Quality Assurance Lead

JOB PROFILE: Quality Assurance Lead

Job Summary:

Johnson Controls is developing the next generation of smart and connected. Through a full range of systems and digital solutions, we make buildings smarter. A smarter building is safer, more comfortable, more efficient, and, ultimately, more sustainable.

One of our systems include Miller-Picking and YORK Custom Air Handling Units. These systems provide design flexibility that balances performance and economy without compromising quality. With a full line of standard, semi-custom and custom air handling units to choose from, we have a system perfectly aligned to any buildings needs and budget.

This role requires close partnership and collaboration with Software Development Teams and HVAC Subject Matter Experts. Essential Job Duties center around the technical direction of the testing team around the creation and execution of test scripts as well as assuming responsibility for the creation and execution of quality metrics. The QA Lead establishes the formal QA process including quality gates and exit criteria and ensures all testing is optimized around meeting customer expectations for functionality and performance.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education
• At least 7+ years of Information Technology Testing experience in a leadership capacity
• At least 2 years working in an Agile setting, preferably within the SAFe framework
• Experience with test automation including best practices to utilize and keep tests current
• Success in supporting and improving code releases including organizing and tagging work items to improve testing accuracy and, ultimately, code quality
• Demonstrable experience in creating, revising and approving test plans
• Demonstrable experience in gathering and reporting on quality metrics in a large enterprise setting
• Comfort and experience presenting to Senior Management
• Mastery of SDLC and related concepts for releasing software
• Experience training and coaching QA Testers
• Ability to own test environment quality and strategy to improve
• Experience in Requirements Planning, ideally in a PI Event setting
• Experience with 8D or other Root Cause Analysis processes
• Servant Leader approach and related success in complex testing environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Six Sigma or equivalent quality certification
• Experience working on SAFe Agile Teams
• Planning and Co-ordination skills
• Good Communication and Analytical skills