Lead AI-Driven Test Automation Engineer

Karsun Solutions, LLC; Illinois; On-site; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Karsun Solutions, LLC is seeking a Lead Automation Test Engineer in the United States (IL-based) to lead AI-enabled test automation efforts, migrate Selenium to Playwright, and drive rapid, high-quality delivery for government-focused QA engagements.

The role requires hands-on leadership of senior automation engineers, development of reusable AI templates, and a focus on improving testing speed, coverage, and reliability while ensuring alignment with customer commitments.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of related experience with at least 5 years hands-on test automation.
• Experience leading automation teams, planning, follow-up and timely delivery of commitments.
• Hands-on experience with AI-enabled testing tools and strategies.
• Experience with Selenium WebDriver/Grid, Playwright, and API testing tools.
• Strong programming in Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive a team of senior automation engineers to deliver high-quality results on schedule.
• Own delivery of customer commitments and communicate deviations proactively.
• Evaluate, pilot, and implement AI tools to improve productivity and automation quality.
• Create reusable prompts and AI workflows for test generation and migrations.
• Modernize Selenium automation and migrate to Playwright with AI-assisted tooling.
• Provide hands-on automation leadership across functional, API, regression, and end-to-end testing.
• Analyze regression suites to reduce flaky tests and shorten execution times.
• Explain and defend AI tool choices and migration strategy to customers.
• Develop prototypes and POCs to demonstrate value to customers.
• Coach engineers on AI usage, frameworks, and quality practices.

Skills

Automation testing

AI tools

Selenium

Playwright

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Python

CI/CD

SAFe Agile

Customer-facing

Leadership

TestNG

Postman

REST Assured

Jira

GitHub

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Selenium WebDriver/Grid

Playwright

Cucumber/Gherkin

JUnit

TestNG

Postman

REST Assured

SQL

VS Code

IntelliJ

Eclipse

Job description

Karsun Solutions, LLC is seeking a Lead Automation Test Engineer in the United States (IL-based) to lead AI-enabled test automation efforts, migrate Selenium to Playwright, and drive rapid, high-quality delivery for government-focused QA engagements.

The role requires hands-on leadership of senior automation engineers, development of reusable AI templates, and a focus on improving testing speed, coverage, and reliability while ensuring alignment with customer commitments.