Lead Quality Assurance – Test Automation - APIs, Robotics & Industrial Systems

<strong>Job Requirements </strong><br><p>At Quest Global, it’s not just what we do but how and why we do it that makes us different. With over 25 years as an engineering services provider, we believe in the power of doing things differently to make the impossible possible. Our people are driven by the desire to make the world a better place—to make a positive difference that contributes to a brighter future. We bring together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals who are empowered by an intentional workplace culture, to solve problems better and faster.</p><p><span style="color:#79c0ff;"><strong>## Role purpose</strong></span></p><p><br> </p><p><span style="color:#bbbebf;">The Lead QA will own the quality strategy and verification approach for the Next Generation Platform. The role leads risk-based testing across software services, robotic controls, PLC integration, Edge/HMI, data acquisition, deployment pipelines, and end-to-end warehouse workflows, ensuring releases are fit for pilot and production use.</span></p><p><br> </p><p><span style="color:#79c0ff;"><strong>## Key responsibilities</strong></span></p><p><br> </p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Define and maintain the program quality strategy, test architecture, quality gates, traceability model, and release-acceptance criteria.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Lead QA planning across unit, component, contract, API, integration, system, end-to-end, regression, performance, resilience, security, usability, and upgrade testing.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Establish automation frameworks and reusable test assets for Java/Spring Boot services, APIs, web HMI, data flows, and deployment validation.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Design simulation, emulation, hardware-in-the-loop, and test-environment approaches for PLCs, robot controllers, material flow, and equipment-dependent scenarios.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Validate robotic transport execution, controls integration, fault recovery, operational workflows, and safety-related interfaces in collaboration with controls and safety specialists.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Build coverage for modernization risks such as behavioral compatibility, data migration, service extraction, API versioning, and mixed legacy/new deployments.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Partner with Product and Engineering to make requirements testable and define clear acceptance criteria early.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Manage defect triage, root-cause analysis, escape analysis, quality reporting, and corrective/preventive actions.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Lead readiness assessments for pilots, product-line rollouts, customer deployments, and release stabilization.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Integrate automated tests and evidence into CI/CD pipelines with the DevSecOps Lead.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Mentor QA engineers and promote shared quality ownership across development teams.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Ensure test evidence and documentation meet applicable organizational, customer, security, and safety expectations.</span></p><p><br> </p><p><span style="color:#79c0ff;"><strong>## Required experience and capabilities</strong></span></p><p><br> </p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Minimum 8 years of software quality-engineering experience, including at least 2 years leading QA for complex integrated products or platforms.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Strong experience designing test strategies and automation for APIs, distributed services, UI applications, and data integrations.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Proficiency with modern automated testing practices and CI/CD integration; ability to guide framework selection and write/review test code.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Experience with performance, resilience, failure-recovery, and non-functional testing for operationally critical systems.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Strong defect analysis, risk assessment, reporting, and stakeholder communication skills.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Experience testing warehouse automation, robotics, PLC/control systems, embedded/Edge products, or other cyber-physical systems is highly desirable.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Understanding of Java/Spring Boot architectures, service contracts, databases, messaging, observability, and secure-development practices.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Ability to coordinate test teams, environments, equipment, and dependencies across multiple workstreams and releases.</span></p><p><br> </p><p><span style="color:#79c0ff;"><strong>## Core technical skills</strong></span></p><p><br> </p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Test strategy, risk-based testing, quality gates, and release-readiness assessment</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> API, UI, integration, system, end-to-end, regression, and data-validation testing</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Test automation for Java/Spring Boot services, REST APIs, and web applications</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Performance, resilience, recovery, security, and compatibility testing</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> CI/CD test integration, automated reporting, traceability, and defect analytics</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Service virtualization, simulation, emulation, and hardware-in-the-loop testing</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Robotics, PLC/control systems, Edge/HMI, warehouse workflows, and industrial integration concepts</span></p><p><br> </p><p><span style="color:#79c0ff;"><strong>## Success measures</strong></span></p><p><br> </p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Release decisions supported by objective quality evidence and transparent residual risk.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> High automated regression coverage with reliable execution in delivery pipelines.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Reduced escaped defects and faster detection and diagnosis of integration failures.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Production-representative validation of equipment, controls, platform, HMI, and data workflows.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Predictable pilot and rollout quality with effective stabilization and learning loops.</span></p><p><br> </p><p><span style="color:#79c0ff;"><strong>## Preferred qualifications</strong></span></p><p><br> </p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Automation, or a related discipline.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Relevant testing certification or equivalent practical experience.</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffa657;">-</span><span style="color:#bbbebf;"> Familiarity with functional-safety validation boundaries; formal safety sign-off remains with appropriately qualified safety personnel.</span></p><p><br> </p><p> </p><p>We are known for our extraordinary people who make the impossible possible every day. Questians are driven by hunger, humility, and aspiration. We believe that our company culture is the key to our ability to make a true difference in every industry we reach. Our teams regularly invest time and dedicated effort into internal culture work, ensuring that all voices are heard.</p><p> </p><p>We wholeheartedly believe in the diversity of thought that comes with fostering a culture rooted in respect, where everyone belongs, is valued, and feels inspired to share their ideas. We know embracing our unique differences makes us better, and that solving the worlds hardest engineering problems requires diverse ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds. We shine the brightest when we tap into the many dimensions that thrive across over 21,000 difference-makers in our workplace.</p><br><br>