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About the Organization E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. (E2) is a professional services firm established in 1988 specializing in a full spectrum of engineering services including project engineering and design, federal base operations and infrastructure support services, gas pipeline construction and inspection services, environmental consulting and remediation, and information technology services. Overview The Principal Automation Engineer will play a dual role — leading automation strategy and contributing hands-on to the design and build of automation frameworks and solutions. This individual will serve as the senior-most technical expert on the automation team, driving innovation and technical excellence in the automation of desktop-based applications and systems. Tosca experience is required. The candidate must live in the PST time zone. You will be asked to expound on your experience for the required qualifications. Responsibilities Role Overview (25% Leadership / 75% Hands-On Technical Work) Architect and design robust automation frameworks specifically for desktop applications, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and long-term adaptability across multiple platforms and technologies. Provide technical leadership and mentorship, guiding the automation team through complex design challenges and promoting best practices in automation engineering. Develop and enhance automation strategies covering desktop, API, and database layers, integrating them into CI/CD processes to ensure continuous quality and reliability. Partner closely with application SMEs, domain architects, infrastructure teams, and project managers to align automation initiatives with business and technical goals. Analyze existing manual testing processes for desktop software and identify opportunities to replace or augment them with automated solutions. Maintain, evolve, and optimize the in-house automation framework, ensuring compatibility and efficiency across desktop environments and configurations. Participate in root cause analysis and troubleshooting efforts, driving cross-team collaboration to identify and resolve defects efficiently. Provide detailed estimates, solution designs, and test automation strategies for upcoming desktop-based projects. Qualifications The Essentials 10+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining test automation frameworks, with a strong focus on desktop application testing (Windows, .NET, or similar environments). Proven expertise in framework architecture and design patterns for test automation, including component-based, modular, and data-driven approaches. Strong understanding of desktop UI automation tools and libraries (e.g., WinAppDriver, White, Pywinauto, FlaUI, TestStack, or equivalent). Experience developing automation for APIs, packaged, and custom desktop applications. 7+ years of experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders across engineering, QA, and business units to align automation goals and deliver enterprise-grade solutions. Strong Python skills required, as well as one other programming/scripting language (.NET, C#, Java, Bash, etc.) for building automation utilities and integrating frameworks. Strong SQL skills, including writing and maintaining queries, interacting with relational databases, and designing simple schema updates to support test automation. Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, enabling desktop test automation to execute autonomously in build and deployment workflows. Comfortable working in both Windows and Linux environments for cross-platform automation support. Excellent communication skills, capable of articulating technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.