Technical QA Manager: Playwright & Embedded/Cloud QA Lead

Image Sensing Systems Canada LTD

Minneapolis (MN)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 170,000

Full time

3 days ago

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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.