Role & responsibilities
Write and maintain Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scenarios, and Test Specifications traceable to the SRS.
Execute Functional, Regression, Integration, Performance, and User Acceptance Testing on each build.
Identify, document, reproduce, and track defects to closure using a defect-tracking tool.
Validate software installers, configuration, and deployment on target machines.
Generate Test Reports for every release cycle with transparent pass/fail evidence and severity-tagged defect lists.
Author and maintain Software User Manuals, release notes, and internal test documentation.
Coordinate with the development team during sprint and pre-release windows to ensure adequate test coverage.
Reproduce and root-cause field issues raised by sales and service teams, and convert them into regression cases.
Contribute to continuous improvement of QA processes, test coverage, and reporting metrics.
Support automation initiatives by drafting structured, reusable validation steps.





Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics & Communication, or a related engineering discipline.

• 2 to 4 years of hands-on experience in manual software testing or quality assurance of shipped products (not training projects, not internship-only).

• Solid grasp of the Software Testing Life Cycle, defect lifecycle, and severity / priority discipline.

• Demonstrable experience writing structured test cases and test reports; candidates should be able to share or recreate a sample on request.

• Hands-on with at least one defect-tracking tool (Jira, Azure DevOps, Bugzilla, or equivalent).

• Solid written English; the role includes authoring user manuals and customer-facing documentation.

• Analytical thinking, attention to detail, and the discipline to retest until closure.

📌 Product Test Engineer Bengaluru
🏢 Sapwood Ventures
📍 Bengaluru