Manager I, Software QA

Kulicke & Soffa • Fort Washington, PA

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About The Position

This position is for a Technical Test Manager who will lead and mature the enterprise testing strategy across all business units. The goal is to develop a scalable, future-ready quality engineering approach that strengthens reliability, accelerates delivery, and ensures consistency across teams and products, with a particular focus on C++ and embedded-system environments.

Requirements

• Strong experience building testing strategies for complex systems including C++ and embedded software.
• Proven leadership of Test Engineering or QE/SDET teams across multiple product areas.
• Ability to define testing frameworks and quality approaches without tying the org to specific tools.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD concepts, quality gates, and automation fundamentals.
• Excellent communication and influence across teams and senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated traits: hungry, humble, and smart.

Nice To Haves

• Experience testing embedded systems including real-time or resource-constrained environments.
• Familiarity with C++ static analysis and memory-safety tooling.
• Exposure to AI-augmented testing or analytics-driven quality insights.
• Experience with long-run reliability or system-level validation.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise-wide testing strategy and roadmap.
• Establish a test architecture covering unit, integration, system, e2e, performance, and reliability testing.
• Drive consistent use of modern testing practices such as the Test Pyramid.
• Provide leadership across business units to elevate quality culture and engineering excellence.
• Guide automation principles and tooling direction without prescribing specific frameworks.
• Oversee CI/CD quality gates and ensure reliable, actionable test integration.
• Identify opportunities to introduce AI for test generation, prioritization, and failure analysis.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Software, DevOps, Architecture, and Product teams.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed