V&V Engineering Team Leader

MSA, The Safety Company • Cranberry Township, PA

20h

About The Position

MSA Safety’s Verification and Validation (V&V) engineering team is seeking a technically strong, inquisitive, and people‑focused Team Lead with a passion for product quality and continuous improvement. This role balances hands‑on technical leadership with people management, driving quality strategy, test automation, and process excellence across the development lifecycle. As a Verification & Validation Team Lead, you will guide a technical team of Fire Service V&V associates, while actively contributing to test strategy, system validation, and cross functional collaboration. You will play a key role in ensuring high‑quality, reliable solutions supporting life‑saving Fire Service products.

Requirements

• Leadership, organizational and influencing skills
• Attentive listener and confident decision maker
• Strong technical aptitude and relevant technical experience
• Familiarity with testing methodologies, and approaches
• Demonstrated passion for software/product quality
• Strong desire for learning and continuous improvement
• Strong communications skills, desire to work in a global, multi-cultural team
• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering related discipline from an ABET-accredited program
• Engineering Team Lead I – minimum 7 years of relevant engineering experience
• Engineering Team Lead II – minimum 8 years of relevant engineering experience
• Engineering Team Lead III – minimum 10 years of relevant engineering experience including a minimum of 2 years experience in direct staff management.
• MS degree in a relevant field of study may be substituted for up to 2 years of engineering experience.

Nice To Haves

• Formal or informal team or technical leadership
• Software development experience, ideally in an embedded or IoT environment
• Understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience with version control, issue tracking and CI/CD tools
• Previous testing experience
• Python development experience
• Familiarity with industry standard wired and wireless protocols
• Comfortable with software and hardware debugging tools (debuggers, oscilloscopes, network analyzers etc.)
• ISTQB or relevant quality/test focused certification is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of cross functional technical staff within the Verification and Validation organization
• Coach and mentor team members, providing technical guidance, process direction, and performance feedback
• Actively support associates’ development
• Empower the team, remove obstacles, and ensure deliverables are met on time and to quality expectations
• Maintain visibility into the state of all supported projects, providing transparent communication to stakeholders
• Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and engineering leaders to clarify requirements, identify risks, and report quality metrics
• Develop, review, and maintain test strategies and test plans for system‑level and component‑level coverage
• Coordinate quality activities across multiple development teams and technical domains
• Support improvements in test automation, tools, and development processes
• Leverage data and metrics to assess team performance and guide targeted improvements
• Depending on experience, may develop test automation solutions, software simulators, tools, and prototypes
• Participate in automated and manual software and product testing and debugging efforts as required
• Participate in the recruiting process

Benefits

• Opportunity to lead quality efforts on mission-critical, life-saving products
• Collaborative, engineering driven culture with a strong focus on quality
• A role with both technical depth and leadership responsibility
• Professional growth through mentoring, leadership development, and cross team engagement
• Empowerment to innovate, and be creative in meeting our goals efficiently
• Flexible environment with stability, providing challenging, innovative work while maintaining work/life balance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level