Validation Lead

Compunnel, Inc.; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Compunnel, Inc. is seeking a qualified candidate for a project management role in Redmond, Washington. The position involves coordinating effectively with teams, managing defects, and ensuring compliance with validation standards.

The ideal candidate should possess strong analytical, automation scripting skills, and excellent communication abilities. Certifications such as ISTQB or UST GAMMA are preferred. Join us to thrive in a dynamic team environment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct technical interviews for project requirements.
• Perform defect triaging and adhere to schedules.
• Manage task deliverables with quality and timeliness.
• Create test reporting templates and documentation.
• Mentor junior validation engineers.

Skills

Good presentation skills and diplomacy

Good bug advocacy skills

Automation scripting skills

Ability to perform severity and priority identification

Ability to estimate effort and time

Ability to perform and evaluate tests

Teamwork

Good communication abilities

Analytical skills

Education

ISTQB certification

UST GAMMA certification

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

Expectations from this role:

1. Work with customer to ensure there are no escalations
2. Coordinate with the team effectively
3. Conduct technical interview for the project requirements
4. Perform validation and root cause analysis
5. Perform escape analysis
6. Isolate/ packetize the failures to correct component
7. Attend customer meeting and communicate effectively on the requirements/ results.
8. Locate the product failures and report it in test repository and bug tracker
9. Learn technology, business domain, system domain individually and as recommended by the project/account
10. Complete the certifications for the role (like ISTQB, UST GAMMA certifications)
11. Ensure the product and validation complies with the defined SLA

Key Responsibilities

Typical performance measures:

• Perform defect triaging
• Adherence to schedule and timelines
• Number of post delivery defects
• Number of non-compliance issues
• SLA turnaround of production bugs
• Define productivity standards for project
• Completion of all mandatory training requirements

Performance Areas

Manage Project:

• Manage task deliverables with quality and targeting completion timeframe.

Estimate:

• Estimate time, effort, and resource dependence for one's own work and for others' work.

Document:

• Create component level / product behaviour documents
• Create test reporting templates, BKMs and knowledge sharing documents for team

Status Reporting:

• Report status of tasks assigned
• Compliance with validation standards and process

Mentoring:

• Mentor senior validation engineers by providing on job facilitations
• Host classroom training sessions for the junior validation engineers

Required Qualifications

Skill Examples:

• Good presentation skills and diplomacy
• Should possess good bug advocacy skills
• Automation scripting skills
• Able to perform severity and priority identification of sightings raised
• Ability to estimate effort, time required for own work and for the junior engineers
• Ability to perform and evaluate test in the customer or target environment
• Work in a team environment
• Good written and verbal communication abilities
• Good analytical skills

Knowledge Examples:

• Able to understand the product lifecycle and deadline
• Should possess excellent domain knowledge
• Good CPU/ GPU architecture knowledge
• Possess very good knowledge of the product

Preferred Qualifications

Certifications

• ISTQB, UST GAMMA certifications