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Senior SDET Consultant

Atem Corp
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 4/30/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/29/2026
  • Local candidates only interviews will be in person

Location: Chicago, IL 60661

  • Hybrid onsite 3 days/week

Duration: 12 months

Client: Caterpillar

IT Software Engineer

The main function of a software engineer is to apply the principles of computer science and mathematical analysis to the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers work. A typical software engineer researches, designs, develops and tests operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for medical, industrial, military, communications, aerospace, business, scientific and general computing applications.

Responsibilities

  • Review and approve the modification of existing databases and database management systems.
  • Instruct staff to write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system.
  • Direct database development and approve project scope and limitations.
  • Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.
  • Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures to safeguard information in computer files against accidental or unauthorized damage, modification or disclosure.
  • Approve, schedule, plan and supervise the installation and testing of new products and improvements to computer systems.
  • Develop standards and guidelines to guide the use and acquisition of software and to protect vulnerable information.

Skills

  • Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills.
  • Expert ability to work independently and manage one's time.
  • Expert mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback.
  • Expert knowledge of the full software development lifecycle: from business/systems analysis, through requirements gathering and functional specification authoring, to development, testing and delivery.
  • Expert ability to troubleshoot issues and make system changes as needed to resolve issue.
  • Expert knowledge of computer hardware and software.
  • Knowledge of computer development software as it relates to systems, such as SQL, VisualBasic, etc.

Education/Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or relevant field required.
  • 10 years experience required.

Position's Contributions To Work Group

  • AKA Senior SDET Extend testing automation framework using JAVA/JAVA Script
  • Take ownership in understanding business requirements/ACs and develop test strategy/test plan
  • Develop automation testcases using existing automation framework

Reason/motivation For Request

  • New headcount

Typical Task Breakdown

  • Develop test automation code for Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), of systems, infrastructure, and test framework.
  • Plan, design, develop, and maintain API test automation framework that facilitates automation scripting, execution, and analysis of results
  • Provide technical leadership and mentoring for test engineers on multiple applications/projects onshore and offshore; train and mentor project team members to create, execute, analyze, and maintain automated regression suites
  • Coordinate with product owner to resolve open issues/enhancements/upgrades and understand the use of a specific functionality as needed
  • Develop automated functional scripts using tools such as Java, Karate, JMeter.
  • Perform exploratory and manual testing of the product suite as appropriate
  • Provide expertise in testing methodologies, best practices, and standards
  • Position will be onsite hybrid starting day 1. Interviews may also be onsite

Interaction With Team

  • Working with team; team consists of 20 folks

Work Environment

  • Chicago Office: Chicago, IL 60661

Education & Experience Required

  • Years of experience: 8-10 yrs experience
  • Degree requirement: Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience

Required Technical Skills

  • Strong design and development skills in two or more of the following technologies and tools: Java (3-5 years) Cucumber(3-5 years), JBehave or other BDD testing frameworks
  • At least 8 years of test automation framework design
  • Strong experience in testing Webservices (REST APIs) (3 5 years)
  • Proven experience developing test scripts, test cases, and test data
  • The ability to write queries in SQL or other relational databases

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