Experience in testing applications, hardware, deployed systems and sub system components.
Able to create test cases and test plan
Able to present summary of test reports and findings
Able to liaise with engineers/developers in fixing issues and bugs
Able to answer to queries from engineers/developers/users on any test issues
Able to help in creation of automated tests
Preferable to have experience in scripting 
Preferable to have experience in test tools (Jira, Coverity, LoadRunner, Parasoft, etc)