Job Title: QA Manager / Software Quality Manager – Cimatron

Req:  R0093732

No. of Vacancies: 1 position  

Location: Pune  

Full-time/Part-time: Full-time  

Company Overview: 

Intelligent Manufacturing is on an exciting growth journey, building the new digital era of manufacturing. Our digital manufacturing solutions automate and connect the component manufacturing value chain – from design and planning to preparation, production and verification. Our objective is to make the shift towards efficient and sustainable manufacturing. As the market leader in CAM and metrology software with over 400,000 software licenses and global footprint, we have a unique foundation to build on. Please read more about us here.

Cimatron develops and distributes CAD/CAM software for the manufacturing industry. Cimatron caters to all manufacturing sectors, offering specialized solutions for mold and die makers, as well as solutions for 2.5-5-Axis production milling and turning. Ranked among the top six CAD/CAM suppliers in every global region, Cimatron has subsidiaries in Asia, North America and Europe, and works with certified independent service providers in over 40 countries worldwide. Cimatron service providers offer responsive and effective sales and technical support, helping businesses use Cimatron software to maximize their potential. Cimatron's full solutions use the most advanced technology available to speed up productivity and shorten delivery times. Designed and developed by manufacturers and toolmakers with a wealth of experience on the shop floor, both of Cimatron's product lines are easy to learn and intuitive for the manufacturing professionals who use them.

Location: Pune, India

Position Overview:

The QA Manager / Software Quality Manager leads the quality strategy, governance, and execution for Cimatron’s software portfolio, ensuring robust releases, scalable testing practices, and strong alignment with customer usage and business priorities. The role combines people leadership, modern quality engineering, process discipline, and close collaboration with Product, R&D, Support, and customers to continuously improve product quality and release confidence.

Management line and team: Reports to the Global Product Director and works closely with global Product Management and Development teams across geographies.

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities

1 - Lead and develop the QA organization

• Lead and develop the QA team, ensuring the right structure, capabilities, role clarity, and performance management to support business growth.
• Build a strong quality culture through coaching, mentoring, and capability development.
• Create a collaborative and accountable organization that combines innovation, operational discipline, and customer focus to improve release confidence and product resilience.

2 - Define and implement the QA strategy

• Define and evolve a modern QA strategy combining manual, automated, risk-based, and data-driven testing.
• Ensure alignment between quality priorities, product roadmap, release objectives, and customer expectations.
• Drive scalable test automation across UI, API, integration, and regression layers, with strong CI/CD integration.
• Leverage AI and data where it is relevant to improve test design, defect analysis, risk prediction, and quality insights.
• Apply AI as an enabler within a broader quality system, ensuring that engineering judgment, structured processes, and real customer usage remain central to quality decisions.

3 - Partner with key stakeholders to continuously improve quality

• Work closely with Product, R&D, DevOps, Support, and technical experts to embed quality early and improve testability.
• Act as a strategic partner to engineering by contributing to planning, refinement, release readiness, and post-release reviews.
• Maintain a strong feedback loop with customers, support teams, and field experts to align testing priorities with real usage and critical workflows.
• Use customer-reported issues, usage patterns, benchmark scenarios, and workflow pain points to continuously refine quality priorities and risk assessments.

4 - Ensure release quality and process discipline

• Own release quality governance and provide clear recommendations based on evidence, risk, and customer impact.
• Establish effective quality processes, standards, traceability, and defect management discipline across the lifecycle.
• Support release quality through clear gates, measurable KPIs, defect prevention actions, and continuous improvement mechanisms.
• Improve product resilience by identifying recurring quality patterns, reducing escaped defects, and driving sustainable root-cause solutions.

Education / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Master’s degree is a plus.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in software testing.
• 3+ years in leadership roles.

Key Deliverables & KPIs

Key Deliverables

• A clear and scalable QA strategy aligned with product and business priorities.
• Improved release readiness and quality governance across major releases.
• Broader and more maintainable test automation coverage across critical workflows.
• Reduced defect leakage and stronger root-cause prevention mechanisms.
• A stronger connection between QA priorities, technical decisions, and customer feedback.
• A capable, engaged, and continuously developing QA team.

Illustrative KPIs

• Defect leakage rate and number of escaped defects in production.
• Automation coverage for critical workflows and regression scope.
• Release stability indicators, including post-release issue volume and severity.
• Test cycle efficiency and predictability of QA execution.
• Customer-reported quality issues and time to containment or resolution.
• Team capability development, engagement, and key-role readiness.

Required Skills & Experience

• Domain and business understanding
• Strong hands-on QA experience in CAD/CAM software, ideally with exposure to tooling, manufacturing workflows, and mold & die environments.
• Good understanding of customer workflows, business-critical use cases, and quality expectations in complex engineering software environments.
• Technical and quality engineering expertise
• Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle, QA methodologies, test strategy, and release governance.
• Experience with test automation frameworks, continuous testing, CI/CD environments, and automation-first quality practices.
• Experience with tools such as Selenium, TestComplete, or equivalent technologies, and the ability to scale maintainable automation approaches.
• Innovation and continuous improvement
• Exposure to AI-enabled testing tools or quality analytics approaches, with the ability to apply innovation pragmatically.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to identify trends, root causes, and improvement opportunities through data.
• Leadership and collaboration
• Proven experience leading QA teams, developing talent, and driving accountability, collaboration, and performance in a global environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Travel: around 10-15% of the FTE - Willingness to travel for occasional travel for customer visits, product workshops, user conferences, and team alignment activities.

How to apply:

You may upload your updated profile in Workday against the JR R0093732 through your login, no later than 9th July 2026

Or

Please send your application by registering on our site www.sandvik.com/career and uploading your CV against the JR R0093732 before 9th July 2026

Our recruitment process is open and fair – we welcome all applicants and evaluate every unique application in line with the specified requirements profile, to find the best match for the position. To learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our career site.