The Engineering Manager will be responsible for leading and maturing the Quality Assurance team while gaining understanding of existing and new products’ features to assist in development and maintenance of test environments, test procedures, and test executions. Work with an experienced and capable technical team conceiving, creating, and testing the next generation of irrigation devices and connected systems. If you have quality engineering leadership experience and an enthusiasm for continuous improvement and delivering superb products to the customer, this Engineering Manager opportunity may be for you!
Responsibilities Drive high value to the business by ensuring QA strategy and activity aligns with business goals, by developing the QA organization and process in high collaboration with product and platform teams.Manage and lead a cross-organizational distributed team including internal and external resources in multiple time zones.Support agile teams including platform teams who are continuously deliveringSupport agile device new product development teams with waterfall style production release criteriaSupport sustaining and quality improvement activities to maintain product quality and deliveryGain a deep understanding of workflows, bottlenecks and efficiency of the entire QA organizationWork within a budget to streamline and improve the capability and effectiveness of the QA organizationLeverage automation across product and platform testing in collaboration with the Automation Test LeadDevelop a QA roadmap and collaborate with stakeholders to create a ‘north star’ + implementation strategySupport collaboration between the automation teams and development teams to ensure that testability features are tracked and prioritized appropriately. Develop mini business cases where necessary.Lead multiple quality projects simultaneouslyRepresent quality team in project and platform core team meetings and report consolidated status of QAPlan, co-ordinate and develop manual and automated system test labsEnsure test results are tracked and maintainedPlan personnel and hardware/tool resource needs for testing projectsPlan and oversee availability of test hardware at right locations for testingCollaborate with vendor teams to design, develop and maintain test environmentsManage and co-ordinate overall QA and project QA budgetsManage external vendor budgets, oversee time management and ensure timely payment for vendorsSupport ISO-9001 audits by maintaining excellent project records and documentationProvide recommendations for QA toolchains and develop a business case for new toolsCollaborate with development teams and DEVOPs teams to develop and improve cross-tool coverage, results and traceability for project and platform teamsContribute to internal product and platform development process improvement QualificationsMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
BS in Electrical, Electronic, Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical degree or equivalent extensive experience10+ or more years of experience in a complex product driven engineering development environment7+ years’ experience managing software and device test and quality assurance activitiesExperience delivering high quality products to customers by adhering to continuous improvement practicesautomation scripts7+ years’ experience in mentoring, leading and managing quality teams5+ years’ experience in delivering high-quality, high-volume products to the market as a quality leadExperience managing distributed, remote and offshore teams.Exposure to firmware, hardware, schematics and related testing practicesExperience in the development of test plans, test procedures and application testingExperience with test asset management and bug tracking tools, such as Zephyr and JiraExperience with organizing and managing system test labsExcellent understanding of Agile development and test methodologiesExperience leading QA activities in a full-stack environment including cloud components,
DESIRED Qualifications:
MBAExperience with Zephyr Scale or Zephyr EnterpriseExperience developing code coverage improvements leveraging deep inspection code coverage toolchainsPython programming fluencyExperience leveraging AI to create efficiencies within manual and automated testingSalary range for candidates based in California: $236,000 - $354,000
Salary range for candidates based in Colorado or New York- New York City: $221,000 - $331,00
Salary ranges include base salary and annual incentive bonus if applicable.
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
Rain Bird is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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