Quality Engineering Lead*Hybrid in Horsham, PA

About the Role

This position serves as a lead for a team of Quality Engineers and is expected to operate as an enterprise Quality Engineering leader, influencing strategy, standards, tooling, and quality outcomes across the Commercial IP, Life Sciences, and Government IP organizations. The role requires close collaboration with business, product, engineering, operations, and technology leadership teams to establish and drive consistent quality standards, automation strategies, performance testing practices, and continuous improvement initiatives across multiple business units.

The individual will identify opportunities for standardization, operational efficiencies, and reuse of testing frameworks and processes across the enterprise.

The role may have responsibility for the direct management of Quality Engineers and therefore requires prior people leadership experience, including coaching, mentoring, performance management, workforce planning, and talent development. The successful candidate must be able to build high‑performing teams, foster a culture of accountability and innovation, and effectively lead through organizational and technological change.

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.

You must successfully pass a background investigation and achieve Public Trust security clearance.

Must be located near the Horsham, PA location for a Hybrid onsite schedule.

• Strong foundation in QA methodologies, SDLC/STLC, Agile, Scrum, and Dev Ops practices
• Expertise in test automation using Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Appium, with multi‑language scripting (Java, JavaScript/Type Script, Python, C#)
• Design and implementation of scalable automation frameworks (POM, data‑driven, keyword‑driven, hybrid, BDD)
• Proficient in API testing (Postman, REST Assured, SoapUI, Swagger/OpenAPI) and microservices/GraphQL validation
• Performance and load testing using JMeter, Load Runner, and monitoring tools like Grafana
• Integration of automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops, Git Lab CI)
• Source control and code quality management (Git ecosystem, Sonar Qube)
• Strong defect tracking and test management using Jira and Azure Dev Ops
• Database validation experience across Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of security and accessibility testing (OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, axe)
• Test reporting and analytics using Allure, Extent Reports, TestNG/JUnit
• Experience with service virtualization and mocking tools such as Wire Mock and Mockito
• AI fluency, including experience leveraging AI‑assisted software development and Quality Engineering tools to improve test design, automation, defect analysis, and engineering productivity
• Understanding of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), including prompt engineering, AI‑assisted test generation, and AI‑powered testing capabilities
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and problem‑solving skills
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, leadership, mentoring, and cross‑functional collaboration skills
• Strong understanding of process improvement, quality metrics, risk assessment, and software quality governance

• Lead the planning and execution of functional, API, automation, and performance testing across multiple projects.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable automation frameworks and CI/CD test pipelines.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Dev Ops, and Architecture teams to ensure quality throughout the SDLC.
• Drive continuous improvement of testing processes, tools, quality metrics, and engineering best practices.
• Analyze defects, perform root cause analysis, and ensure timely resolution of quality issues.
• Mentor and develop QA engineers while promoting automation‑first and quality engineering practices.
• Evaluate and implement new testing tools and technologies to improve quality, efficiency, and delivery.
• Manage team priorities, performance, and resource planning to deliver high‑quality software on time.
• Ensure compliance with organizational quality standards,…