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Overview

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Define and own Automata''s technical Product QA strategy across hardware, software, and automation systems.Serve as the organization''s technical authority on product quality, championing end-to-end testing practices and mentoring colleagues across Product, Engineering, and Design to uphold world-class standards in hybrid cloud-edge-hardware system quality.Partner closely with Engineering Leads, Product Managers, Customer Success, Deployment, and DevOps teams to optimize development and release processes—embedding quality into every stage of the lifecycle.Set and enforce release readiness criteria, driving go/no-go quality decisions.Mentor team members and set best practices, without formal line management.Architect and execute complex, real-world test suites covering both new features and existing functionality.Drive the design, implementation, and scaling of automated testing frameworks to increase efficiency, broaden test coverage, and support diverse test types (functional, integration, regression, performance, reliability, resilience, failover, and safety validation).Ensure releases are robust, scalable, and validated against demanding lab environments.Test against variability in lab configurations, instruments, and workflows to ensure reliable deployment across diverse customer environments.Develop clear, automated, real-time reporting systems that highlight risks, reliability metrics, and trends.Provide data-driven insights and quality metrics that directly inform engineering, product, and release decisions.Refine QA processes to increase efficiency and accuracy.Lead adoption of advanced automation tools and methodologies.Embed quality gates, rollback testing, and automated compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines.Build and maintain internal testing tools that accelerate release cycles and integrate automation frameworks into CI/CD pipelines.Maintain and evolve physical test environments that simulate real-world lab conditions; ensure hardware QA systems are reliable, scalable, and up-to-date.Qualifications

Extensive QA experience across integrated hardware-software systems, including robotic automation, IoT, and distributed cloud-edge architectures.Proven ability to ensure system quality at scale, focusing on data integrity, synchronization, latency, resilience, and reliability in production-like environments.Strong background in performance, stress, and reliability testing, as well as test data management, workflow simulation, and reproducible test environments.Familiarity with regulated environments (e.g., GxP, ISO, FDA) and the ability to design QA processes that meet compliance expectations.Expertise in automated testing frameworks, CI/CD integration, and scalable test infrastructure design.Demonstrated technical leadership—setting strategy, influencing teams, and mentoring peers.Collaborative mindset, able to translate field learnings from customer-facing teams into improved QA coverage.Analytical, structured problem-solver who thrives on complex, data-driven challenges.Bonus points for expertise in lab instrumentation and automation workflows or life sciences; background in software development or test tooling ..... full job details .....