Manager Software Testing (m/f/d)

JENOPTIK; Monheim; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jenoptik sucht einen erfahrenen Manager Software Quality Assurance & Test Automation in Monheim (Bayern). Sie verantworten die Entwicklung und Implementierung von Teststrategien, verbessern Prozesse und treiben Automatisierung voran, um die Qualität der Software effizient sicherzustellen.

Sie leiten ein interdisziplinäres QA-Team, arbeiten eng mit Entwicklung, Product Owners und DevOps zusammen und etablieren datenbasierte Feedback-Mechanismen.

Qualifications

• Abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium (Master/Diplom oder Bachelor) in Informatik, Automatisierungstechnik oder vergleichbare Ausbildung mit entsprechender Berufserfahrung.
• 5–10 Jahre Berufserfahrung in Softwareentwicklung oder Qualitätssicherung, ideal als Software Test Engineer oder Test Lead.
• Nachweis von Leadership-Erfahrung (Team Lead) und der Fähigkeit, Teammitglieder technisch zu führen und zu motivieren.
• Fundierte Kenntnisse in Software Quality Assurance mit Schwerpunkt UI-Testautomatisierung, JavaScript ES6+, Playwright, React-Front-Ends, und DevOps-Praktiken.

Responsibilities

• Teststrategien entwickeln, implementieren und verbessern.
• Strategische Koordination der Teststrategien im Anwendungssoftware-Bereich.
• Teamführung eines agilen QA-Teams (Line- und Funktionsführung).
• Steuerung der Testautomatisierung zur Skalierung und Qualitätssicherung.
• Zusammenarbeit mit Entwicklung, Product Owners und DevOps; datengetriebene Feedback-Schleifen etablieren.

Skills

UI test automation

JavaScript ES6+

Playwright

DOM Manipulation

CSS/XPath Selectors

Shadow DOM

React UI

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

.NET back-ends

React Front-End

Jira

SCRUM

Kanban

DevOps

German

English

Education

Master/Bachelor in CS

Vocational training with extensive experience

Tools

Playwright

Azure DevOps

Jira

React

.NET

Job description

Jenoptik ist ein global agierender Photonik-Konzern mit Präsenz in über 80 Ländern. Optische Technologien sind die Basis unseres Geschäfts. Weltweit beschäftigen wir ca. 4.000 Mitarbeiter.

The Mission:

The Manager Software Quality Assurance & Test Automation plays a vital role in ensuring a consistent quality of SW delivery. The Manager Software Quality Assurance & Test Automation’s ultimate goal is to deliver high-quality software efficiently. They shift the focus from "finding bugs" to "preventing bugs" by building robust processes, leveraging automation, and fostering a quality-first culture across the entire development team.

Your Responsibilities:

• Test Strategy Development: Develop, implement, and continuously improve intelligent and automated test strategies.
• Strategic Coordination: Take responsibility for and coordinate test strategies within the Application Software domain.
• Team Leadership: Provide line and functional leadership of an agile, interdisciplinary Software Quality Assurance Team.
• Automation Advancement: Drive test automation forward to enhance the scalability, efficiency, and quality of verification processes.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with development teams, Product Owners (POs), and DevOps Engineers.
• Feedback Mechanisms: Establish data-driven feedback loops.
• Process Optimization: Introduce new initiatives and further develop processes, methods, and tools in alignment with test strategies.
  

Your Profile:

• Education: Completed university degree (Master/Diploma or Bachelor) in Computer Science, Automation Engineering, or a related field; or a completed vocational training with corresponding extensive professional experience.
• Professional Experience: 5–10 years of professional experience in software development or quality assurance, ideally as a Software Test Engineer or Test Lead.
• Leadership Experience: Proven line management experience (Team Lead)ability to provide technical guidance and motivate team members.
• Technical Expertise:

• Strong technical expertise in Software Quality Assurance with a heavy focus on UI test automation.
• Know-how in JavaScript (ES6+), Playwright for web UI automation, DOM manipulation, CSS/XPath selectors, and handling dynamic React UI elements and Shadow DOM.
• Experience integrating Playwright automated UI suites into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with web architectures (.NET back-ends) to effectively trace UI issues to integration points.
• Strong technical experience testing complex React-based front-end applications.
• Excellent knowledge of Jira for defect tracking, sprint planning, and test management.
• Methodological Competence: In-depth knowledge of agile methods (SCRUM, Kanban) as well as DevOps practices and modern QA best practices.
• Language Skills: Fluent German and English skills in both written and spoken communication.