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QA Engineer jobs in Milwaukee, WI

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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$25–$66/hr
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Test Engineer - NVH

Harley-Davidson · Wauwatosa, WI
$74.9k - $112.2k

Auto req ID: 54158 Title: Test Engineer - NVH Job Function: Engineering Location: PDC Workplace Category:Onsite Company: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Full or Part-Time: Full Time Shift: SHIFT1 At Harley-Davidson, we are…

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Building Automation Engineer

J. F. Ahern Co. · Milwaukee, WI

with job stability, opportunities for career progression, and support. We have an exciting opportunity for a Building Automation Engineer to be located in either our Milwaukee, WI or Madison, WI office. How you will cont…

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Controls/Automation Engineer - Test Lab

Harley-Davidson · Wauwatosa, WI
$74.9k - $112.2k

Auto req ID: 53200 Title: Controls/Automation Engineer - Test Lab Job Function: Engineering Location: PDC Workplace Category:Onsite Company: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Full or Part-Time: Full Time Shift: SHIFT1 At Har…

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$49.2k - $84.33k

customer training on system operations Complete and submit routine written reports. Provides plans and control system documents to engineering for as-built drawings Project site communication and coordination: May suppor…

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Sr. Cloud Automation Engineer

AE Business Solutions · Milwaukee, WI · Temporary

Title: Senior Cloud Automation Engineer Location: Hybrid— 2-3 days onsite per week in Milwaukee, WI Duration: 6+ months (extensions and/or conversion possible) About the position Seeking a hands-on Cloud Automation Engin…

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Global Environmental Compliance Project Engineer

Rockwell Automation, Inc. · Milwaukee, WI · Full-time
$98.08k - $147.12k

primary focus will be on PFAS regulatory management, regional RoHS regulations (specifically China), large-scale compliance data engineering, and international product compliance frameworks. You will operate at the inter…

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Quality / Engineering Manager

Doral Corporation · Milwaukee, WI · Full-time
$85k - $115k

reimbursement * Employee assistance program * Annual company picnic * Seven (7) paid holidays About the Role The Quality / Engineering Manager owns the overall quality system, engineering support, and detailing output ac…

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What qa engineers earn in Milwaukee

Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives

ExperienceHourlyAnnual, full-time
Entry level $25–$37 $52k–$76k
Mid level $37–$50 $76k–$104k
Senior $48–$66 $100k–$138k

Adjusted for the Milwaukee 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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