Director of Product Testing (QA)

Smart Energy Water

Date: 1 day ago
City: Irvine, California
Contract type: Full time

WHO WE ARE

SEW is # 1 Energy & Water Cloud Platform solely focused in the Energy and Utility sector with core areas of concentration in Customer, Mobile Workforce Experience Platform and Smart Vertical AI. We are a fast-paced company that provides comprehensive benefits, a dynamic culture, and many opportunities for career growth.

SUMMARY

The Director of Product Testing will be leading and scaling our Quality Assurance function across our SEW products. This role is critical to ensure that our SEW products are released with the highest level of quality, performance, and reliability. You will own the end-to-end testing strategy, lead a team of QA engineers, and work cross-functionally with product, engineering, and DevOps teams.

If you're passionate about delivering world-class software through rigorous testing practices and enjoy leading teams that drive product excellence, we’d love to hear from you!

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership & Strategy

  • Define and execute the overall QA strategy, ensuring alignment with SEW product and engineering goals.
  • Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of QA engineers.
  • Drive a culture of quality, test automation, and continuous improvement.

Testing & Quality Assurance

  • Oversee test planning, test case development, and execution for all SEW Product software releases.
  • Champion test automation strategies to reduce manual testing and increase test coverage.
  • Ensure testing covers functionality, regression, integration, performance, and security aspects.

Technology & Tools

  • Evaluate and implement modern QA tools and frameworks, especially those compatible with .NET (e.g., Selenium, NUnit, SpecFlow, Azure DevOps Pipelines).
  • Maintain test environments and CI/CD pipeline integration for seamless test execution.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering teams to ensure a clear understanding of requirements and delivery expectations.
  • Provide visibility into quality metrics, bug trends, and testing progress to stakeholders.

Process Improvement

  • Propose improvements for faster, more reliable releases.
  • Establish and track quality KPIs to measure success and guide improvements.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field (Master's preferred).
  • 10+ years of QA experience, with at least 3–5 years in a leadership role.
  • Strong experience testing .NET applications (web, desktop, or API-based).
  • Deep understanding of software testing methodologies, SDLC, and agile practices.
  • Hands-on experience with automated testing tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Postman, NUnit, xUnit, SpecFlow).
  • Proficiency with QA and DevOps tools such as Azure DevOps, Git, Selenium, SpecFlow, NUnit, JMeter, or equivalent.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

"SEW is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristics.”

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