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Job title: Principal Automation Engineer (Remote) Company: Patterson Companies Job description: Patterson isn't just a place to work, it's a partner that cares about your success.

One of the distinguishing marks of our company is the talented people who embrace the people-first, always advancing, and results-driven culture. Professional growth abounds in this motivating environment.

We value the diverse talents and experiences our employees bring to Patterson and believe that they build a stronger and successful organization.

Job Description: The Principal Automation Engineer is accountable to lead the effort to research, design, document, and modify Automation specifications throughout the product development life cycle.

The Principal Automation Engineer also defines and implements standards and processes for development, analysis, and maintenance of Automation framework in support of the business.

The standards and process focus includes writing, coding, testing, and analyzing software programs and applications to maximize our ability to automate every use case at every step of software and customer interaction, ensuring best in class product quality.

This role is a technical expert in automating for product quality and responsible for the technical health of automation in a product or project.

Essential Functions Lead research, identification, and analysis in order to fulfill automation framework design for new or existing software applications Identify risk and define mitigation plans, drive automation plans, and lead the effort in performing software use case and user interaction improvements and upgrades Define and implement test automation frameworks and methodologies that are scalable, maintainable, and reusable across multiple products and platforms Collaborate with other technical leaders to develop and maintain code quality and architecture standards.

Drive the definition of automation development/framework plans, including scoping, estimates, and implementation Develop standards and reusable process for all automation engineering Provide technical advice, instruction, and training to automation engineers with less experience Advocate agile testing practices and implement best practices in our software environment Review specifications for testability, highlighting and proposing design consideration that will make a feature easier to test via automation, while expanding coverage and improving product quality Responsible for the development of source code and execution of automated test cases and QA processes that ensure quality throughout our release schedule Executes automation test strategy that promotes best automation approach, and development of toolset to reduce or eliminate manual test efforts for all products or projects Understands and contributes to the implementation of processes for Test Management and Reporting for Automated Suites Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to improve code quality and testability Drive continuous integration, recommending approach and technology infrastructure and tools Interface with development team to ensure sufficient test coverage upstream in unit testing in support of TDD best practices Mentor and train junior automation engineers on best practices and new technologies Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in test automation and apply them to improve the testing practices Additional Functions In addition to the essential functions listed above, the incumbent may perform the following additional functions. ·Participate in regulatory and compliance activities Required Qualifications ·Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Systems, a related field or equivalent work experience · 7+ years of experience in quality assurance/development ·Extensive experience in all aspects of automation and framework development ·Knowledge of database, cloud, and web technologies ·Comprehensive understanding of software test methodologies including white box, black box, functional, unit, feature, regression, integration, performance, and scalability ·Experience in building test automation scripts for cloud, web based or desktop applications ·Experience testing an