Lead Quality Engineer

In this position, you would be leading a team of best-in-class quality engineers in product testing. You will be spearheading the testing of cutting-edge products in the Residential business unit, which has been one of the fastest growing business vertical encompassing a wide array of products like the no-programming Home Automation Platforms, Audio over IP products and 3rd party device drivers. The ideal candidate would have extensive experience in scalability testing, end-to-end load testing, robustness testing, and managing the required technical infrastructure. You enjoy keeping your technical skills current and contribute to the optimization of performance testing using different tools and automation as necessary. You regularly take part in deep-dive troubleshooting exercises and lead technical discussions with members of the QE, Product Management, and Development teams to define the test strategy, plan and test cases for performance testing. Ultimately, the Lead Quality Engineer is responsible for delivering a high-quality product on schedule and demonstrating the same via defined metrics. Must possess the following:

• Passion for delivering high-quality products thru continuous and relentless pursuit for finding customer-impacting defects.
• An over average creative mind/intellect that can rapidly find defects in almost any commercial or residential embedded product.
• Excellent written, oral communication skills; these 2 skills are the pillar of any quality engineer to "clearly" and "accurately" communicate defects and product behavior with the product development team members.
• Self-driven/Self-motivated – this is another primary demand for this role. You are expected to deliver a high-quality product from reviewing requirements to delivering the finished product with minimal need for supervision.

• Reviewing requirements specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.
• Creating detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases.
• Estimating, prioritizing, planning and coordinating testing activities.
• Design, develop and execute functional, performance and interoperability test cases.
• Optimize the performance testing using various tools and automation as applicable.
• Identify, record and document thoroughly and track bugs.
• Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products.
• Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements.
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts.
• Stay up to date with new testing tools and test strategies.
• Provide process improvement recommendations.

• A minimum of a Bachelor in Electrical or Computer Engineering is required. Masters is a plus.
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in embedded systems involving firmware and hardware testing is required.
• Ability to build, manage, motivate and inspire a diverse and geographically dispersed (on-site, off-site, offshore) technical team is required.
• Thorough understanding of test processes and test methodologies including knowledge and experience with test automation, concepts, theories, practices and procedures along with commitment to product excellence and quality is required.
• Experience in providing and presenting project status reports through the development cycle and knowledge of full life cycle of the R&D development process is required.
• Experience with defect tracking systems, test management systems and software revision control are required.
• Experience in IP and networking protocols (TCP/IP, SIP, Ethernet, IGMP, DHCP, Active Directory) is required.
• Experience in audio and video testing is a plus.
• Working knowledge of Windows and/or Linux operating systems is preferred.
• Exceptional written and verbal skills is required.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and deliver quality software to production within tight schedules is required.
• Track record of completing assignments on time with a high degree of quality is critical.
• Excellent team player with a consistently positive attitude and collaborative approach to problem solving, options analysis and continuous improvement of process, team and systems.
• Ability to multitask and manage multiple large-scale projects is critical.
• Team oriented; strong interpersonal skills is essential.