DESCRIPTION

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo and Amazon Show. The Amazon Devices group delivers delightfully unique Amazon experiences, giving customers instant access to everything, digital or physical.

The Device OS team is responsible for the board bring up, low level software, core operating system architecture, innovative framework feature development, associated cloud services and end-to-end system functions that brings these devices to life.

The Role:
As a 'Manager, Quality Assurance' you will have an opportunity to lead a talented team of QAEs, SDETs, with the responsibility to deliver products/solutions of the highest quality. The successful Quality Assurance Manager will be obsessed with quality improvement, experienced and highly committed to creating world class automation for regression and feature testing, able to develop and drive a high-level test strategy, as well as take a hands-on approach to implementing that strategy. In this role you will:
* Build and lead a highly performant team of QA/SDETs
* Work with Product Management and Development teams to understand product vision, features and requirements.
* Understanding how all elements of the system software ecosystem work together and developing QA approaches that fit the overall strategy
* Be responsible for development of test strategies and creation of appropriate test harnesses
* Oversee the development and execution of test plans and monitoring and reporting on test execution
* Innovate in the automation testing space and manage the roadmap
* Set vision, define and own metrics for team/project success.
* Earn trust through regular communication with senior management on status, risks, and change control
* Work with a team of top notch quality engineering professionals to ensure the highest quality product delivery

Key job responsibilities
Build and lead a highly performant team of QA/SDETs

Work with Product Management and Development teams to understand product vision, features and requirements.

Understanding how all elements of the system software ecosystem work together and developing QA approaches that fit the overall strategy

Be responsible for development of test strategies and creation of appropriate test harnesses

Oversee the development and execution of test plans and monitoring and reporting on test execution

Innovate in the automation testing space and manage the roadmap

Set vision, define and own metrics for team/project success.

Earn trust through regular communication with senior management on status, risks, and change control

Work with a team of top notch quality engineering professionals to ensure the highest quality product delivery

A day in the life
As a 'Manager, Quality Assurance' you will have an opportunity to lead a talented team of QAEs, SDETs, with the responsibility to deliver products/solutions of the highest quality. The successful Quality Assurance Manager will be obsessed with quality improvement, experienced and highly committed to creating world class automation for regression and feature testing, able to develop and drive a high-level test strategy, as well as take a hands-on approach to implementing that strategy.

About the team
Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo and Amazon Show. The Amazon Devices group delivers delightfully unique Amazon experiences, giving customers instant access to everything, digital or physical.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Chennai, TN, IND

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of quality assurance engineering experience
- 4+ years of quality assurance teams management experience
- Experience managing manual testers
- Experience managing automation testers
- Experience testing web technologies and back-end services
- Experience identifying and reviewing test plans, test cases and testing results with a strong QA background

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience preparing quality metrics and effectively engaging with stakeholders to set and drive quality goals
- Experience transforming QA programs from manual to automation