QA Lead: End-to-End Testing & Automation Strategy

M.C. Dean, Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 127,899 - 173,037; Full time

Job summary

M.C. Dean, Inc. in Tysons, VA seeks a Software QA Lead to own the quality strategy for complex engineering programs. You will coordinate automated testing, lead cross-functional UAT, and define end-to-end testing standards to ensure system integrity.

Responsibilities include shaping the automation framework, guiding CI/CD integration, maintaining requirements traceability, and defining quality metrics to drive continuous improvement across projects.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree plus 2 years of QA/test automation experience.
• Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of QA/test automation experience.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring traceability across requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate automated testing.
• Coordinate cross‑functional UAT.
• Define end‑to‑end test strategy and standards.
• Define automation framework and continuous integration design.
• Maintain requirements traceability.
• Design and maintain API and ERP integration testing workflow.
• Validate schematic drawings.
• Define quality metrics and continuous improvement plans.
• Improve tooling and process standardization.

Skills

Test automation

API testing

CI/CD pipelines

Quality metrics

Education

Master’s Degree in IS/CS/SE

Bachelor’s Degree in IS/CS/SE

Job description

M.C. Dean, Inc. in Tysons, VA seeks a Software QA Lead to own the quality strategy for complex engineering programs. You will coordinate automated testing, lead cross-functional UAT, and define end-to-end testing standards to ensure system integrity.

Responsibilities include shaping the automation framework, guiding CI/CD integration, maintaining requirements traceability, and defining quality metrics to drive continuous improvement across projects.