Sr Manager/Director - Quality Assurance (R&D, Aerospace & Defense)

  • Full-time
  • IFS Referral Bonus Code: SH21
  • Job location: On site

Company Description

At IFS you will work in a growing, global enterprise software company built upon committed and empowered colleagues who come to work knowing they are making a difference. We work every day within our single platform and embedded digital innovation to help our customers be their best when it really matters to their customers – at the Moment of Service™. We take pride in ensuring that our employees are able to achieve the company goals as well as develop their career. We believe empowered autonomy, committed colleagues and being part of a winning team are the keys to our success and what makes us great!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

Job Description

Quality Assurance Leaders have deep knowledge on industry standard quality assurance processes and methodologies and work with all aspects of quality assurance throughout the entire software development process. They are responsible for ensuring that quality is considered early in the design process so that the product will be testable later.

The quality function at R&D is substantially different to the traditional testing practices in the rest of the industry. Testing is done by the developers throughout the lifecycle from unit testing to automation, NFR testing to manual testing. A Quality Engineer is shepherding the development team by becoming an advocate in coaching the developers, performing quality inspections and doing technical research for tools and processes. The Quality Assurance Leader has to have a technically hands on acumen in both Software Engineering, Whitebox testing practices and techniques with strong leadership skills.  The candidate should possess

  1. Technical skills on Whitebox testing methods (desirable)
  2. UI automation test patterns.
  3. Quality review/audit practices and processes.
  4. Ability to lead both developers and Quality experts with “Lead by Example”. (Show how to do things so others do follow).
  5. Learnability : Should be able to learn, IFS practices, processes, Architecture and domain with minimum supervision.
  6. Agility: Should be able to employ the tools, experience and skills to the context.
  7. Change Management: Leader with “empathy” to understand different stakeholder interests and ability to devise win-win solutions with buy-in.

If you are a challenge taker who is fervently believing in a completely new challenge to test your limits, we would love to welcome you!

Qualifications

Essential:

•University degree, or equivalent professional qualifications, in a field relevant for the functional area or responsibility.

•Good understanding of one or more of our target industries and domain product / technology offerings as well as the business application processes for our target customers.

•Experience from relevant industries and markets, and are used to interact with customers and partners

•Used to prioritize and take decisions.

•Used to presenting, leading and inspiring people

Desirable:

•Experience of agile development methodology

Additional Information

IFS FACT 

IFS develops and delivers enterprise software for customers around the world who manufacture and distribute goods, maintain assets, and manage service-focused operations. The industry expertise of our people and solutions, together with commitment to our customers, has made us a recognized leader and the most recommended supplier in our sector. Our team of 4,000 employees supports more than 10,000 customers worldwide from a network of local offices and through our growing ecosystem of partners. For more information, visit: IFS.com 

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