Miko is an advanced consumer robotics innovation lab focused with the mission of Bringing Robotics and AI to every consumer home. Founded by young and dynamic entrepreneurs from IIT Bombay, Miko is a global deep tech company with offices in US, UK and India, and customer base across 140+ countries. Focused on taking Robotics and AI to every consumer home, Miko is the first of its kind "content on subscription" hardware platform for kids powered by patented technology.
Our flagship products, Miko 3 and Miko Mini , are playful companion robots that engage, educate and entertain kids. Their unique approach is to focus on child learning and development through self-initiated contextual topics that encourage conversational learning. It hosts a powerful marketplace for third party content partners to plug their content and connect with Miko users on subscription.
Miko is powered by a proprietary emotional intelligence and adaptive personality engine, complex conversational and multilingual AI framework, edge and hybrid speech vision recognition along with an active learning and behavioural analysis engine. All of this is built over an autonomous navigation system, which enables Miko to offer a range of benefits for the user.
Job Summary:
We are looking for a QA Lead to join our Mumbai office. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality, performance, and reliability of our Miko products. You will collaborate closely with software developers, product managers, and quality assurance teams to design, develop, and execute automated tests, identify defects, and drive improvements in our products functionality.
Location: Mumbai
Responsibilities:
Establishing and evolving formal QA processes in collaboration with the QA Manager, ensuring that the team adheres to industry-accepted best practices.
Overseeing all aspects of quality assurance, including setting up metrics, applying best practices, and developing new tools and processes to meet quality goals.
Acting as the main point of contact for all QA aspects of product releases, providing QA services, and coordinating QA resources both internally and externally.
Providing the team with a clear vision of project objectives and deliverables.
Developing and executing detailed test cases, scripts, plans, and procedures to ensure product quality.
Leading, coordinating, and executing Quality Assurance testing activities for products and maintenance activities across different phases of the software development lifecycle.
Prioritizing work and assigning tasks to the Quality Engineering (QE) Team(SIT+UAT).
Performing incident management in collaboration with the Customer Service team to enhance customer satisfaction.
Setting KPIs and other metrics to measure team performance.
Possessing knowledge or experience in testing IoT devices, chatbots, and voice assistant devices, contributing to comprehensive test coverage in these areas.
Requiring good experience in Rest API testing and mobile application testing to ensure comprehensive coverage and quality across all platforms.
Must have significant experience in conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), guiding and validating the products meets business expectations.
Work Experience Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
5 years or higher industry experience in Quality Assurance.
Strong knowledge of software testing methodologies, QA processes, and best practices.
Familiarity with voice recognition technology and natural language processing is a plus.