KLA Software Quality Assurance Lead 

United Kingdom, Wales, Newport 

753784432

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Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of software testers, mentoring them and guiding their development

• Implement strong working practices in software testing

• Work with the team during the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), to ensure test requirements are understood, detailed, and considered in the software design

• Coordinate monthly software releases (sprints) for compliance with SDLC and SQA needs

• Design, implement and maintain a groundbreaking test management environment

• Liaise with equipment owners to secure testing resources

• Build and drive test protocols, for manual and automated testing

• Lead bug reporting from internal and external collaborators

• Recreate and validate bug reports, identifying root causes

• Report bugs found during execution of development and regression testing

• Verify bug fixes provided by the development team, re-raise if not fixed

Basic Qualifications

• Proven experience in software test roles

• Experience testing Windows based applications written in C++ and/or C#

• Can demonstrate resourcefulness in solving problems

• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)

• Motivated to learn new skills

• Build and implement effective acceptance tests in functionality, performance, and usability

• Able to build and maintain automated test scripts/programs.

• Experience working in a defect/feature tracking system such as Azure DevOps, JIRA, etc

• Experience with CI/CD Pipelines

• Have a drive for continuous improvement

Desired

• Experience with any of the following areas will improve your profile

• Has led a small team of software testers

• Has implemented a test management environment

• Holds certification in software testing e.g. Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)

• Software configuration management experience

• Knowledge of programming languages, such as C++, C#, Java, Python

• Project planning and task estimation

• Working in an Agile development process

• Semiconductor validated experience

• Experience with MSTest and/or GTest

• Basics of statistics, data analytics, and machine learning

SPTS’s benefits package includes:

Annual leave starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays), contributory pension scheme, cash health plan, cycle to work scheme, global bonus plan, share scheme, rewards scheme, life assurance, generous shift allowance and overtime premiums.