Software Test Manager II

EnerSys Delaware Inc.•Burnaby, BC

15d

About The Position

EnerSys is an industrial technology leader providing mission critical stored energy solutions globally, focusing on energy efficiency, reliability, and sustainability. This position is within the EnerSys Energy Systems business, which serves the telecom, cable broadband, industrial, renewable, and data center markets with a portfolio combining stored energy expertise with power systems, enclosures, and renewable energy products. The Software Test Manager is a hands-on technical leader responsible for establishing and advancing testing competency across firmware, embedded software, backend services, and applications. This role blends deep technical contribution with ownership of test strategy, framework development, and light team leadership, playing a critical part in the competency-based engineering structure to ensure quality, reliability, and security are engineered consistently across products and platforms.

Requirements

Strong background in test automation, quality engineering, and test framework development.
Experience testing embedded and/or firmware systems.
Experience testing backend and API-based platforms.
Experience testing system-level and integration-heavy environments.
Ability to debug across hardware, embedded software, networks, and distributed systems.
Understanding of security testing principles.
Proficiency in CI/CD integration and automation tooling.
Proven ability to lead through technical excellence and hands-on contribution.
Experience mentoring engineers or influencing cross-functional teams.
Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate risk, quality, and system behavior.
8+ years of experience in software/firmware/embedded testing or quality engineering.
Prior role as Senior or Lead Test Engineer.
Demonstrated track record of building or significantly advancing test automation systems.

Nice To Haves

IEC 62443 familiarity

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain automated tests across the full system stack, including Unit, integration, system, and end-to-end tests, Hardware in the Loop (HIL) / Software in the Loop (SIL) setups, and Backend/API and application test automation.
Contribute directly to test code, automation frameworks, and shared libraries.
Troubleshoot complex system interactions across device ↔ embedded software ↔ backend ↔ applications.
Demonstrate engineering rigor and set the standard for test quality through your own contributions.
Own and continuously evolve a multi-layered test strategy grounded in system architecture, interface behaviors, risk assessment, failure modes, and cybersecurity requirements (including alignment with IEC 62443 practices).
Define automation scope and manual testing boundaries.
Ensure automated tests are meaningful, maintainable, and aligned with system risk.
Review and guide test designs and automation work contributed by others.
Partner closely with DevOps engineering to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
Improve test environment reliability, reproducibility, and scalability.
Embed security, configuration, and compliance checks in the pipeline.
Help define “done” criteria from a quality and reliability standpoint.
Reduce feedback cycles for developers through efficient test orchestration.
Provide mentorship and technical guidance to test engineers embedded within delivery teams.
Set coding, automation, and documentation standards for testing practices.
Support skill development in automation, systems thinking, and secure testing.
Coordinate testing priorities and workload across multiple product teams.
Provide clear, data-driven assessments of system quality, trends, and risks.
Identify systemic issues early and propose technical mitigation strategies.
Ensure stakeholders have reliable visibility into product readiness and quality metrics.
Support release decisions through evidence-based quality insights.