Technical QA Manager: Playwright & Embedded/Cloud QA Lead

Image Sensing Systems Canada LTD; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Image Sensing Systems, Inc. is seeking a Technical QA Manager to lead and scale a newly formed QA team. You will shape testing standards, governance, and hands-on automation across embedded hardware, legacy C++ desktop software, and React/cloud ecosystems.

You will drive Playwright automation, manage Azure DevOps test plans, and partner with engineering leadership to integrate QA into the agile lifecycle while maintaining a blameless post-mortem culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical field.
• 8+ years of hands-on QA Engineering experience in software/hardware environments, with 1–2 years in leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead a 3 QA engineers team and an intern; conduct 1-on-1s; manage performance.
• Architect and manage centralized test plans, test suites, and execution tracking in Azure DevOps.
• Establish testing methodologies, DoD, bug-triage workflows, and risk-based testing strategies.
• Integrate QA into agile development with cross-functional partners.
• Design, build, and maintain a scalable Playwright automation framework for React frontends and cloud APIs.
• Define strategies for Hardware-in-the-Loop testing for embedded hardware platforms.
• Own legacy C++ test protocols; modernize test systems to prevent regressions.
• Collaborate on CI/CD; embed Playwright tests into Azure Pipelines for faster releases.

Skills

Playwright

Azure DevOps

QA Leadership

Automation Frameworks

C++ Testing

CI/CD

Hybrid Testing

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Engineering/CS/Physics

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Image Sensing Systems, Inc. is seeking a Technical QA Manager to lead and scale a newly formed QA team. You will shape testing standards, governance, and hands-on automation across embedded hardware, legacy C++ desktop software, and React/cloud ecosystems.

You will drive Playwright automation, manage Azure DevOps test plans, and partner with engineering leadership to integrate QA into the agile lifecycle while maintaining a blameless post-mortem culture.