
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Hayden AI
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $141,538 - $184,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Own end-to-end pilot and launch execution across multiple concurrent deployments, including goal definition, readiness validation, go/no-go decisions, and the transition from pilot to full fleet production rollout.
- Monitor device health and performance on a daily basis across all active pilots and production fleets, proactively identifying anomalies, failures, and performance degradation before they become critical blockers.
- Provide clear, consistent visibility into device status and deployment health to stakeholders through dashboards, reports, and structured communications.
- Track, report, and escalate issues promptly to the appropriate engineering, firmware, and operations teams, minimizing impact on launch timelines and ensuring rapid resolution of critical blockers.
- Coordinate closely with engineering, QA, operations, firmware, and product teams to resolve issues, align on priorities, and maintain launch readiness across all active deployments.
- Define and enforce launch readiness criteria, quality gates, and pilot success metrics to ensure reliable, repeatable deployment outcomes.
- Drive the transition from manual, reactive monitoring and reporting processes to an automation-first approach, implementing standardized workflows, automated alerting, and scalable reporting systems.
- Validate device stability, environmental reliability, and system performance before, during, and after deployments to support confident field operations.
- Perform root cause analysis on deployment and device issues, driving preventative actions and long-term improvements to launch quality and operational resilience.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in QA, device operations, launch management, or a related field with meaningful exposure to hardware, embedded systems, or IoT product environments.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent pilots, launches, or deployment workstreams in fast-paced environments.
- Hands-on experience monitoring and troubleshooting connected devices, embedded systems, or fleet-scale hardware in production.
- Strong proficiency in building or improving operational processes, dashboards, alerting systems, and automated monitoring workflows.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, release processes, and automation-first QA methodologies.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical issues into clear, actionable stakeholder communications.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with experience working across engineering, firmware, product, and operations teams.
Benefits
- Options for medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents (for US employees)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCFSA)
- 401(k) with 3% company matching
- Unlimited PTO
- Daily catered lunches in our San Francisco office
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
QAdevice operationslaunch managementmonitoringtroubleshootingembedded systemsIoTCI/CD pipelinesautomation-first QA methodologiesroot cause analysis
Soft Skills
stakeholder communicationscross-functional collaborationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsproactive identificationreportingissue escalationgoal definitionquality gates enforcementtransition management
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s degree in Computer Science