QA Automation Student (8 month term)
Blackberry
Worker Sub-Type:
Student (Fixed Term)
Job Description:
About Radar
BlackBerry Radar is a rapidly growing IoT platform that enables real-time tracking and analytics for thousands of trailers, containers, and high-value assets across North America.
Our platform has achieved strong market traction, with a fast-expanding device footprint and a lean, highly skilled engineering team tackling challenges in big data, cloud architecture, and performance optimization as adoption accelerates.
Radar is at a critical inflection point. We’ve established product-market fit, our install base is scaling quickly, and our platform processes more data each month than ever before. We’re investing heavily in next-generation architecture to support the next five years of innovation and growth
Why This Role Matters
Every new customer adds more devices, more data, and more opportunities to innovate. We’re expanding our QA Automation team to help deliver the next generation of Radar’s cloud platform, focusing on:
- High degree of automated test coverage of new and existing features including Web, Mobile, and API
- Continuous test framework enhancements to improve performance, scalability, and repeatability
- API expansion and next-gen customer experiences
- Performance and reliability engineering
Tech Stack
- Backend & APIs: Node.js
- Frontend: ReactJS, AngularJS
- Mobile: React Native
- Data: MySQL, Elasticsearch
- Languages: Javascript, SQL, Groovy, Bash
- Frameworks: WebdriverIO, Selenium Webdriver
- Tools: Git, Docker
What You’ll Do
- Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug automated tests for web and mobile applications
- Design test plans and test procedures to ensure new features meet production readiness
- UX quality assurance - Make sure the UI not only works but also delivers the best user experience possible
- Determine/Research new technologies/frameworks targeting UI testing automation
- Collaborate in a high-trust, engineering-first culture where your work truly matters
What You Bring
Required:
- Currently pursuing post-secondary education in a technical related discipline
- Enthusiastic attitude with a willingness to learn
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Curiosity, ownership, and willingness to dive into unfamiliar problems
- High-degree of motivation, sense of urgency and ability to work both independently and in a team environment
- Experience with UI automation testing frameworks
- Proficiency in JavaScript
Preferred:
- Experience using Selenium Webdriver and WebdriverIO
- Experience working with ReactJS
- Background in IoT, telematics, or large-scale distributed systems
Why Engineers Love Working at Radar
- High impact — what you build directly drives customer value and product success
- Small team, big reach — startup-style ownership with enterprise stability
- Real engineering challenges — scaling a high-volume IoT platform is genuinely hard and deeply rewarding
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Compensation Hiring Base Salary Range:
$43,472.00 - $59,280.00
Please be advised that the compensation hiring range indicated herein is provided solely as a good-faith estimate of anticipated base compensation for the position. The actual base compensation offered will be determined at the time of hire and will depend on several factors, including but not limited to the student’s completed academic coursework, prior co-op work terms, relevant practical experience, demonstrated skills, and performance in any required evaluations during the hiring process.
Disclosure of Position Status:
This is an active opening. We are seeking to fill this position immediately
Disclosure of Artificial Intelligence:
We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or select applicants at any stage of our recruitment process. All applications are reviewed and evaluated by our hiring team.