Validation Lead: Quality Assurance & Escalation Expert

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