Manager I, Software QA

Kulicke & Soffa
Fort Washington, PA
On-site

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for technical leaders who build testing strategies and drive quality culture in embedded systems environments, especially with C++ and cross-functional collaboration in Fort Washington, PA.

Best fit for

  • Technical leaders with experience shaping testing strategies for C++ and embedded systems environments
    — “Strong experience building testing strategies for complex systems including C++ and embedded software.”
  • Candidates who can lead QE teams across multiple product areas and influence senior stakeholders
    — “Proven leadership of Test Engineering or QE/SDET teams across multiple product areas.”
  • Individuals who can guide automation principles without prescribing specific frameworks
    — “Ability to define testing frameworks and quality approaches without tying the org to specific tools.”

Things to consider

  • The position emphasizes working in embedded systems and real-time environments, which may require specific domain knowledge
    — “Experience testing embedded systems including real-time or resource‑constrained environments.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in shaping enterprise testing strategies and cross-functional collaboration
    — “Lead and mature the enterprise testing strategy across all business units.”
  • Emphasize your ability to guide automation principles without prescribing frameworks
    — “Guide automation principles and tooling direction without prescribing specific frameworks.”
  • Showcase leadership in QE/SDET teams and influencing senior stakeholders
    — “Provide leadership across business units to elevate quality culture and engineering excellence.”
  • Demonstrate familiarity with AI-augmented testing and analytics-driven quality insights
    — “Identify opportunities to introduce AI for test generation, prioritization, and failure analysis.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Defined and maintained the enterprise-wide testing strategy and roadmap
  • Established a test architecture covering various testing types
  • Provided leadership across business units to elevate quality culture
Typical background
Proven leadership of Test Engineering or QE/SDET teams

Skills & requirements

Required

Testing StrategiesEmbedded SystemsC++Test AutomationCI/CDQuality EngineeringCommunication SkillsLeadership

Preferred

AI For Test GenerationC++ Static AnalysisMemory-safety Tooling

Stack & domain

Testing StrategiesC++Embedded SystemsCI/CDAutomationAILeadershipCommunicationSoftware EngineeringQuality Assurance

About the role

Original posting from Kulicke & Soffa

Technical Test Manager Position DescriptionMissionLead and mature the enterprise testing strategy across all business units. Develop a scalable, future‑ready quality engineering approach that strengthens reliability, accelerates delivery, and ensures consistency across teams and products—especially within C++ and embedded‑system environments.

Key ResponsibilitiesDefine and maintain the enterprise-wide testing strategy and roadmap.

Establish a test architecture covering unit, integration, system, e2e, performance, and reliability testing.

Drive consistent use of modern testing practices such as the Test Pyramid.

Provide leadership across business units to elevate quality culture and engineering excellence.

Guide automation principles and tooling direction without prescribing specific frameworks.

Oversee CI/CD quality gates and ensure reliable, actionable test integration.

Identify opportunities to introduce AI for test generation, prioritization, and failure analysis.

Collaborate cross-functionally with Software, DevOps, Architecture, and Product teams.

Required QualificationsStrong experience building testing strategies for complex systems including C++ and embedded software.

Proven leadership of Test Engineering or QE/SDET teams across multiple product areas.

Ability to define testing frameworks and quality approaches without tying the org to specific tools.

Strong understanding of CI/CD concepts, quality gates, and automation fundamentals.

Excellent communication and influence across teams and senior stakeholders.

Demonstrated traits: hungry, humble, and smart.

Nice to HaveExperience testing embedded systems including real-time or resource‑constrained environments.

Familiarity with C++ static analysis and memory‑safety tooling.

Exposure to AI‑augmented testing or analytics-driven quality insights.

Experience with long‑run reliability or system‑level validation.

Current Tech Stack (Informational Only)Below reflects the CURRENT environment and is provided for context only. These are NOT future requirements and should not constrain future evolution of tooling or frameworks.

Programming: C++ (primary), Python (for test tooling).

Automation: Robot Framework (Python‑based).

Tooling: Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket (Atlassian suite).

CI/CD: Bamboo (primary), Jenkins (secondary/legacy).

Domains: Embedded systems, system-level testing.

Source: Kulicke & Soffa careers

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