Senior Quality Assurance Engineer (Onsite/Hybrid)

Company Description

WHO WE ARE

Velotic is a newly formed independent software company with a pure-play focus on industrial operations. We unite two category-defining portfolios -- ThingWorx and Kepware (formerly part of PTC) and Proficy (formerly part of GE Vernova) -- to transform industrial manufacturing, at scale. With $350M in annual revenue, a global footprint across a range of industries, a legacy customer base, and our intelligent data connectivity systems and AI solutions, we are one of the world's largest independent software companies focused on industrial operations -- here to power the future of manufacturing.

OUR MISSION

Enabling the world's industrial producers to do the right things right - across every shift, every plant, every day. We help manufacturers prosper by equipping them with software-defined, data-driven production systems that elevate quality, accelerate cycle times, improve resilience, and enable sustainable profit growth.

Job Description

WHY THIS IS A ONCE-IN-A-CAREER OPPORTUNITY

• Lead in a market undergoing significant disruption and growth from cloud migration to edge intelligence to AI-powered industrial automation.
• Join a culture defined by ambition, authenticity, speed, teamwork, and the belief that manufacturing can meaningfully improve the world.
• Competitive benefits, compensation and long-term impact on how the world’s industrial companies operate, automate, and innovate.

ROLE SUMMARY

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Quality Assurance Engineer to lead our quality initiatives and ensure the delivery of high-performing, reliable software. As a key member of our engineering team, you will not only design and execute complex testing strategies but also act as a mentor, process advocate, and architectural advisor. You will be instrumental in evolving our automated testing frameworks and fostering a "quality-first" culture across the entire development lifecycle.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Strategy and Test Architecture

• Test Planning: Designing comprehensive test strategies for complex features, ensuring full coverage across unit, integration, system, and regression testing.
• Automation Framework Development: Designing and maintaining robust automation frameworks from scratch, selecting the right tools (e.g., Playwright, FlaUI, Protractor, RestAssured, Selenium, Playwright etc) that align with the company’s tech stack.
• CI/CD Integration: Working on the DevOps tasks to integrate automated testing into the Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment pipelines to ensure "quality at speed."
• Test lab management: Upkeep of all the test environments (on premise and cloud). Managing the security patching on the test deployments.

2. Technical Execution

• Risk Analysis: Performing deep-dive risk assessments to identify which parts of the application are most prone to failure and prioritizing testing efforts accordingly.
• Performance and Security Testing: Moving beyond functional testing to oversee or perform non-functional testing, including load testing, stress testing, and basic security vulnerability assessment.
• Root Cause Analysis: Investigating complex production issues to understand why bugs escaped the testing cycle and implementing safeguards to prevent recurrence.

3. Leadership and Mentorship

• Mentoring: Coaching junior engineers on best practices, code quality, and testing methodologies.
• Process Improvement: Identifying bottlenecks in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and proposing process improvements (such as shifting left - testing earlier in the development cycle).
• Advocacy: Acting as a "Quality Champion" within the organization, promoting a culture where quality is a shared responsibility among developers, product managers, and designers.

4. Collaboration and Communication

• Requirement Analysis: Participating in design and architecture meetings early in the process to identify logical flaws or edge cases before code is even written.
• Stakeholder Reporting: Translating technical quality metrics (e.g., defect density, test coverage, pass/fail rates) into actionable insights for product managers and stakeholders.

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Programming Skills: Proficiency in at least one object-oriented language (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript) to build and maintain complex automation frameworks.
• Automation Frameworks: Expertise in industry-standard tools. Experience developing automated tests for Windows based applications is highly preferred.
• Web: Selenium, Playwright, or FlaUI.
• API: Postman, REST Assured, or PyTest.
• CI/CD Knowledge: Practical experience with pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
• Infrastructure & Cloud: Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) to simulate production-like testing environments.
• Metrics-Driven Mindset: Experience defining and tracking KPIs such as Mean Time to Detect (MTTD), Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR), and defect leakage rates to demonstrate the ROI of the QA team.
• Agile/Scrum Experience: Strong background working in iterative environments, including participation in sprint planning, grooming, and retrospectives.
• Industrial Automation Domain: Experience with SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) application and PLC devices REQUIRED.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
• A minimum of 6 years of professional experience

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Hybrid
• No travel needs.