Test Lead

Overview:

In this role the individual will be responsible for leading a team of QA professionals for a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. The QA team will be engaged highly on testing innovative, intelligent and intuitive touch and speech interfaces to simplify and enhance the way people interact with mobile devices, applications, and services.

Responsibilities:

As a QA Team Lead for this product, you will:

• Directly supervise QA team members including the preparation and delivery of staff performance evaluations and career development activities
• Involved in new feature analysis to lead the effort in creating test plans and test strategies for them
• Manage the planning and execution of product testing efforts including the associated hardware and personnel resources to meet customer committed dates
• Implement ongoing quality improvement processes working with interdepartmental teams
• Work in the framework of an automated test infrastructure in a clean and disciplined way
• Lead QA activities which includes planning, scheduling, coordination meetings with project management and software development team
• Partially involved in some hands on testing activities and assisting the team members in trouble shooting issues they encounter
• Anticipates quality problems and takes corrective action to resolve and achieve customer commitments
• Report progress on test efforts to the Senior QA Manager regularly.

Requirements:

• Bachelors in Engineering or Computer Science or the equivalent combination of education.
• At least 5-7 years of QA experience and 1-2 years in a QA Team Lead role
• Some experience with client server systems and understanding of the types of issues can result.
• Strong understanding of different software development cycles (waterfall and agile)
• Programming languages knowledge: Java, C/C++, Perl/Python Scripting;
• Solid understanding of computer networks and excellent troubleshooting skills in this environments;
• Good knowledge of Windows and Linux operating system;
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills;
• Motivated and good team player;
• The ability to learn quickly in a dynamic environment;
• Ability to analyze and solve complex problems quickly and creatively;

Location:   Montreal, Quebec

Salary: $85-95K

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