Lead Software Test Engineer
Ford Motor1 day ago
Dearborn, MI, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$65k - $166k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and enforce entrance and exit criteria for SIT, regression, UAT, load and performance testing, and release dry runs.
- Coordinate end-to-end release preparation and execution across multiple Product Driven Organizations and test teams.
- Assess release health and provide data-driven go/no-go recommendations to leadership.
- Identify and implement AI, GenAI, and workflow automation opportunities to reduce process waste and optimize release cycles.
- Facilitate triage, manage test environments and test data, track defects, and escalate cross-team risks and dependencies.
- Design and maintain release metrics, dashboards, and executive reporting on quality and operational risk.
- Evaluate release, quality governance, and workflow automation tools and lead enterprise PoCs and approval processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance/Testing, including 3+ years leading Release Management or Test Delivery Coordination across complex enterprise programs.
- Hands-on or foundational experience with automated testing frameworks and tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Tricentis Tosca, Worksoft, or Postman.
- Demonstrated experience managing multi-phase testing cycles and enforcing quality gates.
- Functional or technical familiarity with SAP GUI, Fiori, S/4HANA, or large-scale ERP architectures.
- Experience running PoCs or piloting tools through enterprise governance and security clearance processes.
- Experience or interest in AI/GenAI process automation, CI/CD delivery models, and release orchestration pipelines such as GitHub Actions, Tekton, or Jenkins.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and cross-functional leadership skills.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, parent ramp-up programs, subsidized backup childcare, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, and fertility benefits.
- Vehicle discount and management lease programs for employees and family members.
- Tuition assistance and active employee resource groups.
- Paid time off for community service, paid holidays including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
- Hybrid position requiring onsite work four or more days per week.
Tech Stack
CypressGitHub ActionsJenkinsPostmanSeleniumTekton
Categories
About Ford Motor
Ford Motor Company designs, manufactures, and sells cars, trucks, SUVs, and commercial vehicles for consumers and businesses, and provides financing through Ford Credit. A public company headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan and listed on the NYSE, it operates globally under the Ford and Lincoln brands, including electric and connected vehicles such as the F‑150 Lightning and Mustang Mach‑E. Founded in 1903, it also offers software-driven fleet, mobility, and aftersales services.