Manager - Quality

United Airlines, Inc.

$100K — $130K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology
  • 5+ years of quality engineering experience in large enterprise programs
  • 3+ years implementing Test Automation frameworks
  • 3+ years supporting release automation and performance testing
  • Experience leading projects and supervising large QE teams
  • Willingness to travel domestically/internationally (up to 10%)
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills

Responsibilities

  • Supervise day-to-day activities of quality engineering professionals
  • Govern functional and non-functional testing across multiple tracks
  • Develop creative solutions for technical limitations and project challenges
  • Drive innovation with GenAI capabilities from proof of concept to implementation
  • Implement strategies to enhance QE practices throughout project life cycles
  • Collaborate with DevOps to establish a robust CICD pipeline
  • Research and resolve issues; escalate to management when necessary

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in aviation
  • Engage in innovative quality engineering practices
  • Work with a talented and collaborative team
  • Opportunity for international travel
  • Contribute to the transformation of quality engineering in a major airline
Full Job Description
Description

As a Quality Engineer Manager of Information Technology at United Airlines, you will be responsible and accountable for day-to-day supervision and direction of QE Engineers. You'll directly supervise onsite and offshore Quality engineering professionals and ensure they are managing and owning deliverables. In this role you'll have accountability governing quality efforts on multiple projects and/or a large program that consists of multiple testing tracks is a must. You'll work closely with application teams and leadership to influence best quality practices and drive TMMi test maturity.

  • Govern functional and non-functional testing that includes agile, integration, end to end, performance, stress and endurance test with application development and non-functional teams
  • Offer creative solutions to solve complex problems such as reacting to technical limitations for test automation, late delivery of QA builds, scope creep, emergency changes, shifting priorities etc.
  • Drive innovations and efficiencies with GenAI capabilities from proof of concept to implementation across Digital Technology
  • Develop and implement strategies to improve QE practices from pre to post deployment (i.e. gating criteria, in sprint test automation, tooling)
  • Partner with application DevOps teams and build CICD pipeline for the sanity, integration and regression tests in QA and Production environments
  • Accountable for overseeing quality efforts on multiple projects and/or a large program that consists of multiple testing tracks and applications
  • Research and resolve people and project issues; provide recommendations; escalate to senior management as needed


Qualifications

What's needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer science, Information technology or similar
  • 3+ years of Quality Engineering experience with managing large enterprise programs
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience implementing Test Automation framework
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in automation scripting with Selenium or Playwright.
  • 3+ years of experience in supporting release automation (CICD) and application performance testing
  • 1+ years of experience in using GenAI & Agents to expedite functional and non-functional validation
  • Willing and able to travel domestic/internationally (up to 10%)
  • Listening, communication, partnership and negotiation skills
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
  • Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
  • Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position


What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

  • TMMI (Test Maturity Model Integration) Certification and/or knowledge
  • CSTE or any other Test Automation related certifications
  • Previous airline experience
  • Test Management Tools: TFS, Jira, Microsoft Test Management,
  • Automation: Ready API, SOAPUI, Rest Assure, SeeTest or any others to automate API's, UI and Mobile application
  • Understanding of cloud, distributed, microservice, mainframe and desk top based technology (AWS Preferred)
  • Understanding and/or implementation of GenAI testing technologies

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