$86.8k - $165.2k
Salary: $86,800 - 165,200 per year Requirements: We require a bachelors degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics, preferably with a STEM focus, plus at least 5 years of engineering experience. We requir…
Engineering & IT · Tucson, AZ
QA Engineer jobs in Tucson, AZ
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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Job Description Job Description Principal Test Systems Engineer Tucson, AZ, US QDSS is looking Principal Test Systems Engineers with at least 10 years of professional experience or 8 years of professional experience and…
Machine Test & Validation Engineer Diversified Services Network, Inc. (DSN) is seeking a full-time Machine Test & Validation Engineer to join our team in Tucson, AZ. We offer full benefits, PTO, 401k, and more! If you're…
$86.8k - $165.2k
find new ways to connect and protect our world. Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today's mission and stay ahead of tomorrow's threa…
About Spara Technologies Spara Technologies delivers advanced engineering, staffing, and mission-focused solutions across energy, cyber, air, land, sea, and space domains. We combine the right people, proven processes, a…
Job Description Job Description Role Title: Area Lead – Civil & Geotechnical Engineering Reports to: Engineering Director Job Type: Full-time Regular Location: Tucson, AZ About Hudbay: Hudbay (TSX, NYSE: HBM) is a copper…
space, our world class Space Systems team is empowering some of the boldest and most ambitious space missions. INTEGRATION & TEST ENGINEER II Rocket Lab’s Optical Systems division solves mission-critical space domain and…
$86.8k - $165.2k
nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today's mission and stay ahead of tomorrow's thre…
The Thermal Test Engineer III will support the design validation and testing of thermal systems by developing test plans, preparing instrumentation, executing tests, analyzing data, and communicating results to engineeri…
innovative and customer-centric technology solutions in the areas of Cyber Security, Instructional Design and Training, Software Engineering and IT Support Services to improve the security and well-being of our clients.…
DVA Consulting is seeking a Quality / Test Engineer to join our team in Tuscan AZ! Candidates must reside within 40 miles of Tucson to be considered for this position. No relocation candidates please. Summary: The main f…
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industry teams seeking mission-critical autonomy solutions. About the role We are seeking an experienced Electronic Warfare (EW) engineer to join our cognitive sensing and radio frequency (CSRF) engineering team. The ide…
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What qa engineers earn in Tucson
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $25–$36 | $52k–$75k |
| Mid level | $36–$50 | $75k–$103k |
| Senior | $48–$65 | $99k–$136k |
Adjusted for the Tucson 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
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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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