Mobile Test Engineer

Mobile Test Engineer – Job Description

Job Title

Mobile Test Engineer / Mobile QA Engineer

Job Summary

We are looking for a Mobile Test Engineer responsible for testing mobile applications across Android and iOS devices. The role involves functional, automation, API, regression, integration, compatibility, usability, and performance testing to ensure high-quality mobile releases.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Create test scenarios, test cases, and test data for mobile applications.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, and exploratory testing.
• Test applications on different Android/iOS versions, devices, and screen sizes.
• Validate UI, navigation, gestures, notifications, permissions, and device features.
• Perform mobile application automation testing.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Appium or similar frameworks.
• Perform API testing using Postman/REST Assured.
• Validate mobile-to-backend integration.
• Test application behavior under different network conditions such as Wi-Fi, 4G/5G, slow/intermittent networks, and offline mode.
• Perform installation, upgrade, uninstall, and application-data validation.
• Test application performance, memory consumption, CPU usage, battery usage, and startup time.
• Validate crash handling and analyze application logs.
• Execute regression suites before releases.
• Report and track defects using JIRA/ALM.
• Perform defect retesting and root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and automation engineers.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Support CI/CD-based automated test execution.

Mobile Testing Areas

Functional Testing

• Login/logout
• Registration
• Search
• Forms
• Navigation
• Push notifications
• File/image upload
• Payments
• Deep links

Device Testing

• Android phones/tablets
• iPhones/iPads
• Different OS versions
• Different screen resolutions
• Portrait/landscape
• Different hardware configurations

Network Testing

• Online/offline
• Wi-Fi → mobile data switching
• Slow network
• Network interruption
• API timeout
• Retry behavior

Interruption Testing

• Incoming call
• SMS
• Notifications
• App switching
• Screen lock/unlock
• Low battery
• Background/foreground transitions

Automation Skills

Preferred experience with

• Appium
• Selenium
• Java / Python / JavaScript
• TestNG / JUnit
• Appium Inspector
• Android Studio / ADB
• Xcode
• BrowserStack / Sauce Labs
• Git
• Jenkins / GitHub Actions

API & Database Testing

• REST API testing
• JSON/XML validation
• HTTP methods and status codes
• Authentication/JWT
• Postman
• REST Assured
• SQL queries
• Backend data validation

Performance Testing

Good knowledge of

• JMeter
• Mobile API performance testing
• Response time
• Throughput
• Concurrent users
• CPU/memory utilization
• Network performance
• Battery consumption

Required Skills

Area

Skills

Mobile

Android, iOS

Manual Testing

Functional, Regression, Integration, System

Automation

Appium, Selenium

Programming

Java/Python/JavaScript

API

Postman, REST Assured

Database

SQL

Defect Tracking

JIRA, ALM

Version Control

Git

CI/CD

Jenkins/GitHub Actions

Performance

JMeter

Cloud Devices

BrowserStack/Sauce Labs

Experience

• 2–4 years: Mobile Test Engineer
• 4–7 years: Senior Mobile Test Engineer
• 7+ years: Mobile QA Lead / Mobile Automation Lead

Resume Keywords

Mobile Testing | Mobile QA | Android Testing | iOS Testing | Appium | Selenium | Java | Python | JavaScript | API Testing | Postman | REST Assured | SQL | JIRA | ALM | Git | Jenkins | CI/CD | BrowserStack | JMeter | Functional Testing | Regression Testing | Integration Testing | Performance Testing