Test Automation Engineer Jobs in Illinois

LOCATION: Chicago, IL, United States (On-site)

JOB TYPE: Contract (6 months)

INTRODUCTION

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Testing & Quality Engineering Experience & Domain:

• 3–7 years of experience in Quality Assurance, with strong expertise in Point of Sale application
• Proven experience in POS systems, Retail, or Digital Platforms, preferably within the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) domain
• Strong understanding of QSR operations, including store workflows, ordering, payments, promotions, refunds, and day-part scenarios

Testing & Quality Engineering:

• Strong knowledge of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) and testing methodologies
• Perform requirements analysis, understand functional specifications, and translate them into comprehensive test scenarios
• Design, document, and execute test cases for POS features, platforms, and integrated systems
• Execute functional, integration, end-to-end, and regression testing across devices, platforms, and environments (POS terminals, peripherals, digital touchpoints)
• Validate business-critical QSR scenarios such as order processing, tender types, pricing, taxation, and store close/open flows

Production & Release Support:

• Provide production deployment and go-live support, including smoke testing, validation checks, and post-deployment verification
• Support production issue triage, root cause analysis, and collaborate with cross-functional teams for rapid resolution
• Assist with release readiness and sign-off, ensuring minimal business disruption during rollouts

Tools & Documentation:

• Experience with defect management tools such as JIRA for defect identification, logging, tracking, and reporting
• Proficient in QA tools, test documentation, and structured test reporting
• Maintain clear and reusable test artifacts aligned with audit and compliance needs

Collaboration & Agile Delivery:

• Collaborate closely with product owners, developers, business, and operations teams to clarify requirements and resolve quality issues
• Actively participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Act as a POS/QSR SME, providing domain insights to enhance test coverage and business alignment

Continuous Improvement:

• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, standards, and tools
• Share best practices and domain knowledge to uplift overall testing maturity and delivery quality

COMPENSATION

• The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $48.54/hour - $75.85/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision, and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.