Staff Quality Assurance Engineer

Job description

3133789
Additional Cities

San Ramon
Career Level

Experienced
Relocation Assistance

Yes
Business

GE Digital
Business Segment

Digital Services
Function

Digital Technology
Country/Territory

United States
Additional States/Provinces

California
Postal Code

94583
Role Summary/Purpose

This position is responsible for designing Testing Strategy and implementation for highly complex modules, critical components and whole application/product release in its entirety. S/he has the vision to understand, design and integrate quality within SDLC. This position works independently and is seen as a technical leader.
Essential Responsibilities

The position is responsible for driving the Software Quality Engineering efforts across unit, module, system and user acceptance testing. Shows deep understanding of architecture, scalability, availability and performance considerations as well as its impact on quality engineering; Leads discussions about Software Quality Engineering across product / application release.

In this role you will:

• Have a proven track record of successful problem definition, decomposition, estimation.

• Provide expertise in Design, Architecture, Development and Shipping from Quality Engineering perspective

• Lead impact assessment and decision related to Quality Engineering plan and strategy for the whole release.

• Provide expert oversight, mentoring team members and leading quality initiatives in large development efforts. Experienced in effectively delegating work.

• Demonstrate deep understanding of competitive landscape, latest trends and technologies in Quality Engineering.

• Demonstrate the ability of benchmarking against competition.

• Expert level skills in building value proposition with total customer focus

• Provides subject matter expertise in quality engineering processes and methodologies with ability to adapt and improvise in various situations.

• Navigate through ambiguity, prioritizes conflicting asks and shows ability to adapt to changing project situations

• Demonstrate expert level skills in collaborating with different stakeholders, Influencing decisions and an ability to take strategic view.

• Lead Quality Engineering efforts across the product version/s

• Provide expertise in continuous integration process and test automation while mentoring and training team members in the process.
Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)

• A minimum of 8 years of technical experience along with established leadership credentials across disciplines and functions within a product OR Master’s degree with 6 years of experience OR PhD with 3 years of experience.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. GE may agree to sponsor an individual for an employment visa now or in the future if there is a shortage of individuals with particular skills.

• Must be willing to travel 10% of the time

• Must be willing to work out of an office located in San Ramon, CA
Desired Characteristics

Technical Expertise:

• Proven track record of successful problem definition, decomposition, estimation.

Business Acumen:

• Demonstrates the ability of benchmarking against competition.

• Expert level skills in building value proposition with total customer focus.

• Demonstrates deep understanding of competitive landscape, latest trends and technologies in Quality Engineering.

Leadership:

• Navigates through ambiguity, prioritizes conflicting asks and shows ability to adapt to changing project situations.

• Influences through others; builds direct and "behind the scenes" support for ideas. Pre-emptively sees downstream consequences and effectively tailors influencing strategy to support a positive outcome. Uses experts or other third parties to influence.

• Able to verbalize what is behind decisions and downstream implications. Continuously reflecting on success and failures to improve performance and decision-making. Understands when change is needed. Participates in technical strategy planning.

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About Us

GE is the world's Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is anEqual Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
Primary Country

United States
Primary State/Province

California
Primary City

San Ramon