Software Quality Engineering Manager

Terumo BCT, Inc.; Lakewood (CO); Hybrid; USD 129,100 - 161,400; Full time

Job summary

Terumo BCT, Inc. is seeking an experienced Software Quality Engineering Manager in Lakewood, CO to lead a team of SQEs and hands‑on engineering efforts.

You will own test strategy implementation, embedding quality early in the lifecycle and partnering with software development, systems engineering, and DevOps to ensure secure, compliant software across products. The role requires strong leadership, 8+ years in software quality, and experience in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.
• 8+ years of software quality engineering experience.
• Experience in regulated environments (e.g., medical devices, aerospace) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of SQEs, providing coaching, performance management, and professional development.
• Contribute directly to test design, review, and quality engineering activities across active projects.
• Ensure test cases are defined, reviewed, and approved in alignment with overall test strategy, risk, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and oversee the creation of high‑quality test cases for both manual and automated testing, ensuring appropriate coverage and traceability.
• Drive development of comprehensive, repeatable, and traceable test cases that fully cover product requirements and risk controls.
• Enforce adherence to defined SQE processes, quality gates, and lifecycle expectations to prevent defect escape and reduce rework.
• Partner with Software Development, Systems Engineering, and DevOps to embed shift‑left practices and continuous testing into development workflows.
• Participate in architecture and design reviews to ensure testability, early quality validation, and alignment with system requirements.
• Support and operationalize cybersecurity and performance testing strategies within project execution and test design.
• Review test execution results and ensure accuracy, completeness, and appropriate defect identification.
• Drive continuous improvement of SQE processes, tools, and practices based on project insights, metrics, and feedback.
• Ensure global consistency in test practices, enabling test cases to be executed reliably across distributed teams with defined baseline knowledge.
• Reinforce alignment to the SQE ownership model, ensuring test strategy remains SQE‑driven and automation execution aligns with defined test cases.

Skills

Test strategy

Risk-based testing

SDLC understanding

QA leadership

Cybersecurity testing

Automation knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Software Quality Engineering (SQE) Manager

Responsibilities and hold leadership within the Software Quality Engineering organization, ensuring delivery of secure, compliant, and high‑quality software across new product development and sustaining products. The role leads a team of SQEs while actively contributing as a hands‑on engineer, driving the execution and continuous improvement of a modern, shift‑left, and continuous quality engineering model.

Job Summary

The SQE Manager owns the implementation of test strategy and ensures that all test design aligns to risk, requirements, and regulatory expectations. The role maintains strong partnership with Software Development, Systems Engineering, DevOps, and global teams to embed quality early in the lifecycle and sustain it through continuous verification and feedback.

Essential Duties

• Lead and manage a team of SQEs, providing coaching, performance management, and professional development.
• Contribute directly to test design, review, and quality engineering activities across active projects.
• Ensure test cases are defined, reviewed, and approved in alignment with overall test strategy, risk, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and oversee the creation of high‑quality test cases for both manual and automated testing, ensuring appropriate coverage and traceability.
• Drive development of comprehensive, repeatable, and traceable test cases that fully cover product requirements and risk controls.
• Enforce adherence to defined SQE processes, quality gates, and lifecycle expectations to prevent defect escape and reduce rework.
• Partner with Software Development, Systems Engineering, and DevOps to embed shift‑left practices and continuous testing into development workflows.
• Participate in architecture and design reviews to ensure testability, early quality validation, and alignment with system requirements.
• Support and operationalize cybersecurity and performance testing strategies within project execution and test design.
• Review test execution results and ensure accuracy, completeness, and appropriate defect identification.
• Drive continuous improvement of SQE processes, tools, and practices based on project insights, metrics, and feedback.
• Ensure global consistency in test practices, enabling test cases to be executed reliably across distributed teams with defined baseline knowledge.
• Reinforce alignment to the SQE ownership model, ensuring test strategy remains SQE‑driven and automation execution aligns with defined test cases.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the Senior SQE Manager in defining and evolving global SQE strategy, processes, and standards.
• Promote adoption of standard methodologies, tools, and best practices across teams and sites.
• Provide input to organizational capability development, training, and upskilling initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with medical device regulatory standards through strong documentation, traceability, and verification practices.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job may be considered.

Experience

Minimum 8 years experience.

• Experience in a software quality engineering role with proven understanding of all phases of the development lifecycle.
• Experience in regulated environments (e.g., medical devices, aerospace) preferred.

Skills

• Strong expertise in test strategy development, risk‑based testing, and requirements coverage.
• Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle and shift‑left quality practices.
• Ability to design and evaluate high‑quality, repeatable, and traceable test cases.
• Experience with software quality standards, regulatory compliance, and traceability expectations.
• Strong collaboration skills across Software Development, Systems Engineering, and DevOps.
• Knowledge of automation frameworks and understanding of SDET integration into test strategy.
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted development and modern quality engineering tools.
• Ability to enforce disciplined processes, quality gates, and execution consistency.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, including root cause analysis and defect evaluation.
• Effective communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence cross‑functional teams.
• Experience working in global, distributed team environments.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, learning, and adoption of evolving engineering practices.

Physical Requirements

Hybrid position reporting to the Lakewood, CO headquarters a minimum of 3 days a week.

Typical office environment requirements include reading, speaking, hearing, close vision, walking, bending, sitting, and occasional lifting up to 20 pounds.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Target Pay Range

Target Pay Range: $129,100.00 to $161,400.00

Target Bonus on Base: 15.0

Equal Opportunity

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and affirmative action employer. All applicants will be afforded equal opportunity without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, military status or an unfavorable discharge from military service.