Full-Time

QA Lead

STEM Xpert

STEM Xpert

11-50 employees

STEM consulting and product development services

No salary listed

Eagan, MN, USA

In Person

Bachelor's, Master's

Category
QA & Testing
Required Skills
Software Testing
Quality Assurance (QA)

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Requirements
  • At least 7 years of formal Quality Assurance experience.
  • At least 10 years of formal leadership or management experience.
  • Extensive experience implementing Quality Assurance standards, procedures, and controls.
  • A diverse Information Technology and technical background is preferred.
  • A Bachelor's or Master's degree is required.
Responsibilities
  • Prepare and implement the Quality Assurance strategy for the program or project.
  • Identify the Quality Assurance resources needed for the program or project.
  • Provide Quality Assurance work estimates and Quality Assurance-specific resource requirements.
  • Provide guidance and best practices for testing.
  • Provide testing resources with training and mentoring on testing processes, test standards, and testing tools, including Quality Center, Business Process Test, QuickTest Professional, Eggplant, Service Test, Performance Center, and WebInspect.
  • Collaborate with experienced Performance Test Engineers on performance-testing consulting and support, ensuring at least six weeks of lead time before performance-test execution.
  • Collaborate with experienced Automated Testing Engineers on test-automation consulting, scripting, and support.
  • Collaborate with experienced Security Test Engineers on software-security testing consulting and support.
  • Set up projects in Quality Center and ensure standard workflows are implemented.
  • Analyze test-data requirements and collaborate with the Test Data Support team to create test data when needed.
  • Review requirements for testability, ambiguity, and redundancy.
  • Ensure traceability matrices are available.
  • Communicate testing progress and status.
  • Identify testing risks and provide a risk-mitigation plan.
  • Determine a risk-based test strategy and seek approval for its implementation.
  • Coordinate testing efforts for projects involving multiple applications or portfolios.
  • Coordinate and facilitate defect-triage meetings.
  • Provide testing metrics.
  • Escalate Quality Assurance issues to the project or program manager.
  • Act as the Quality Center project administrator.
  • Ensure a smooth transition from the project to business as usual is conducted.
Desired Qualifications
  • A diverse Information Technology and technical background.

STEM Xpert provides consulting services in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, helping clients with end-to-end product work such as design, development, testing and implementation. It also offers STEM-related guidance and expertise to inform strategic decisions. In addition, STEM Xpert supplies talent on a contract-to-hire, contract-to-contract, or full-time basis, matching skilled professionals to client needs. The company’s services cover both product creation and staffing, allowing clients to design and build products and to source qualified personnel when needed. Compared with competitors, STEM Xpert combines hands-on product engineering support with flexible staffing options specifically in STEM fields, enabling faster product realization and workforce scalability. The company’s goal is to help clients bring STEM products to market efficiently by delivering technical expertise and adaptable talent solutions.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Founded

2012

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • August 2026 site updates show active services pages and current technical capability marketing.
  • SmartRecruiters and Built In posted fresh 2026 openings across enterprise and infrastructure specialties.
  • Ann Arbor headquarters and federal-state positioning support recruiting beyond one local market.

What critics are saying

  • Public identity splits between STEM Xpert and VerisFederal, confusing candidates and clients.
  • August 2026 job boards still list contract-heavy roles, exposing revenue to project churn.
  • No visible funding, leadership, or customer disclosure in 2026 limits credibility against larger consultancies.

What makes STEM Xpert unique

  • August 2026 website shows deep engineering breadth: aerospace, automotive, embedded, manufacturing.
  • VerisFederal LinkedIn says STEM Xpert serves cloud, SAP HANA, Snowflake, federal clients.
  • Founded 2012, Ann Arbor HQ, and multiple contract roles signal staffing plus delivery depth.

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