Use this sample and step by step explanation for setting meaningful and inspiring employee performance goals for a test engineer.
A Test Engineer is liable for planning, designing and evaluating new software products and systems as well as collaborating with production management. This position works closely with software developers and program managers to ensure all bugs are ironed out before the product is out for sale.
Essential roles for this post includes testing all aspects of the product like the component or function, system, performance, regression, and service, thoroughly testing goods and systems to ensure its functions properly work and meets the business needs, providing feedback on usability and serviceability, tracing the result to quality risk and reporting it to concerned people, working with the development team to identify and capture test cases, ensuring version management, designing test plans, setting up test environments.
Employee Performance Goals Sample | |
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| Employee's Name: | Title: |
| Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ | Employee SSN: |
| Work Location: | Supervisor's Name: |
Instructions |
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Performance Goals for Next Period | |
Performance Goals | Employee Comments |
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| PROBLEM SOLVING: Learn to articulate or communicate in a proper manner that can be well understood by people. Get first to understand what the problem really is before starting to solve it. | [employee comments goal] |
| INSPIRING OTHERS: Look for people, environments, ideas, and knowledge that one finds inspiring and motivating and share it with others Avoid taking part in workplace drama or unnecessary gossip in order to become a positive influence to other employees | [employee comments goal] |
| NETWORKING: Learn the art of listening keenly and asking questions in order to build sincere, long-lasting relationships Ask the contacts one already has to refer other contacts in order to build and expand own network | [employee comments goal] |
| EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY: Treat everybody with honor irrespective of their status both juniors and seniors alike Respect other people's opinions to create an open communication channel | [employee comments goal] |
| FLEXIBILITY: Execute all tasks with the seriousness and professionalism they deserve to show your level of understanding Break down your targets into small achievable goals that can be worked on every day | [employee comments goal] |
| MONITORING OTHERS: Choose monitoring software to track employee's web usage and block sites that distract them when performing tasks or working on projects Send out emails to employees who constantly seem to be wasting time reminding them that they are on company time | [employee comments goal] |
| ROLE AWARENESS: Keep up to pace with the evolving technology in order to spot new ways that can streamline own duties Subscribe to newspapers and blogs that report on own company and the issues it faces | [employee comments goal] |
| SEEING POTENTIAL PROBLEMS: Do quality and proactive risk management throughout, and avoid immediate reaction to changes Try to imagine possible outcomes of a particular decision and potential problems that might ensue from it | [employee comments goal] |
| TECHNOLOGY TREND AWARENESS: Constantly use the internet to search for information easily and encourage others to do so Show more willingness to learn how to manage online confidentiality, privacy and security | [employee comments goal] |
| MECHANICAL SKILLS: Put extra effort to learn more math skills and apply them effectively when analyzing problems and designing solutions Always develop designs that meet safety requirements and legal guidelines | [employee comments goal] |
Summary |
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Sections 1-2: To be completed by the supervisor Section 3: To be completed by the employee |
1. Goals completed since last performance feedback |
2. Goals for next period |
3. Employee comments |
Signatures | |
| I acknowledge that I discussed this performance feedback with my supervisor. My signature does not mean that I agree or disagree with this appraisal. | |
| Employee: | Date: |
| Supervisor: | Date: |
| Human Resources: | Date: |