Software Quality Engineering Manager

At Hitachi Energy, you’ll help advance a sustainable energy future by ensuring the software that keeps grids safe, reliable, and efficient meets the highest quality standards. In this role, you’ll lead software engineering processes with a strong emphasis on built‑in quality, ensuring quality is driven through design, implementation, validation, and delivery.

You’ll partner closely with software engineering teams, shaping how mission‑critical grid software is architected, built, reviewed, tested, and delivered.

You’ll define the QA vision and turn it into action: quality improvement plans, test strategies, and measurable KPIs that drive day‑to‑day decisions and long‑term outcomes. Your work will span modern development methods (agile, waterfall, hybrid) and deployment models (cloud and on‑premises), balancing speed with rigor.

You’ll influence engineering standards, code quality practices, CI/CD pipeline health, and overall SDLC maturity—not just test outcomes.

Most of all, you’ll help shape resilient, trustworthy grid automation software that operators rely on every day.

If you re energized by leading software teams toward a culture of engineering excellence and built‑in quality, we’d love to meet you.

• Set the QA strategy and annual quality improvement plans across the SDLC.
• Define and track quality KPIs; report concise progress updates to leadership.
• Lead audits and reviews for compliance and effectiveness; drive follow‑up actions.
• Resolve escalated customer issues and lead root cause analyses to closure.
• Approve test strategies and plans; ensure comprehensive, risk‑based coverage.
• Validate data behind KPIs; correct inconsistencies and strengthen governance.
• Evaluate and improve SDLC tools and configurations; introduce fit‑for‑purpose solutions.
• Explore AI and industry trends to enhance quality assessment and efficiency.
• Foster a learning culture through structured lessons‑learned and continuous improvement.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of software Quality Assurance experience
• 5+ years in process definition for developing and delivering software.
• Proven track record setting and monitoring quality KPIs for complex software.
• Strong analytical skills with hands‑on experience conducting RCAs and preventive actions.
• Deep experience with QA across all SDLC stages; proactive issue identification and resolution.
• Effective communicator and people leader for cross‑functional, globally distributed teams.
• Familiar with audits to standards such as ISO 9001 and ISO 12207; process rollout experience.
• Knowledge of waterfall, agile, and hybrid life cycles; cloud and on‑prem deployment practices; contemporary QA tools and processes.
• Candidate must already have work authorization to work for Hitachi Energy in the U.S.