Senior Dispatch Test & Validation Leader

Wabtec Corporation; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 105,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Health benefits

Job summary

Wabtec Corporation in Fort Worth, TX, seeks a Senior Test Manager for its Dispatch Engineering team to lead a US-based test and validation group and improve product quality across the portfolio.

You will partner with software development, systems engineering, product management, and project delivery to align validation plans with business objectives, driving automation and release readiness for complex, safety-critical systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, MIS, Computer Science, or equivalent railroad signal experience.
• 7+ years of professional experience in software testing, test strategy, quality assurance, or validation.
• 5+ years of experience as a software lead, test lead, validation lead, or people manager responsible for driving execution across teams.
• Experience leading direct or matrixed engineering teams, including coaching, resource planning, performance management, and team development.
• Strong understanding of software test methodologies, test automation, regression testing, defect management, release readiness, and quality metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead a US-based Dispatch Engineering test and validation team through resource planning, coaching, performance management, and team development.
• Establish and mature the Dispatch Engineering test center of excellence, including common frameworks, standards, templates, metrics, and guidance for consistent validation execution.
• Define and execute verification and validation strategies for dispatch and back-office products, with emphasis on product quality, test coverage, release readiness, and customer deployment confidence.
• Advance test automation by prioritizing automated coverage, strengthening regression capability, and integrating automation into delivery workflows.
• Partner with software development, systems engineering, product management, project delivery, systems integration, and support teams to align validation plans with scope, schedule, customer commitments, and deployment needs.
• Support proposal development by reviewing customer requirements, defining validation scope, identifying test assumptions and risks, and developing effort estimates for test planning, automation, execution, and deployment support.
• Oversee planning and execution for system integration testing, regression testing, performance validation, release readiness, and customer deployment support.
• Use quality metrics, defect trends, coverage analysis, and release readiness indicators to communicate status, identify risks, prioritize improvements, and reduce recurring issues.
• Represent Dispatch Engineering testing in leadership reviews, technical governance forums, release readiness discussions, proposal reviews, and customer-facing meetings.
• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, engineering rigor, inclusion, and customer-focused quality.

Skills

Software testing

Test leadership

Quality assurance

Validation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, MIS, Computer Science, or related discipline

Job description

Wabtec Corporation in Fort Worth, TX, seeks a Senior Test Manager for its Dispatch Engineering team to lead a US-based test and validation group and improve product quality across the portfolio.

You will partner with software development, systems engineering, product management, and project delivery to align validation plans with business objectives, driving automation and release readiness for complex, safety-critical systems.