Principal Software Quality Engineer

Principal Software Quality Engineer (Embedded Systems)
Location: Hyderabad, India (Onsite)

As a Principal Software Quality Engineer at SprintRay, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the exceptional quality of our innovative, cutting-edge products. Our focus on precision and detail ensures every aspect of our software and hardware design delivers the best possible experience to our customers. This is an onsite role based in our Hyderabad office, working with global teams to validate our embedded systems, hardware, and software components.
If you are passionate about driving quality engineering excellence, mentoring talented teams, and collaborating across geographies, we want to welcome you to SprintRay.

The Requirements:

• 7-10 years of experience in quality engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Expertise in hardware, firmware, and software testing methodologies, with experience in testing electromechanical and embedded systems.
• Strong knowledge of manual and automated testing, with a focus on system-level, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation tools relevant to hardware and firmware testing (e.g., Python, C/C++).
• Familiarity with tools and platforms for continuous integration (e.g., Jenkins, Selenium, or similar).
• Experience with Agile development processes and continuous integration practices.
• Knowledge of testing embedded systems with sensors and real-time data analysis is highly desirable.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with proven success in managing cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or related fields (Masters degree is a plus).
• ISTQB, CSTE, or similar certifications preferred.
• Availability to work across global time zones with teams based in the U.S. and other regions.
• Onsite presence in Hyderabad, India, with a flexible work schedule (5AM-2PM - including a 1-hour lunch break).

The Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and execution of comprehensive test strategies for complex embedded systems, ensuring seamless integration of hardware, software, and firmware components.
• Mentor and manage a team of quality engineers focused on embedded systems testing, providing technical guidance and leadership to ensure efficient execution of testing activities.
• Collaborate closely with hardware, software, and firmware development teams, product managers, and other key stakeholders to define and validate system requirements.
• Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of automated and manual testing frameworks for embedded systems, enhancing efficiency and test coverage for system- and component-level testing.
• Identify, track, and manage defects related to embedded systems, ensuring timely resolution through thorough integration and regression testing.
• Develop and enforce rigorous quality assurance processes tailored to embedded systems, aligning with Agile development methodologies and supporting CI/CD.
• Monitor, analyze, and report key quality metrics, using data-driven insights to drive ongoing improvements in product quality and reliability.
• Foster a culture of quality and continuous improvement, ensuring best practices for embedded system testing are shared and adopted across teams.