Director of AI-Driven Software Quality

D-Matrix Corp.; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

d-Matrix is seeking a Director, Software Quality Engineering to lead quality across firmware, compiler, runtime, and inference-serving software. You will set the vision, define the test architecture, and lead automation strategy and day-to-day execution for the Software Quality Engineering team.

Your focus includes automation and AI-assisted engineering, building reusable tooling, and guiding technical decisions while staying hands-on with framework code and complex failures.

Qualifications

• Experience setting quality strategy and test architecture while leading a software quality or test engineering team.
• Ability to design test coverage under resource constraints, integrate tests into CI, and define release gates.
• Experience with Python and/or C++ for building test frameworks and reviewing test code.
• Experience with firmware, compilers, runtimes, or distributed systems and hardware/software integration.

Responsibilities

• Define the quality strategy, technical roadmap, and test architecture across firmware, compiler, runtime, and inference serving
• Build reusable test frameworks and automated functional, integration, and end‑to‑end coverage, with deliberate choices about what runs on available hardware and when
• Develop continuous soak testing to assess long‑run stability and produce useful failure evidence
• Establish numerical comparison and tolerance policies with engineering owners, and detect performance regressions against reliable baselines
• Define measurable QA readiness criteria and quality gates. Qualify the exact release candidate, including targeted customer fixes, and communicate results, gaps, and risks clearly
• Coach and develop the software quality engineering team

Skills

Quality strategy

Test architecture

Python

C++

Leadership

CI/CD

Automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

d-Matrix is seeking a Director, Software Quality Engineering to lead quality across firmware, compiler, runtime, and inference-serving software. You will set the vision, define the test architecture, and lead automation strategy and day-to-day execution for the Software Quality Engineering team.

Your focus includes automation and AI-assisted engineering, building reusable tooling, and guiding technical decisions while staying hands-on with framework code and complex failures.