Sr. QA Engineer

Renesas Electronics•Los Angeles, CA

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior QA Engineer on the Duro Design team defines, builds, and scales quality systems so hardware engineers can rely on the platform. The role owns quality strategy across frontend interfaces and backend services, embedding confidence throughout software design, delivery, and operations. It partners closely with engineering, product, and DevOps in a fast-moving, autonomous environment and uses experimentation and AI-augmented workflows to strengthen quality. The position is hybrid, based in Los Angeles, California, with three days per week in the office. The salary range is $150,000 to $175,000 annually. The posting describes Duro’s engineering approach as using AI-powered development environments to organize work and accelerate delivery while maintaining high standards of craftsmanship. It also includes Renesas company information, including its purpose, culture, work model, equal opportunity statement, and export-control notice.

Requirements

At least 8 years of professional experience in software quality engineering or software engineering with strong ownership of quality systems.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Strong proficiency in TypeScript and modern testing frameworks such as Vitest, Jest, and Playwright.
Experience testing React frontends and GraphQL-based APIs.
Experience with PostgreSQL and validating data integrity across service layers.
Hands-on experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
Strong architectural thinking and ability to design scalable, maintainable quality systems.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Comfort working autonomously in a fast-paced environment.
A product mindset and ability to anticipate risk across the full feature lifecycle.

Nice To Haves

Experience building PLM, PDM, or hardware/manufacturing industry software.
Background in performance, load, or stress testing.
Experience with visual regression testing tools such as Percy, Chromatic, or BackstopJS.
Familiarity with contract testing such as Pact.
Experience defining release readiness criteria or quality SLAs.
Experience working in AI-augmented development environments.

Responsibilities

Define and evolve end-to-end quality strategy, including what to test, at which layer, and how coverage maps to user risk.
Design and maintain scalable test infrastructure across unit, integration, and end-to-end testing layers.
Partner early with product and engineering teams so features are designed to be testable and quality is embedded before production.
Validate React interfaces, GraphQL APIs, and PostgreSQL data integrity across service layers.
Architect and refine CI/CD test pipelines to balance speed, coverage, and deployment confidence.
Use PostHog session replays, feature flags, and analytics to detect regressions, identify edge cases, and surface risk.
Use AI-augmented development workflows to generate test scaffolding, explore edge cases, and improve velocity while maintaining rigorous standards.
Lead regression analysis and incident retrospectives, turning defects into systemic improvements.
Anticipate where quality risk will concentrate across the roadmap and design systems that enable teams to ship confidently.