QA Lead, Warehouse Simulation Lab

The Home Depot; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot is seeking a QA Lead for its Warehouse Simulation Lab to own the strategic testing environment that validates software, robotic behavior, workflows, and customer-specific configurations before production deployment.

You will define the lab's vision, build digital twin environments, model AMRs, WMS/ERP integrations, and establish certification processes while collaborating with Product and Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Define the vision, roadmap, and operating model for the Warehouse Simulation Lab.
• Develop and maintain digital twin environments that accurately represent customer facilities, workflows, and operational constraints.
• Ensure simulation environments can model: AMR fleets; Workstations and operator interactions; Pick, put, replenish, and inventory workflows; Conveyor and material handling equipment; WMS integrations; ERP integrations; Barcode scanning and printing systems; PLC-controlled devices; Network and infrastructure dependencies.
• Establish simulation standards and environment certification processes.
• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to ensure new features are validated within simulation environments before customer deployment.
• Create reusable customer environment templates to accelerate testing and deployment readiness.
• Develop scenario libraries covering normal operations, edge cases, exception handling, and failure recovery.

Job description

The Home Depot is seeking a QA Lead for its Warehouse Simulation Lab to own the strategic testing environment that validates software, robotic behavior, workflows, and customer-specific configurations before production deployment.

You will define the lab's vision, build digital twin environments, model AMRs, WMS/ERP integrations, and establish certification processes while collaborating with Product and Engineering.