Responsibilities:

• Establish an in-house team of quality assurance as the leading manager
• Lead, mentor, and manage the quality assurance team and foster their professional growth
• Develop, implement, and manage quality assurance protocols and strategies to ensure quality meets defined standards
• Oversee the design, creation, and review process of test cases and ensure they are comprehensive and align with product specifications
• Collaborate closely with product development teams to understand and review product specifications and requirements, ensuring QA processes are aligned with objectives
• Establish and maintain communication channels between relevant internal and external stakeholders such as vehicle hardware teams and tier-1 suppliers
• Thoroughly plan vehicle/hardware tests in coordination with external QA teams to ensure efficient and productive testing sessions
• Report directly to the senior management on quality assurance metrics, progress, and team performance
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements
• Manage the QA team’s test plans and travel to on-site testing at facilities in Japan, Ohio, and Los Angeles.
• Drive continuous improvement in QA processes and tooling

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in Quality Assurance
• 3+ years in a QA management role
• Deep understanding of SDLC
• Proven track record, hiring, leading QA teams, and managing comprehensive testing strategies for both software and hardware
• Strong leadership and excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Proficiency with testing for mobile applications on Android and iOS
• Able to understand and analyze technical documentation
• Able to understand API specifications and configure standard tooling (Postman, etc) to test against them
• Experience planning and developing test strategies to meet project targets.
• Experience standardizing and improving QA processes

Nice to Have:

• Proficiency with testing Controller Area Network (CAN), LIN and Ethernet
• Experience with embedded systems testing
• Certifications such as ISTQB or equivalent certificate
• Agile experience
• Bluetooth testing experience