Role Description

This role is a working lead responsible for the end-to-end quality assurance of software and firmware ecosystems. This role balances high-level team leadership and sprint management with hands-on execution of manual testing, test administration, and process optimization. By actively participating in the testing lifecycle and streamlining cross-functional workflows, this role ensures all releases meet rigorous reliability standards while accelerating time-to-market.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Management (25%): Leadership focuses on recruitment, orientation, and technical mentorship to increase team effectiveness. Responsibilities include monitoring project results, building morale, and ensuring products conform to Quality Objectives and documentation standards.

• Reporting and Documentation (20%): This function involves collecting testing requirements, developing user stories, and maintaining detailed status reports during regression cycles. Standardized templates and system change logs are managed to ensure documentation remains up to date and compliant.

• Analysis and Planning (15%): Design and execution of software testing plans are required based on specific product requirements. Participation in early development cycles ensures testability feedback is integrated into test designs and scenarios for software and firmware components.

• Project Planning and Capacity Management (10%): Accurate estimation of testing cycles informs capacity planning and project timelines. Proactive identification of risks or blockers is managed through JIRA to ensure tasks are prioritized and completed on schedule.

• Software Testing and Programming (10%): Oversight of the complete test cycle ensures work is benchmarked and fulfills functional requirements before deployment. Continuous evaluation of methodologies enhances integration and compatibility testing across various mobile platforms and browsers.

• Quality Management and Compliance (10%): Adherence to QMS frameworks for CE certification and existing application upkeep is mandatory. Testing must be completed according to specifications to ensure products are developed accurately and efficiently.

• Team Work (10%): Collaboration involves overseeing peer reviews of solution designs and communicating with stakeholders to solve problems. Personal ownership of projects is expected to contribute to successful delivery and the adoption of best practices.

Role Requirements

Relevant Years of Experience:

• 7+ years working experience.

• 3+ years of managing a team.

Required Qualifications:

• Essential Qualification or certification in software testing.

• Desirable Diploma/Degree in Software Related Area.

Required Nature of Experience:

• Team culture, coaching and development.

• Project management.

• Project implementation management.

• Hands on software testing having tested on multiple platforms, hardware integration, web and mobile based systems.

• Documentation experience in planning, coordinating, and reporting on test activities.

• Using testing methodologies and techniques.

• Familiarity with cross-functional teams and multi-departmental projects.

• Coding experience in any language, but preferably HTML, JavaScript, Kotlin or Swift.

• Selenium/Appium, Cypress, Zephyr, Browserstack, Test Project, Postman and JIRA experience would be advantageous.

• Testing in an Agile environment - where Agile is the development methodology.

Skills and Knowledge (Essential):

• Automated Test Tools and Platforms.

• Software development life cycle (SDLC) and the software test life cycle (STLC).

• Good understanding of mobile platforms (Android and iOS) and responsive web testing.

• Ability to design, document, and execute test cases based on requirements and user stories.

• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to quality.

• Basic understanding of databases and SQL.

• Common software failures and faults.

• JIRA agile processes.

• Effective communication skills to liaise with developers, product owners, and cross-functional teams.

• Smoke-, Functional-, Post deployment Testing.

• Automation of Testing Processes.

• Creating Test Cases.