SUMMARY:

The IT QA Test Engineering Manager oversees the activity of the Quality Assurance department and staff. The role develops, implements, and maintains all test automation for the organization's products and/or development processes.

You must be eligible to work in the US without Visa Sponsorship.

JOB DUTIES

• Provides hands-on leadership to a team of test automation professionals responsible for the development and maintenance of all automated tests and test pipelines.
• Works with cross-departmental IT teams to deliver high quality products on schedule and within budget.
• Provides high-level input as to the direction of manual and automated testing, and develops prioritized action test plans for Motion applications.
• Participates in interviews, hiring, training and performance evaluation of all QA Analysts.
• Gathers and presents test automation metrics and testing activities to key stakeholders.
• Utilizes objective measures to identify improvement opportunities in test processes, team and tester efficiencies, and quality of deliverables.
• Works with Application Development managers and developers, product owners, and business owners to understand system logic and application behavior.
• Reviews Agile stories and acceptance criteria to ensure they are clearly defined and testable. Keeps abreast of emerging technology and trends.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree and at least five (5) years of experience in IT. Master's degree is a plus.
• Three (3) or more years of proven experience leading a team of SDETs / Test Automation Engineers
• Three (3) or more years of demonstrated ability using Selenium, webdriver.io, Postman, JaxRS, Appium, Cucumber, Cypress, or other test automation tools and frameworks.
• Five (5) or more years of demonstrated ability writing code in Java and/or JavaScript

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Good verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, work environment.
• Experience with multiple SDLC methodologies (waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Hybrid Agile, etc)
• Knowledge of modern test methodologies and drive to learn.
• Demonstrated success as a team lead or in a prior IT management role.
• Excellent knowledge of risk management, risk identification and risk-based testing.
• Proficiency with VersionOne is desirable Proficiency with VersionOne is desirable
• Ability to triage problems, prioritize accordingly, and propose a resolution
• Strong leadership skills; able to empower and mentor engineers with different levels of experience
• Working knowledge of test automation tools and processes a plus.
• Detail oriented, analytical, and creative problem solver with passion for quality processes
• Excellent multi-functional communication and influencing skills
• Solid contributions as an Individual contributor while also managing people

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS:

ISTQB Certification Foundation Level (CTFL) certification preferred

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY:

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Motion Industries offers an excellent benefits package which includes options for healthcare coverage, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, vacation, sick, and holiday pay.

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