QA Data Analyst & Telemetry Specialist IV

LanceSoft, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 89,544 - 117,096; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is looking for a QA Data Analyst & Telemetry Specialist IV in Mountain View, CA. The ideal candidate will analyze data, create dashboards, and report on quality signals while collaborating closely with engineering teams. This contract role requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience along with strong analytical skills. The compensation ranges from $65/hr to $85/hr, reflecting skills and experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years professional experience with 3-5 years in QA, data analysis, or related fields.
• Equivalent practical experience is also welcome.
• Relevant certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Hunt down logs and analyze patterns in system behavior.
• Collaborate with engineers to define and validate telemetry requirements.
• Design role-specific dashboards reflecting test results and performance metrics.
• Produce structured reports summarizing product quality and test outcomes.
• Assist with root cause investigations using various data sources.
• Partner with teams to align on quality signals.
• Define KPIs around bug trends and release readiness.

Skills

Data analysis (SQL, Python, R)

Clear visualizations (Superset, Tableau)

Writing concise reports

Log-analysis tools (Splunk, Kibana)

Discussion with engineers on instrumentation

Familiarity with QA concepts

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Splunk

Job description

QA Data Analyst & Telemetry Specialist IV

This range is provided by LanceSoft, Inc. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$65.00/hr - $85.00/hr

Manager (USA and Canada Staffing / Recruitment) - Semiconductor / VLSI / EDA / Embedded

Job Title - QA Data Analyst & Telemetry Specialist IV

Job Location - Mountain View, CA

Position Type - W2 Contract

Job Description

About the Role:

We’re looking for a QA Data Analyst & Telemetry Specialist to help drive our product quality efforts through insightful data analysis, robust reporting, and close collaboration with engineering teams. This hybrid role combines skills in data analysis, log exploration, instrumentation design, and reporting. You'll investigate product behavior through telemetry, create dashboards and written reports to surface quality risks, and support the QA team in prioritizing and validating work with data-driven confidence. You’ll be the team’s go‑to person for turning raw signals into clear, actionable dashboards, ad‑hoc investigations, and concise written reports that inform leadership and cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Data Analysis & Log Investigation – Hunt down the right logs, trace product issues across environments, and analyze patterns in system behavior to support QA investigations and test coverage strategy.
• Collaborate with engineers to define, scope, and validate telemetry requirements to ensure the right data is being captured for quality signals.
• Design and maintain clear, role‑specific dashboards that reflect test results, coverage trends, performance metrics, and release health.
• Produce structured reports and summaries that combine narrative, visuals, and metrics to tell a complete story about product quality, test outcomes, and production health.
• Assist QA and dev teams with root cause investigations using log data, traces, metrics, and real‑world usage patterns.
• Partner with QA, Engineering, Product, and Data teams to align on what signals matter and how they’re consumed across tools and stakeholders.
• Define and refine KPIs around bug trends, feature coverage, regressions, and release readiness to guide strategic QA direction.

Skills

• Strong hands‑on experience with data analysis (SQL, Python, R, or similar)
• Skilled in producing clear visualizations (Superset, Plotly, Tableau, Looker, Grafana, Power BI)
• Able to write concise reports with actionable insights — weekly summaries, defect overviews, quality scorecards, etc.
• Familiar with log‑analysis tools (Sumologic, Splunk, Datadog, Kibana, ElasticSearch)
• Comfortable discussing and designing instrumentation/logging with engineers
• Familiarity with QA concepts, release validation, and production monitoring
• Strong communication skills; can adapt output to technical and non‑technical audiences

Bonus Points

• Background in QA, test automation, or release engineering
• Experience with OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, or event‑driven logs
• Experience in continuous delivery environments with real‑time observability needs
• Prior involvement in incident reviews or quality postmortems

Education

Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in one of the following fields is preferred:

• Software Engineering
• Electrical or Computer Engineering

Equivalent practical experience is also welcome — especially in QA, data analysis, SRE, or systems engineering roles.

Relevant certifications (Data Analytics, SQL, Tableau, or Observability/Monitoring tools) are a plus.

Minimum 7 years professional experience total with 3‑5 years of recent cross‑functional experience, ideally in large corporation environments or large teams. Maximum of 15 years of overall experience.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Engineering and Quality Assurance

Industries

Engineering Services and Semiconductor Manufacturing