Lead SIT Engineer

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Position Summary

The Lead SIT Engineer is a purely technical role with no people management responsibilities. This position combines deep hands-on testing with technical leadership personally designing and executing integration tests writing API-level test cases and driving root-cause analysis while also setting the technical direction for the SIT team mentoring peers and coordinating with Development and Product Management to keep quality gates on track. The ideal candidate thrives in a role where they are both an individual contributor and a technical anchor for the team.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Mentoring

• Serve as the technical lead for the SIT team; set quality standards and review test work product.
• Mentor and provide hands-on guidance to fellow SIT Engineers on testing techniques tools and best practices.
• Act as the go-to technical resource for testing blockers complex defect analysis and environment issues.

Test Strategy & Planning

• Own and maintain the overall integration test strategy test plans and traceability matrices across all active R&D programs.
• Define test scope entry/exit criteria and risk-based coverage priorities for each release.
• Drive continuous improvement in test processes tooling and coverage metrics.
• Review requirements and design documents early in the SDLC to identify testability gaps.

Cross-Team Coordination

• Act as the integration testing liaison between Systems Engineering Software Development and Product Management.
• Coordinate test scheduling environment readiness and release sign-off across teams.
• Communicate test status defect trends and quality risks clearly to all levels of the organization.
• Participate in sprint planning stand-ups and retrospectives as the QE voice.

Hands-On Test Execution

• Design develop and execute system integration test cases for gaming server products and electronic gaming platforms.
• Perform API-level (whitebox) testing across system components; maintain automated regression suites.
• Identify root causes of defects; produce detailed bug reports with reproduction steps for Engineering.
• Maintain SQL Server queries and scripts for data validation and test result analysis.

Experience and Education

• Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering Software Engineering Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
• 10 years of total software testing experience including 4 years in a lead test engineer role.
• Proven experience testing electronic gaming systems (slot machines gaming servers or equivalent).
• Experience testing gaming system components such as POS terminals kiosks and back-end server applications is highly desired.
• Strong SQL Server skills query writing scripting and database validation.
• Experience with Microsoft Windows environments and Windows-based application testing.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; comfortable presenting quality metrics to leadership.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a systematic approach to root-cause analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Whitebox / API-level testing methodology; REST and WebSocket API test design.
• Test automation experience using PowerShell or equivalent frameworks on Windows.
• Microsoft SQL Server administration experience is a plus but not required.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (TeamCity Bitbucket).
• Proficiency with Atlassian suite: Jira for defect tracking Confluence for documentation.
• Visual Studio debugging and source-level diagnostic experience.
• Computer networking fundamentals (TCP/IP routing network diagnostics).
• Experience with C# .NET or REST API development useful for understanding system behavior under test.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is low.
• May be required to sit for long and/or extended periods of time.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At Arrow International we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all individuals are valued and respected. We believe that embracing our differences makes us stronger more innovative and better positioned to serve our communities. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strive to create an environment where everyone feels welcome supported and empowered to succeed.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Arrow International is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit hire train and promote individuals in all job titles without regard to race color ancestry national origin gender identity or expression sexual orientation marital status religion age results of genetic testing

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