Li-Cycle Corp Hiring for IT Quality Assurance & Tester at Toronto, ON Full Time

Job Summary:
The IT Quality Assurance (QA) & Tester will oversee the establishment of Li-Cycle’s IT quality assurance strategy, policies, processes, and governance framework to ensure Li-Cycle’s enterprise applications are implemented correctly and operating as intended. The role will work with user groups across the organization and outsourced vendors ensuring high-quality application delivery by planning, implementing, and automating quality assurance testing. Responsibilities include developing test plans, creating test cases, writing automated code, and reporting results.

Our ideal candidate will be a driven individual with high attention to detail and organization, and a positive “can-do” attitude.

Primary Responsibilities:
Contribute to the development, maintenance, and execution of the IT quality assurance strategy, policies, processes, and governance framework.

Work closely with implementation teams to design testing strategies and integrate testing into the implementation process.

Plan and implement testing (e.g., regression, functional, data validation, system integration, load, or performance tests) for new and existing functionality.

Plan, create, execute, and automate test cases, working with user groups, developers, implementation partners, and other stakeholders.

Support user acceptance testing conducted by business partners or end-users.

Conduct exploratory testing and risk analysis for complex features, e.g., those that span across platforms or teams.

Enhance and maintain the test automation framework.

Understand and apply automated testing approaches such as model-based testing or record-and-replay.

Research, recommend and implement new testing technologies and practices, such as incorporating machine learning.

Define and champion quality and testing best practices among development and implementation teams.

Evaluate what metrics need to be tracked to improve application quality, integrity, availability, and security through quality assurance activities.

Job Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent applied experience.

Minimum 5 years of direct work experience with quality assurance testing experience, regulations, guidelines, and associated standards.

Experience designing and implementing test plans.

Experience writing test scripts and test automation scripts.

Experience with test management tools.

Experience with test automation frameworks, UiPath and Selenium preferred.

Working knowledge of SQL Server is preferred.

Experience with application performance monitoring and observability tools.

Strong knowledge of agile practices and experience with agile planning tools.

Organized, self-motivated, customer-oriented and be able to work well independently as well as within a team.

Demonstrated ability to grasp and translate technical concepts, think independently, and take the initiative required to resolve issues in a team structure.

Highly effective project management skills.

Working Conditions:
Ability to attend and conduct meetings

Manual dexterity required to use desktop computer and peripherals

Overtime as required

Core Competencies:
A hands-on contributor with a desire to work in a dynamic, mission-driven environment

Ability to deal with sensitive topics in a tactful, diplomatic and professional matter at all times.

High-level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation

Proactive self-starter with an ‘owner’s mindset’

Consistently delivers quality work on time, with a strong attention to detail

Strong analytical, negotiation and creative problem-solving skills

Exceptional oral communication, writing and editing skills

Excellent telephone and email etiquette

Motivated, methodical, and optimistic

About Li-Cycle:
Li-Cycle (NYSE: LICY) is on a mission to leverage its innovative Spoke & Hub Technologies™ to provide a customer-centric, end-of-life solution for lithium-ion batteries, while creating a secondary supply of critical battery materials. Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries are increasingly powering our world in automotive, energy storage, consumer electronics, and other industrial and household applications. The world needs improved technology and supply chain innovations to better manage battery manufacturing waste and end-of-life batteries and to meet the rapidly growing demand for critical and scarce battery-grade raw materials through a closed-loop solution. For more information, visit https://li-cycle.com/.

For more information, you can view Li-Cycle’s corporate video here:

Li-Cycle is an equal opportunity employer committed to Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging. Individuals seeking employment at Li-Cycle are considered without regard to any protected category including but not limited to, race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, diverse-ability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

Li-Cycle is focused on providing a barrier free Recruitment & Selection process. We will focus on experience and skills and will not discriminate against candidates who have a disability or require an accommodation throughout the Recruitment & Selection process.

Interested candidates should apply to Li-Cycle directly by submitting their resume through the Li-Cycle Career’s page. Please note that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.