ISTQB® Certified Tester – Test Automation Engineer

As a Test Automation Engineer, you are responsible for the development and automation of tests. You take on the planning and implementation of automation processes and can document them. The ISTQB® Test Automation Engineer (CT-TAE) certification focuses on the design, development, and maintenance of test automation solutions. It also covers the concepts, methods, tools, and processes for automating dynamic functional tests, and the relationship of those tests to test management, configuration management, defect management, software development processes, and quality assurance. Methods described are generally applicable across a variety of software life cycle approaches, types of software systems, and test types. ISTQB® Certified Testers who have passed the “Test Automation Engineer” module exam should be able to accomplish the following Business Objectives: • Contribute to the development of a plan to integrate automated testing within the testing process • Evaluate tools and technology for automation best fit to each project and organization • Create an approach and methodology for building a test automation architecture (TAA) • Design and develop (new or modified) test automation solutions that meet the business needs • Enable the transition of testing from a manual to an automated approach • Create automated test reporting and metrics collection • Manage and optimize testing assets to facilitate maintainability and address evolving (test) systems