Junior Test Engineer (m/f/d)

What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth, and an international and innovative environment! This is creating many opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference. At Cognizant, together with colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate to create solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, innovative and successful. This is your chance to join the success story driven by our Quality Engineering and Assurance (QE&A) Team. We’re looking for a

Junior Test Engineer (m/f/d)

- Graduate Program -

Location: Zurich/ Hybrid

Number of positions open: 2

Start date: 1 September 2024 (fixed)

Your Key Responsibilities

• As a Test Engineer in QE&A, you will work closely with customers in the different industries to define and refine their quality requirements.
• You’ll work in a team of onsite and offshore colleagues to create and maintain manual and automated tests, often invoked “lights out”
• You’ll help to identify the most critical business processes and create tests to expose any deviation from expected behavior
• You will need to identify selected test scenarios that can be automated and for use in regression testing
• The team you work in will investigate test failures and manage defects to track their correction
• Regularly you will report on the completeness of test coverage and status of test results

Your Qualification

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (C1 or C2) in German and English
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree completed in Switzerland, preferably in Computer Science, Computer or Industrial Engineering, Management Information Systems, Business & IT completed in the last 2 years
• Able to work independently, identify/mitigate risk, estimate effort for testing.
• Familiar with many types of tests, such as functional, interface, middleware, system integration, user-acceptance, regression and non-functional
• Familiar with modern methodologies such as Agile and V-model
• Working Knowledge in test and defect management tools like JIRA or ALM are nice to have
• Familiar with concepts of test automation will be a plus
• Candidates must have a European passport to apply- due to required travel in Europe if necessary

What you can expect

• A permanent contract right from the start
• 12 months long graduate program
• Competent guidance by an advisor and a mentor assigned during your graduate journey
• Educational trainings for enhancing your technical and soft skills that enable you to grow to your full potential with our guidance
• The opportunity to make an impact on societies globally
• The chance to shape the future of world-leading organizations
• We believe in a healthy work-life balance
• To purchase at a lower cost you have access to our Corporate Benefits Portal where you can get special discounts
• Through outstanding performance you receive appreciation and recognition in the form of awards through our Cheers Program. Based on your awards, you will receive bonus points which you can donate to charitable organisations or convert into vouchers

In our company, we value diversity. Our multiple diversities offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. This encourages lively discussions, inspires innovative thinking and helps us to develop better solutions for our customers. We therefore welcome every qualified application!