Job Description Summary

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Define and drive the overall Quality Assurance and Testing strategy across the GridBeats software portfolio covering embedded software backend/server applications and system integrations.
• Establish and continuously improve software quality processes testing methodologies and best practices across development teams.
• Define testing strategies across the full software development lifecycle including requirements validation unit testing integration testing system testing and release testing.
• Define guidelines and best practices for test case design test coverage traceability and test documentation across teams.
• Drive test automation strategy and ensure automated testing is integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Define release quality criteria quality gates and testing requirements for software releases.
• Establish and track software quality metrics such as defect leakage test coverage automation coverage release stability and field defect rates.
• Familiar with the use of code generation tool for quality assurance and testing automation purposes.
• Define and improve defect management processes root cause analysis processes and continuous improvement loops.
• Define strategies for system testing environments simulation environments and hardware-in-the-loop testing where required.
• Work with Software Architecture and Development teams to ensure systems are designed for testability reliability and maintainability.
• Ensure compliance with relevant quality standards cybersecurity requirements and software development processes.
• Lead the QA & Testing community across teams providing guidance training and coaching on quality engineering and testing best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement of software quality testing efficiency and release reliability across the organization.
• Own software release quality and software quality metrics across the GridBeats portfolio.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Software Engineering Computer Science Electrical/Electronics Engineering or another relevant technical discipline.
• Proven and strong experience in software development quality assurance testing or quality engineering with experience in a leadership or coordination role.
• Experience defining and implementing software quality processes testing strategies and testing methodologies across multiple teams or products.
• Strong understanding of software testing approaches including unit testing integration testing system testing and automated testing.
• Experience with test automation frameworks and integration of automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working with CI/CD and DevOps environments (e.g. Azure DevOps GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins or similar).
• Experience working in Agile or iterative development environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Experience testing distributed systems backend/server software APIs and embedded software systems is highly desirable.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity industrial software or safety-critical software environments is a plus.
• ISTQB or comparable software testing certification is an advantage.

Desired Characteristics

• Quality engineering mindset viewing quality as a shared responsibility across development testing operations and product teams.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills with the ability to guide teams in improving testing and quality practices.
• Ability to influence teams and stakeholders and drive adoption of quality processes and best practices.
• Structured and pragmatic mindset balancing process definition with delivery speed and engineering productivity.
• Data-driven approach to quality improvement using metrics defect analysis and continuous improvement practices.
• Ability to work in international and matrix organizations and collaborate across distributed teams.
• Strong communication skills and ability to explain quality and testing concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Continuous improvement mindset and interest in modern testing practices including automation observability and reliability engineering.

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