Sr Quality Assurance Engineer

ForeFlight•Austin, TX

35d•$124,000 - $152,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Jeppesen ForeFlight is seeking a dedicated Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to join our test engineering team. Collaborating with cross-functional teams of developers, designers, and product owners, you will be responsible for the creation and implementation of comprehensive manual and automated testing protocols for our EFB mobile iOS Application - FliteDeck Pro. Your contributions will safeguard the dependability and safety of the essential tools relied upon daily by aviation professionals. This is a hybrid position based in Austin, TX, requiring onsite presence at our Austin office 2–3 times per quarter. Fully remote work arrangements may be considered for highly qualified candidates.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in software quality assurance, test engineering, or a related discipline, including experience testing complex, multi-platform systems
Demonstrated ownership of test strategy and architecture for a product area, not just execution of existing test plans
Strong track record working across iOS/iPadOS/macOS environments in production-grade software
Experience with test management tools such as AIO Tests, JIRA , Charles Proxy, GitHub, VSCode, Terminal
Leveraging AI tools such as Claude / Codex to create test designs
Experience mentoring or providing technical leadership to other QA/test engineers
Proven ability to partner directly with engineering leadership and product managers to define quality standards, risk tolerance, and release readiness criteria
Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, with sound judgment on prioritizing test coverage under time and resource constraints
Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, including shaping test processes at the team or org level
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to represent quality risk and status to senior stakeholders
Self-driven, able to operate with significant autonomy while aligning with broader engineering and product goals

Nice To Haves

Experience defining test strategy and quality standards across multiple teams or a full product line, not just a single feature area
Aviation domain knowledge or experience testing safety-critical, certified, or highly regulated software (e.g., DO-178B/DO-200B environments)
Experience with programming/scripting ability (e.g. Swift, Python, bash scripts)
Experience testing across distributed, cross-site engineering teams, including establishing shared quality standards across locations
Experience influencing engineering culture around quality, such as introducing new testing practices, tooling, or shift-left quality initiatives
Prior experience in a QA lead, staff, or principal-level capacity
Familiarity with automated test frameworks (e.g., XCUITest or similar)
Pilot or aviation enthusiast

Responsibilities

Own test strategy and test architecture for a product area, driving decisions on coverage, risk, and release readiness
Design and write manual test plans and execute test cases, and support automated testing for new features and regression coverage across our product suite
Collaborate with developers and product managers throughout the SDLC to understand requirements, identify edge cases, and define acceptance criteria
Identify, document, and track defects clearly and thoroughly, working with engineering to drive issues to resolution
Perform functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing across iOS/iPad OS and macOS
Analyze test results and provide clear, data-driven quality assessments to stakeholders and leadership
Partner with cross-site engineering teams (including our Gdansk, Poland team) to ensure consistent test coverage and quality standards across the organization
Continuously evaluate and improve test processes, tooling, and best practices to raise the bar on product quality
Create well written documentation and share product workflows through knowledge training and brainstorming sessions