Validation Lead Engineer
About The Position
In this position, you will be responsible for strategic planning and execution oversight, including defining and updating priorities and roadmaps aligned with Program Increments, overseeing test design progress, leading review sessions, driving critical defect follow-up, reporting, and resolution, and tracking overall execution status. You will also be involved in data collection, analysis, and insight generation by gathering critical project data, analyzing performance through KPIs, and generating insightful reports and dashboards to inform planning, track progress, and highlight defect trends. Stakeholder collaboration and communication are key, involving engagement with cross-functional teams and stakeholders for alignment on plans, disseminating information (including defect status), and addressing needs effectively. You will be utilizing key tools and methodologies such as Jira, TestRail, Confluence, data analysis tools (SQL, Python, BI platforms), and Agile/Scrum practices to facilitate planning, execution, and defect management.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related technical field
- 3-5+ years of experience in test management, quality assurance or a related technical role
- Proficiency with Jira, TestRail and Confluence for test tracking and documentation
- Experience building dashboards using Power BI, Qlik or similar BI platforms
- Strong working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies, particularly Program Increment (PI) planning
- Demonstrated ability to manage defect tracking and triage processes
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience presenting to cross-functional and leadership audiences
- Strong analytical skills with experience generating KPI reports and data quality assessments
Nice To Haves
- Experience creating roadmap visualizations (e.g., Gantt charts) and project documentation in compliance with organizational standards (e.g., GPDS)
- Hands-on experience with SQL and Python for data extraction, transformation and automation
Responsibilities
- Defining and updating priorities and roadmaps aligned with Program Increments
- Overseeing test design progress
- Leading review sessions
- Driving critical defect follow-up, reporting, and resolution
- Tracking overall execution status
- Gathering critical project data
- Analyzing performance through KPIs
- Generating insightful reports and dashboards to inform planning, track progress, and highlight defect trends
- Engaging with cross-functional teams and stakeholders for alignment on plans
- Disseminating information (including defect status)
- Addressing stakeholder needs effectively
- Utilizing Jira, TestRail, Confluence, data analysis tools (SQL, Python, BI platforms), and Agile/Scrum practices
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days
- Paid parental leave
- New parent ramp-up programs
- Subsidized back-up child care
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- Fertility treatments
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members
- Management leases
- Tuition assistance
- Established and active employee resource groups
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
- Paid time off
- The option to purchase additional vacation time
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
