Req ID: 141180 Region: Americas Country: USA State/Province: Oregon City: Portland SummaryThe Lead Engineer, Manufacturing Process is responsible for designing, developing, deploying and optimizing processes for manufact…
Engineering & IT · Portland, OR
QA Engineer jobs in Portland, OR
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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$29–$77/hr
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$105k
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: ANA United StatesWork Type: HybridDate Posted: 2026-08-28Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.We are more than 34,000…
$110k - $150k
About Us:BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commerci…
better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.HDR Engineering is currently seeking an Electrical/Senior Electrical Engineer to join one of th…
possible not only in your community, but around the world.HDR Engineering is currently seeking a Mechanical/Senior Mechanical Engineer to... ...documentsProvide construction contract administration as neededConduct QA/ Q…
$92.82k - $109.2k
stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.Job DescriptionThe Automation Engineer tests, creates, implements and supports robotics process and desktop automatio…
learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world. HDR is looking for a Trenchless Engineer to join our national Trenchless Services team. This role will provide signifi…
centers to modernizing transmission systems, our industry-recognized engineers and scientists have been at the forefront of grid transformation... ...construction contract administration as neededConduct QA/ QC on the wo…
better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world. HDR Engineering is currently seeking a Senior Electrical Studies Engineer to join our growing…
and delivered as global energy demands grow. From massive data centers to modernizing transmission systems, our industry-recognized engineers and scientists have been at the forefront of grid transformation for more than…
$94.7k - $110k
Senior Electrical EngineerWe’re looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join Curtiss-Wright Williams Controls. As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will design, develop and test a wide range of electrical components,…
$70k - $90k
Test Automation Engineer – Remote Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud... ...this position. Job Summary We are seeking an experienced QA Automation Engin…
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What qa engineers earn in Portland
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $29–$42 | $61k–$88k |
| Mid level | $42–$58 | $88k–$121k |
| Senior | $56–$77 | $116k–$160k |
Adjusted for the Portland 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
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QA Analyst
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QA Engineer
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Senior QA Engineer
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QA Lead
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Head of Quality
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