QA Lead
Energy Robotics
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Darmstadt • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Senior
Tech Stack
CloudCypressDistributed SystemsJenkinsJMeterLinuxPythonSelenium
About the role
- Design, lead, and execute a comprehensive QA strategy that ensures the reliability, performance, and quality of our entire platform.
- Lead and grow the Quality Assurance team, fostering a culture of quality across the organization by mentoring team members and defining best practices.
- Architect and implement scalable and maintainable automated testing frameworks.
- Develop and manage test plans for our mixed fleet of mobile robots including testing in both high-fidelity simulations and on physical hardware.
- Establish processes for validating our cloud services and AI-powered inspection skills.
- Integrate QA processes seamlessly into our CI/CD pipelines and provide clear feedback to development teams to continuously improve product quality.
Requirements
- A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- More than 5 years of proven experience in a QA Lead or Senior QA role, with a track record of defining test strategies and leading testing efforts for complex software products.
- Strong experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Pytest, Selenium, Cypress) and performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Locust).
- Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (Python is highly preferred).
- Solid understanding of CI/CD principles and experience with tools like GitLab or Jenkins in a Linux/Ubuntu environment.
- A holistic understanding of complex, distributed systems.
- A deep-seated passion for quality assurance and a relentless drive to ensure products are not just functional, but also robust, reliable, and user-friendly.
- An analytical mindset with excellent problem-solving skills.
- Strong communicator who can collaborate effectively with software developers, product managers, and robotics engineers to achieve shared quality goals.
Benefits
- Growth & Development
- Annual education budget
- Learn from world-leading robotics experts
- Knowledge-sharing sessions & workshops
- Flexibility & Time Off
- Flexible remote work and workation possibilities
- Support for a standing desk for your home office
- Wellbeing & Community
- Be part of an international team with over 20 nationalities
- 1:1 sessions with certified psychologists and mental health workshops
- Team events: hackathons, outdoor adventures & more
- Weekly sponsored team lunches
- Financial Perks
- Support for public transport costs
- Extra employer contribution to company pension scheme
- Allowance for kindergarten costs possible
- ...and more benefits & discounts
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
QA strategyautomated testing frameworkstest planstest automation frameworksperformance testing toolsscriptingprogramming languageCI/CD principlesdistributed systemsproblem-solving
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationanalytical mindsetpassion for quality assurancedrive for reliabilityattention to detailorganizational skillsculture of quality