SQA Manager Santa Clara, CA

ABOUT THE ROLECelestial AI is looking for a highly motivated and detail-oriented Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Manager to join our team. As an SQA Manager, you will lead a small team of engineers and play a critical role in ensuring the quality of our software products. You will be responsible for managing the team, as well as designing, developing, and executing test plans and test cases, identifying and reporting defects, and working closely with developers to ensure that our software meets the highest standards. This is a hands-on leadership position that requires both technical depth and leadership skills.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESTest Strategy & Planning: Develop comprehensive test plans, strategies, and methodologies specifically tailored for embedded firmware, covering functional, non-functional (performance, power, memory), reliability, stress, and security aspects.Test Case Design & Execution: Design, document, and execute detailed test cases for firmware components, drivers, communication protocols, and system-level interactions with hardware.Hardware-Firmware Integration Testing: Lead and perform testing at the hardware-firmware interface, ensuring seamless and correct interaction between embedded software and physical components (e.g., sensors, actuators, external memory, peripherals like SPI, I2C, UART).Automation Development: Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts and test harnesses using scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and specialized tools to enhance test coverage and efficiency, particularly for regression testing.Defect Management: Identify, document, track, and verify resolution of software defects using bug tracking systems. Provide clear and concise bug reports with steps to reproduce and relevant logs.Root Cause Analysis: Collaborate with firmware developers to perform in-depth root cause analysis of defects, often involving debugging on embedded targets using JTAG/SWD, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other hardware debugging tools.Performance & Resource Analysis: Monitor and analyze firmware performance metrics (CPU usage, memory footprint, power consumption, boot time, latency) and validate against specified requirements.Regression & Release Qualification: Own the regression testing process and contribute significantly to the final release qualification of firmware builds.Process Improvement: Champion and contribute to the continuous improvement of firmware development and quality assurance processes, methodologies, and best practices.QUALIFICATIONSBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.10 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, with a minimum of 5 years directly focused on firmware or embedded software testing.Strong understanding of embedded systems concepts, including microcontrollers/microprocessors, real-time operating systems (RTOS), interrupts, memory management, and common peripheral interfaces (GPIO, I2C, SPI, UART, ADC, DAC, Timers).Proficiency in C/C++ for embedded development, with the ability to read, understand, and debug firmware code.Experience with scripting languages for test automation (e.g., Python, Bash).Hands-on experience with hardware debugging tools such as JTAG/SWD debuggers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and multimeters.Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and bug tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps).Experience with test management tools (e.g., TestRail, Zephyr).Excellent problem-solving skills, with a methodical and analytical approach to identifying and isolating defects.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSExperience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for embedded systems.Knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP)Experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing, simulation, or emulation environments.As an early stage start up, we offer an extremely attractive total compensation package inclusive of competitive base salary, bonus and a generous grant of our valuable early-stage equity. The target base salary for this role is approximately $185,000.00 - $225,000.00. The base salary offered may be slightly higher or lower than the target base salary, based on the final scope as determined by the depth of the experience and skills demonstrated by candidate in the interviews.We offer great benefits (health, vision, dental and life insurance), collaborative and continuous learning work environment, where you will get a chance to work with smart and dedicated people engaged in developing the next generation architecture for high performance computing.Celestial AI Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-09-17