Software QA Lead in England

Delta Intelligent Building Technologies (Canada) Inc. (formerly known as Delta Controls) is a leading building controls manufacturer with over 300 partners in more than 80 countries. For over three decades, we have provided innovative building automation solutions for commercial, healthcare, education, and leisure facilities.

The Software Quality Assurance (QA) Lead is responsible for ensuring that Delta Intelligent Building Technologies (Canada) Inc. software will meet the needs and requirements of its end-users. The Software QA Lead must be proficient in test methods and procedures, and can comprehensively test and evaluate all products before releasing to production to ensure they meet design specifications, and are suitable for their intended application(s). This includes designing test plans, strategies and automation, as well as documenting all test results in logs and reports; identifying bugs and operational anomalies, recording them for resolution by the product development team, and verifying bug resolutions will satisfy the intended customers' needs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Testing software with the understanding of what bugs are critical to the end-user.
• Creating and maintaining test documentation.
• Creating new entries in our bug tracking software for any new bugs identified in the system.
• Verifying bug fixes are satisfactory on newly transferred build.
• Design, coding and maintenance of automation frameworks, tests and tools.
• Troubleshooting complex problems in software.
• Assisting Technical Services in providing product support.
• Acting as a resource to other departments on products and applications.
• Assisting with documentation for software manuals, and technical documents.
• Regularly identifying deficiencies in the test suite and ensures they are resolved.
• Identifying usability problems and making suggestions for improvement.
• Reviewing and evaluating all Product Development and user documentation, and generating additional notes to summarize undocumented features and differences from previous versions.
• Providing important input on an ongoing basis.
• Issue management.
• Monitors issues for workflow, priority and completeness.

Additional responsibilities specific to Software QA Lead include, but are not limited to:

• Planning and estimating QA activities on projects or features within a Line of Business.
• Designing / creating test strategies and test plans for software development projects.
• Designing, developing, and maintaining automated test scripts, frameworks and tools.
• Drive the team's testing and automation strategies.
• Participating in recruitment activities for the QA team.
• Providing detailed reports on progress and status of the product from a SQA perspective.
• Ensuring software process is followed.
• Supporting junior members of the team.

Skills and Abilities:

• Very good time management and organizational skills.
• A strong desire to continuously improve professionally.
• The ability to work well in pressure situations and meet established deadlines.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Self-starter, self-driven to produce results and continually improve.
• Strong leadership, initiative and decision-making skills.
• Able to manage own time, workload and required course of action for execution under minimal supervision.
• Demonstrates excellent product functionality and application knowledge.
• Demonstrates excellent overall knowledge of Test Suite coverage.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of software test automation / development / scripting tools and languages.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the technologies, tools, frameworks, designs and software implementations.

Preferred Qualification and Experience:

• Successful completion of an accredited technology diploma program, undergraduate degree in Engineering, Computer Science or work experience equivalent (preferred).
• Preferably 5-8 years of experience in test development.
• Preferably 2 years of experience leading a small team.
• Knowledge of networked applications and systems, knowing where they can break and know how to test for quality, performance and resilience.
• Working knowledge of building controls, control theory, and electronics is an asset.
• Comprehensive knowledge of testing methods and procedures.
• Well developed troubleshooting and problem solving skills.

Work Location: In-office environment that is currently 3 days per week.

Type: full-time, Permanent

Salary: 85,000 CAD

Why work for us?

• We provide fantastic opportunities to individuals passionate about business and technology.
• Delta Electronics products are the most energy efficient power products in the industry.
• Employee & safety centric culture with the possibility of remote work.
• Flexible hours and scheduling available.
• Competitive total compensation along with generous vacation allowances.
• Three weeks of vacation.
• In-house & external training provided along with education support and opportunities for growth.
• Company funded annual personal development budget.
• Financial benefits & planning such as group RRSP & company match.
• Employer paid premiums for extended healthcare and family-focused benefits (health, vision and dental).
• Travel insurance coverage and access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Wellness - onsite fitness center & company reimbursement for personal gym memberships.
• Internal Recognition & Service Awards.
• Transit accessible with free onsite parking.
• Regular company events such as "Food Truck Fridays", Lunch & Learn and other planned activities.