual exploratory testing with automated test suites and close collaboration with developers.

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$26–$68/hr
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$93k
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QA Engineer

Paladin Drones · Houston, TX · Full-time

of UAV tech and making a monumental difference in a rapidly advancing domain. Role Summary We’re looking for a Mid-Level QA Engineer to elevate quality standards across our drone hardware and software systems. You will o…

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Supplier Quality Engineer

Weatherford · Houston, TX · Full-time

Job Overview Weatherford is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Supplier Quality Engineer to join the team in Houston, TX . In this crucial role, you will be responsible for supplier qualifications, improvement plan…

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Test Engineer - Spaceflight Hardware

KBR · Houston, TX · Full-time

Title: Test Engineer - Spaceflight Hardware Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! Around here, we define the future. We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers. But we all share on…

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Test Engineer

KBR · Houston, TX · Full-time

Title: Test Engineer Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! Around here, we define the future. We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers. But we all share one goal: to improve the…

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Quality Assurance Engineer

KBR · Houston, TX · Full-time

Title: Quality Assurance Engineer Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! Around here, we define the future. We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers. But we all share one goal: to…

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Test Engineer (IB3)

Foxconn Industrial Internet - FII · Houston, TX · Full-time

Test Engineer (IB3) Location: Houston, TX 77064 Business Unit: CESBG Job Classifications: Exempt SUMMARY: Develop, modify, and maintain test software and hardware solutions for manufacturing environments across various p…

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POD Test Engineer - IB4

Foxconn Industrial Internet - FII · Houston, TX · Full-time

POD Test Engineer Position Summary The POD Test Engineer is responsible for supporting, maintaining, and improving server rack test operations within the POD environment. This role ensures test readiness, production stab…

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Supplier Quality Engineer

Foxconn Industrial Internet · Houston, TX · Full-time

quality control and assurance Knowledge of quality improvement, quality reporting, and manufacturing processes Possess quality engineering skills such as FA/RC/CA. Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills Prof…

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Test Engineer

Foxconn Industrial Internet · Houston, TX · Full-time

in Houston, not remote, hybrid; expected in office during workday. Duties and Responsibilities: Work with Test Development Engineer to develop test scripts, implement test plan, and smoothly carry out new production test…

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Senior QA / Manufacturing Engineer

Fleetzero · Houston, TX

bench builds to production-ready assembly lines. ABOUT THE ROLE You will own the intersection of quality and manufacturing engineering for battery module and BMS assembly. That means developing and qualifying assembly pr…

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What qa engineers earn in Houston

Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives

ExperienceHourlyAnnual, full-time
Entry level $26–$38 $54k–$78k
Mid level $38–$52 $78k–$108k
Senior $50–$68 $103k–$142k

Adjusted for the Houston market from national ranges.

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What employers ask for

The skills these listings keep naming

Test planning and case designAutomation (Selenium, Playwright)API testing (Postman)A scripting language (Python, JS)Bug reporting and triageSQL for data verificationCI integration of test suitesExploratory testingAttention to detail
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Interview questions worth rehearsing

With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for

How would you test a login form?

Go beyond happy path: invalid inputs, security cases, lockouts, accessibility, and different devices. Structure your answer into categories so it sounds systematic.

What do you automate, and what do you test manually?

Automate the repeatable and regression-prone; explore manually where human judgment finds new bugs. Showing you know automation has a maintenance cost is the senior move.

Walk me through a great bug report you have written.

Reproduction steps, expected versus actual, environment, evidence, and severity. Emphasize that a good report saves a developer an hour.

A developer says your bug is not a bug. What do you do?

Show that you argue from the user's perspective and the spec, escalate with data if needed, and keep the relationship collaborative.

How do you decide what to test when time is short before a release?

Risk-based prioritization: critical paths, recent changes, and areas with bug history. Naming the tradeoff explicitly is what they want to hear.

How do you keep an automated test suite from becoming flaky?

Talk about stable selectors, proper waits, isolated test data, and quarantining flaky tests instead of ignoring red builds.

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Resume tips that move the needle

For qa engineers specifically — generic advice costs you here

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Quantify your impact in defects: escape rate reduced, critical bugs caught pre-release, regression time cut.

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Name your automation stack and the size of suites you built or maintained, such as number of tests or coverage of critical flows.

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Show progression from manual to automation if that is your path — it is the expected trajectory and worth making explicit.

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Mention the domains you tested (payments, healthcare, mobile) since domain risk knowledge transfers.

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Include CI/CD integration work; a suite that runs on every pull request is worth more than one run by hand.

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Where this role goes

Typical progression

01 QA Analyst
02 QA Engineer
03 Senior QA Engineer
04 QA Lead
05 Head of Quality
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