Full Job Description
We are looking for a hands-on Senior Systems Integration QA / Team Lead to oversee end-to-end quality assurance for our live sports video capture and multi-angle video playback systems. This role goes beyond traditional software testing; you will lead QA across video inputs, hardware, network components, mobile client devices (iPads), and our desktop capture applications. You'll work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Systems Engineering, and will be expected to spend time on-site with customer-facing colleagues to validate our solution under real-world conditions, including testing of performance, networking conditions, resiliency/failover, and operational workflows.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Systems & Field Validation
- Lead soak, stress, latency, and reliability testing in environments that mirror stadium/field deployments
- Conduct on-site verification sessions with customer-facing colleagues, capturing real-world usage patterns, connectivity challenges, and workflow friction
- Translate field findings into actionable engineering tickets and QA improvements
Strategic QA Leadership
- Own the test strategy and quality culture across video inputs, encoders, networking, video capture, backend services, client apps and field devices
- Build and maintain a scalable QA device lab, including video inputs, cameras, encoders, networking, desktop applications and devices, to test a range of setups based on real customer usage
- Define and oversee test plans for individual components and full integrated system flows
Cross-Team Collaboration
- Partner closely with Product Management to align test scenarios with real coaching workflows, and multi-user performance requirements
- Work with Systems Engineering to configure and observe behaviour and performance with different network conditions and configurations
- Collaborate with Developers and Support teams to instrument logs, expose timestamps, and build tools to support QA, automate setups, and review system health
Device Automation & Metrics
- Define quality metrics for video, network and system performance
- Establish a repeatable regression and release validation pipeline, including pre-deployment reliability gates based on real team usage scenarios
- Define/create tooling to automate setup, configuration and health checks of environments
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
- 5+ years in system integration test roles, or in video streaming, broadcast tech working with high-concurrency systems
- Proven experience testing hardware and software integrated platforms: including video pipelines, encoders, mobile clients, and network infrastructure
- Strong knowledge of network fundamentals
- Experience designing/operating a device lab with high device concurrency (e.g., 20+ tablets concurrently testing playback or streaming)
- Ability to design test plans for failure scenarios: including hardware, network etc failures
- Comfortable being hands-on with physical gear: plugging switches, flashing iPad builds, reading encoder diagnostics
- Exceptional communication skills: capable of representing QA insights directly to Product and Field teams with clarity and urgency
WHAT YOUR SUCCESS WILL LOOK LIKE
- In 6 months time: You will have developed a comprehensive understanding of our Thunder and Focus Live gameday solutions, confidently navigating and validating their end-to-end system workflows.
- In 12 months time: You will have successfully overseen quality assurance through a full gameday season, demonstrating a solid command of both current and upcoming infrastructure systems to drive continuous reliability.
Compensation & Benefits
The target Total Compensation range for this position is $90,626 - $181,252 per year. This range is inclusive of base salary and a target incentive plan (which may include equity, commission, or other bonus structures).
Your specific compensation within this range will be determined by factors such as your geographic location, relevant experience, and job-related skills.
In addition to this compensation, Catapult also offers generous paid leave and recognized company holidays, and the opportunity to participate in our comprehensive benefits package, including Health, Dental, and Vision insurance, and 401(k) retirement plan with company match.