Manager, Software Quality Assurance – Wireless Hub – AlertMe Smart Home Area Network Job in Oakland 94612, California US
AlertMe.com
Manager, Software Quality Assurance – Wireless Hub – AlertMe Smart Home Area Network
Position Location: Oakland, CA
AlertMe is the leading technology innovator in cloud-based Smart Home Services allowing consumers to monitor and control home energy, security, home appliance and devices.
Combining our award-winning Platform, Home Hub, Home Area Network and innovative hardware and applications, we provide unprecedented insight that enables consumers to take control not only of their energy use, but also a myriad of devices and applications in the home. By doing so we can help them to become more efficient, save money, enjoy more control and enhance their comfort and peace of mind.
Overview:
· This role is instrumental in ensuring that all of the software applications that are a part of AlertMe’s platform inter-operate seamlessly.
· Work with a small team in a startup environment in our SF Bay area office in conjunction with our main office in the UK. You will be given a lot of autonomy and flexibility to design new test procedures, but will be counted on by the team to make sure the quality of our applications are tested and maintained.
· Determining the best methods to test and qualify our entire solution in a real world-like deployment
· Benchmarking performance and scalability test
· Maintaining stability and quality on past and present releases through regression and longevity testing
· Delivering scheduled releases in a timely fashion
· Managing replicated customer test labs
· Maintaining external qualification through our Beta Program
· Managing a team and building for growth.
· Participate in design reviews and make recommendations for product improvements.
Requirements:
· A minimum of 5 + years of experience in software testing / quality assurance
· Experience managing QA staff
· Ability to create test cases and test scenarios
· Demonstrated experience working with test frameworks and automated build environments.
· Ability to effectively communicate and resolve quality issues with cross functional teams
· Comfortable working as a hands-on manager engaged in the day to day testing.
· Ability to read and understand software design specifications.
· Strong oral and written communication skills.
· Comfortable with some domestic and international travel
· A willingness to work on additional tasks and responsibilities that will contribute towards team, department, and company goals.
· + (Plus) BSEE or BSME
· + (Plus) experience with wireless networking products or radio controlled devices
Company Vision
Our vision is to empower consumers and give them unprecedented visibility and control of their homes wherever they are. By providing a single seamless platform that is open and expandable with almost unlimited future potential, we can become an indispensable part of a consumer's daily life.
AlertMe provides a full connected home solution that includes thermostats, smart plugs, door locks, keypads, video cameras, motion sensors, door-window sensors, light switches, energy monitors and much more.
Our goal is to empower as many consumers as possible, so we work with some of the largest consumer-facing businesses in the world to deliver benefits to their customers. We learn continually from our own direct customers so that AlertMe delivers services based on tried-and-tested experience of what really “works” in the homes and lives of real people. In summary, we offer an award-winning user experience that cunningly conceals a highly sophisticated technology platform.
Visit us at www.alertme.com