Job Description

Release QA Lead helps to lead the team finding technical bugs, creating/distributing reports, improving and enhancing the team's performance and analyzing testing/tools improvements.

Responsibilities
Lead/Test and help debug pre-released software for defects
* Provide clear and detailed written end-of-day reports of bugs and report steps to the development team
* Create clear and detailed end-of-day reports for the projects tested by QA as applicable
* Perform smoke testing, regression testing, and verify claimed bug fixes as needed
* Perform testing from scripted test cases as needed for additional support
* Help review and analyze any necessary software, devices and hardware needed
* Help distribute and mitigate testing/checks among the team
* Promptly bring serious defects to the attention of the stakeholders
* Create and analyze test cases and attend meetings associated with them
* Attend and participate in stand up development and related meetings as needed
* Assign tasks to testers based on the current workload, availability and schedule
* Create new test cases based on requests from other departments, allowing testing of new features to be thorough and complete per the information provided by engineers
* Update test cases to reflect changes made, including AB test decisions/changes, new features affecting other areas of the test suite, and minor changes from other departments
* Create and maintain information on test runs for the current workload, keeping up to date on test run progress and ensuring testing is adjusted if needed based on progress
* Provide feedback during TDD reviews and ask questions that would assist in understanding the process from a QA perspective
* Coordinate additional testing requests and questions with stakeholders, ensuring information is communicated and tasks are handled within the current workload
* Communicate with stakeholders to confirm questions and information as well as provide support as needed
* Perform functionality testing as needed to provide support during test runs or when additional work comes in
* Attend high level meetings regarding upcoming features, changes and requests and share this information to other departments as requested
* Assist with setting up specific tools/accounts as needed for testing, including identifying issues, access requirements, and ways to improve tools and accounts
* Demonstrate expert end-to-end understanding and explain requirements and how well those requirements are being met
* Maintain consistent high level of productivity across many projects with a track record of successfully completing projects of large scope
* Proactively find problems or make suggestions and drive to resolution often without guidance
* Seek out ways to improve components or systems to facilitate easier development of new features
* Help make people around you more efficient by identifying issues slowing the team down and driving changes to address them
* Lead people towards a common goal regardless of whether you are in charge, effectively facilitate or participate in discussions, and ensure outcomes are clear and well-communicated
* Drive tasks across other teams, build relationships as needed, and demonstrate effective communication and understanding in cross-functional collaboration
* Learn new technologies and invest in improving your skills proactively
* Seek out feedback on how you can improve, accept it and work with your manager to improve
* Provide detailed positive and constructive feedback to the manager regarding the performance of other team members and help make the team better

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
* Experience with bug tracking software
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Excellent attention to detail, with an ability to multitask and meet deadlines
* Ability to work in both a team environment and independently
* A strong understanding of the software test cycle process
* Familiarity with testing in an Agile Development environment
* Aptitude to learn quickly and effectively
* Flexibility to work overtime if needed Experience creating/updating Test Cases and/or Test Plans
* Linux knowledge
* Scripting or coding knowledge
* Experience in TestRail or equivalent
* Experience installing, setting up, using, and troubleshooting Robotics hardware
* A passion for Robotics industry