AI QA Engineering Manager — Automation & Quality

Trimble Inc.; Lake Oswego (OR); On-site; USD 171,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Trimble Inc. in Oregon is hiring a QA Manager to lead AI-powered software quality, own the pod strategy, and hands-on maintain automation frameworks in a collaborative environment.

You will architect pod-wide quality, evaluate AI testing tools, mentor cross-functional teams, oversee end-to-end testing, and drive data-driven improvements in release processes from Lake Oswego to the Portland area. This role requires strong leadership, expertise in Playwright and modern QA practices, and the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; 10+ years leading software quality strategy and global teams.
• Proven ability to write, maintain, and execute test automation scripts personally in Playwright, C#, Python, or Java.
• Strong foundation in core AI concepts (LLM, NLP, ML) with hands-on experience testing AI components, managing AI agents, and using MCP servers.
• Solid background in team-level release management, regression strategy, and virtualization or cloud test environments.
• Outstanding coaching and communication skills to influence quality mindsets and convey technical risk clearly across product and engineering stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Architect and enforce pod-wide quality strategy while personally authoring test automation using Playwright, Python, C#, or Java.
• Pioneer testing methodologies for embedded AI components, evaluating LLMs, computer vision, and speech recognition while managing AI agents and mitigating bias.
• Evaluate, recommend, and train cross-functional engineering teams on modern AI-driven test tools and automation techniques.
• Orchestrate end-to-end operational workflows, including regressions, release management, and cloud or virtualization test environments.
• Drive data-backed decisions by tracking quality metrics, quantifying coverage gaps, and performing root cause analysis on production incidents to continually improve processes.

Skills

QA leadership

Test automation

AI testing

Team coaching

Release management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Playwright

Python

C#

Java

Jira

Job description

Trimble Inc. in Oregon is hiring a QA Manager to lead AI-powered software quality, own the pod strategy, and hands-on maintain automation frameworks in a collaborative environment.

You will architect pod-wide quality, evaluate AI testing tools, mentor cross-functional teams, oversee end-to-end testing, and drive data-driven improvements in release processes from Lake Oswego to the Portland area. This role requires strong leadership, expertise in Playwright and modern QA practices, and the