Principal Quality Engineer

Principal Quality Engineer IC4

The Principal Quality Engineer IC4 is responsible for defining and leading scalable, risk-based quality strategies for complex systems; overseeing test coverage, environments, automation, defect resolution, root cause analysis, quality gates, and release readiness across teams. The role requires strong expertise in GPU related testing, test automation, CI/CD integration, risk assessment, test execution and infrastructure, cross-functional collaboration, problem solving, process improvement, and technical mentorship.

Designs scalable test strategies for complex GPU systems, defining coverage to address integration complexity and technical risks. Oversees test environment setup across teams, adapts validation plans, and enforces quality gates for release readiness. Works with manufacturing facilities to review test procedures and results. Leads root cause analysis for customer issues, manages defect resolution, and drives team-level quality improvements. Maintains and optimizes test infrastructure, advises on build vs.

buy decisions, and develops reusable automation solutions integrated into Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

Key Responsibilities:

Test Design and Strategy

• Designs scalable strategies for complex systems that align with quality goals of the function and product vision.
• Recommends approaches based on risk to inform architecture and tooling initiatives.
• Defines coverage across systems to account for technical unknowns, scalability, and integration complexity.
• Prioritizes risk-based regression to balance speed, risk, and automation coverage across products or services.

Test Execution

• Oversees team test environment setup and maintenance across multiple teams, ensuring scalability.
• Adapts validation plans for complex systems through risk modeling to address service ownership alignment.
• Creates documentation for failures across components, implementing corrections where needed.
• Prioritizes risk-based regression to balance speed, risk, and automation coverage across products or services.

Defect Tracking and Management

• Takes ownership of reproducing customer issues, performing root cause analysis, and verifying fixes.
• Manages defects across features.
• Leads regular reporting on test progress/defects, ensures root causes are addressed through fixes and engineering accountability.
• Independently conducts post-incident (post-mortem) reviews to identify root causes and recommend preventative actions.
• Independently drafts findings and action plans for leadership review.
• Partners with others on troubleshooting and performing root cause analysis to uncover recurring quality issues and drive improvements.

Collaboration and Communication

• Supports cross-functional quality initiatives by contributing to technical roadmap alignment, surfacing quality risks, and collaborating with partner teams to drive test alignment.
• Works with product management and developers to align on areas for testing.
• Influences the design and prioritizes testing and tooling.
• Maintains and optimizes test infrastructure, driving efficiency and scalability to improve automation and test processes.

Continuous Improvement

• Analyzes and updates processes that improve consistency and reduce friction in engineering workflows within a limited, clearly scoped area.

Automation

• Drives team-level quality improvements by identifying process gaps and contributing to local transformation efforts.
• Develops scalable automation solutions that support test coverage and reuse within a product or team.
• Promotes automation best practices by resolving complex issues and guiding peers on test maintainability.
• Integrates automation into Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines by contributing to workflow enhancements and reliability improvements.

Risk Assessment

• Leads quality risk assessments during product development, ensuring proactive risk mitigation and testing strategies.
• Identifies systematic impacts of test coverage on moderately complex features areas.
• Implements and enforces software quality gates at key development stages by evaluating test coverage, static analysis results, and…