Senior QA Manager, Embedded Systems

Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) is the world’s largest telematics service provider. Its mission is to make the world’s roads and drivers safer. The company’s AI-driven platform, Drive Well Fusion, gathers sensor data from millions of IoT devices — including smartphones, proprietary Tags, connected vehicles, dashcams, and third-party devices — and fuses them with contextual data to create a unified view of vehicle and driver behavior.

Auto insurers, automakers, commercial mobility companies, and the public sector use insights from CMT’s platform to power risk assessment, safety, claims, and driver improvement programs. Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with offices in Budapest, Chennai, Seattle, Tokyo, and Zagreb, CMT measures and protects tens of millions of drivers across the world every day.

Managing the Embedded Software QA Team, you will be responsible for setting the strategic direction and priorities for testing and validation of the various firmware platforms used across CMT’s full portfolio of IoT devices. Our cloud-connected devices offer interesting engineering challenges, including video acquisition, compression and playing, computer vision, LTE modems, real-time communication, onboard sensors such as GPS and accelerometers, and over-the-air upgrades with new firmware.

Using industry best practices, you will help define testing requirements and testing methods that will ensure we continue to raise the bar on quality for all products.

CMT is looking for a collaborative, customer-committed, and creative
** Senior QA Manager, Embedded Systems
** who wants to join us in making roads safer by making drivers better!
** Responsibilities:
*** Lead a team of QA engineers to promote and implement test-driven development practices, code reviews, and continuous integration to maintain high standards for code reliability and robustness
* Partner with Hardware Engineering, Firmware Development and Product teams to define quality goals, expand test coverage, and ensure high quality releases
* Lead test planning and execution for major firmware and new hardware releases
* Oversee the development of detailed test cases and strategy for our IoT devices portfolio. Create and maintain comprehensive and effective test suites
* Direct the execution of systems-level manual and automated in-house acceptance tests and real world driving tests to detect defects and regressions in our cloud application and devices
* Improve CMT’s test coverage and cycle time subject to budget and time constraints. Augment the value and reach of the team through automation, software, and development of test rigs
* Complete any additional tasks as they arise
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* Qualifications:

*** Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience and/or certification in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent years of experience and/or certification
* 8+ years of industry experience in QA with a focus on testing Embedded Firmware and systems
* 3-5 years of experience managing & leading QA teams/projects
* Extensive experience in test strategy development and leading QA/testing Team for embedded software systems, including applications running on Embedded Linux platforms.
* Expertise in developing and executing test strategies, covering unit, integration, system, and regression testing in embedded environments.
* Experienced leader capable of managing diverse responsibilities in testing, automation, and requirements analysis
* Advanced experience in debugging and troubleshooting embedded systems with tools like GDB, JTAG, and hardware debuggers.
* Expertise in automating test cases within CI/CD pipelines using tools like Git Hub, Jenkins, and CI/CD systems, ensuring streamlined testing workflows.
* Familiarity with automated tests for Embedded systems using Python and Linux Bash scripting
* Experience with Agile Scrum and using Jira
** Nice to Haves:
*** Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies such as S3
* Working knowledge of Spira Test or other test case management tool
* Experience with IoT devices
** Compensation and Benefits:
*** Fair and competitive salary based on skills and experience, and annual performance bonus
* Equity may be…