Technical QA Lead

Who we are

At Johnson Controls, we're shaping the future to create a world that's safe, comfortable, and sustainable. Our global team creates innovative, integrated solutions making the people, facilities, and assets safe with our industry-leading security solutions. We are passionate about improving the way the world lives, works, and plays.

About Security Access Control Business

When Fortune 500 corporations, government customers, or any other enterprise applications concerned with critical security issues need a reliable solution in their day-to-day operations, often, they turn to Johnson Controls and its security and event management technologies currently installed in thousands of facilities worldwide. Johnson Controls has built a solid reputation in the security industry as an innovator of security and event management technologies. With its continuous investment in R&D, and the ability to leverage innovative technologies, Johnson Controls has reached technological excellence.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of development of the next generation of AI-driven security solutions. Your role will have a large impact being part of a growing QA team. Technology you test and support will be used to protect people, facilities, and assets, at scale around the world. Which is pretty world-changing and exciting!

We are investing heavily for growth of our QA team and looking for change agents with big bold ideas and a highly collaborative working style. This might just be THE impactful role you have been looking for!

What you will do

The QA Team Lead will drive the direction of a focused team. This position is critical in facilitating day to day priorities and processes in addition to getting hands on with the projects within the team. Areas of responsibilities would be reviewing test plans, prioritizing tests, and ensuring best practices are being followed. Having extensive automation experience and a history of software engineering experience will be a significant indicator of success. The team being led by this candidate will consist of both automation and test engineers and will require a system level quality approach. A small portion of time would be allocated to onboarding and mentoring resources. Overall, a strong technical experience in the field of software testing is a must.

How you will do it

The engineer will be part of an established QA test team responsible for various software, hardware, and firmware projects. We are operating under Agile principles, and the team lead would often be part of multiple scrum teams providing consulting services and ensuring best practices.

• Design and build physical environments to verify new product functionality

• Identifying root cause of defects

• Collaborating with development engineers, architects, and level 3 support engineers

• Building test plans and test strategies for cloud, server, and web interfaces

• Reviewing automation priorities

• Assisting in automation in python, JavaScript, or UFT frameworks

• Contribute as an embedded member of the sprint team with assigned stories

What we look for

• Minimum of 6+ years of related hardware and software test experience

• Experience with WebdriverIO, JavaScript, or Python

• Experience with Zephyr Scale or other test management systems

• Understanding of cloud architecture, microservices, and deployments

• Solid understanding of APIs, virtualized services, and API testing strategies

• Experience automating frontend web workflows with Selenium (JavaScript, Python)

• Sets the execution plan of the team and/or project

• Ability to research and present solutions to peers and QA management

• Successful track record as a 'hands on' leader within a QA organization

• Self-motivated and creative problem solver

• Quick learner and willingness to work on problems outside your comfort zone

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Experience with access control or video surveillance systems

• Knowledgeable in video codecs, VoIP, or hardware validation

• Understanding of AI or object detection processing

• Wireshark knowledge for performance monitoring

• Experience with mobile testing, Android Studio or Xcode mobile tools

Where and how

• This is an on-prem position in Belfast, Ireland

• Candidate is expected to be on site 3 to 5 days a week