Test Automation Lead
We are looking for a Test Automation Lead to build and lead our Test Automation team. This critical role will guide the creation and maintenance of our automated testing frameworks, ensure top-notch software quality, and drive continuous improvement in our development processes.
Your responsibilities
As the Test Automation Lead, you will:
- Recruit, build, and lead a talented team of test automation engineers focused on enhancing the R&D efficiency at Rightware.
- Maintain and improve our existing automated test frameworks and tests, mostly built using C# with MSTEST, to support continuous testing of Kanzi Studio.
- Develop and implement new, efficient, and stable test frameworks to elevate our quality standards.
- Oversee and contribute to manual testing efforts to ensure timely releases, while planning and leading the transition to fully automated release processes in the future.
- Coordinate closely with cross-functional R&D teams, aligning testing strategies with development goals, product requirements and process standards such as ISO/IEC 15504 or ASPICE.
- Mentor and grow the skills of your team, fostering a collaborative and innovation-driven culture.
Is this you?
You are an experienced QA leader with a passion for test automation and quality assurance. You excel at creating robust testing solutions and building high-performing teams. You are not just technically skilled but also great at communicating, both within your team and across departments.
You have:
- Proven experience in leading QA and Test Automation teams.
- Strong knowledge and hands-on experience with test frameworks and tools such as MSTEST, Jenkins, msbuild, gradle, C#, C++, Python, Robot, git, and groovy.
- Expertise in maintaining and evolving complex test frameworks and infrastructure.
- Ability to work closely with development teams, driving both automated and manual testing efforts to completion.
- Familiarity with virtual environments such as VMWare or AWS EC2.
- Excellent English language and teamwork skills.
We also appreciate:
- Experience in developing and scaling automation strategies.
- Experience with continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
- A strategic mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Experience in automating release processes and eliminating manual testing steps.
- Experience in testing desktop applications, particularly WPF applications with a C++ backend.
- Experience in working in organizations compliant with ISO/IEC 15504 or ASPICE.
If this opportunity excites you, we'd love to hear from you! Send us your CV, and let’s have a chat!