Senior Firmware QA Engineer, GoPro

$114.3-154.7k

Senior level
San Francisco Bay Area
GoPro

Extreme action cameras and video software

Open for applications

GoPro

Extreme action cameras and video software

1001+ employees

B2CHardwareConsumer GoodsVideoeCommerce

Open for applications

$114.3-154.7k

Senior level
San Francisco Bay Area

1001+ employees

B2CHardwareConsumer GoodsVideoeCommerce

Company mission

To help the world to capture and share itself in immersive and exciting ways.

Role

Who you are

  • The ideal candidate will be a proactive self-starter with a deep understanding of consumer devices, have a variety of experiences with embedded systems and possesses great attitude and communications skills
  • We are seeking a dynamic, highly skilled, and passionate QA Engineer to support our firmware and mobile app development activities
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Five (5) or more years of hands-on industry experience testing embedded applications
  • Understanding of firmware/software/hardware release cycle
  • Ability to develop test plans, test cases and test schedules to align with both product specs and product schedule
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
  • Passion for building and shipping AWESOME products!
  • Strong knowledge of bug reporting and source control tools such as JIRA, Test Rail, Invision Confluence, Git etc
  • Familiarity with testing wireless (BLE / WiFi) devices
  • Ability to multi-task and focus on detailed problems with the tenacity to drive issues until resolved

Desirable

  • Experience testing camera device or similar
  • Experience testing embedded applications for portable consumer electronics products strongly desired

What the job involves

  • GoPro is seeking a top tier candidate for the Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer role
  • This position will be responsible for supporting the quality assurance side of GoPro’s next generation camera platforms
  • The QA Engineer role will work closely with the development team as well as our offshore testing partners to create, manage, and execute test plans and automation test scripts as well as maintain continuous improvements to our bug database
  • This team member will help develop test plans according to schedule, track project and team status, manage bugs and coordinate communication with cross functional teams
  • Participate in all aspects of testing: including sanity, functional, integration, regression and performance testing
  • Create thorough/relevant bugs within our issue tracking system
  • Execute performance and stress tests regularly
  • Analyze root cause failures and enhance comprehensive test coverage
  • Record all test results for each test suite and provide a high-level summary for areas tested
  • Enhance comprehensive Test Coverage through Test Review and failure analysis
  • Define, develop and implement quality assurance test plans and test cases
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to create test processes, test specifications, regression tests, and build acceptance tests at all stages of firmware and software development

Our take

GoPro is a global leader in the field of action cameras. It has enjoyed remarkable success since its founding in 2002, and has expanded its offering to include additional apps and video editing software.

The market for cameras is fast-moving, with constant updates and innovations in technology and applications keeping it competitive. GoPro’s constant focus on new features and accessories, as well as its extensive name recognition, has helped the company retain a dominant market share. Similarly, GoPro has been smart to carve itself a niche that expressly excludes competition from swiftly improving smartphone cameras, as nobody wants to take their iPhone down a whitewater rapid.

This has, to date, kept GoPro’s sales growth ahead of competitors. GoPro is attentive to the constant possibility of game-changing new tech and competing products and should have the resources and talent to stay robustly abreast of the pack.

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Insights

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back within 2 weeks

7% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Dec 2012

$200m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

May 2011

$88m

SERIES A

Total funding: $288.2m

Company benefits

  • Get your very own GoPro camera + gear
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance – premiums are 100% paid for employees, 80% paid for dependents
  • Life insurance and disability benefits
  • Generous time off policy
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave for new parents
  • Pre-tax and Roth 401(k) options
  • Discounted employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • LiveHealthy monthly wellness reimbursement
  • Innovative remote-friendly wellness classes and events
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional + personal development opportunities, i.e. LinkedIn Learning
  • Opportunities to get involved in the causes that you care about (annual camera donation + volunteer events)

Company values

  • Make friends - Collaborate and include. Strength in numbers
  • Obsessively serve - Put customer interest first
  • Harness the power of WOW - Exceed expectations
  • Stag agile - Be willing to adapt and commit
  • Be a HERO - Take responsibility. Integrity, always

Company HQ

Western Hills, San Mateo, CA

Leadership

Nicholas Woodman

(CEO & Owner)

Received a degree in Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Founder of Fun Bug. Sold Fun Bug and then traveled the world surfing, which inspired them to found GoPro in 2002.

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Diversity & Inclusion at GoPro

  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging is core to GoPro
  • We signed the Outdoor CEO Pledge in December 2020 and published our first ever Pledge report in 2021

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