QA Lead (Automation & AI)
Caterpillar11 hours ago
Chennai, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership to QA teams supporting MineStar modernization initiatives.
- Define and govern test strategy, validation approaches, quality standards, and Definition of Done across legacy-to-modern platform transitions.
- Define, refactor, and extend test suites and drive automation strategy, coverage, and standards.
- Review QA test plans and ensure functional, integration, system, and non-functional test coverage.
- Guide component-level, service-level, and API testing and drive validation execution against acceptance criteria.
- Identify quality risks and dependencies, determine automation versus manual validation, and drive mitigation actions.
- Define and enforce quality gates and deployment-readiness decisions.
- Track quality metrics, test effectiveness, and defect trends while driving continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, Engineering, and QA teams to align validation with feature intent.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and automation testing.
- Experience working with multiple or large QA teams in enterprise or platform modernization programs.
- Strong expertise in manual testing concepts and test design techniques.
- Experience with Git, Maven, Jenkins, and DevOps pipelines.
- Hands-on experience with Cucumber and Playwright.
- Strong understanding of SDLC and STLC in Agile and SAFe environments.
- Knowledge of non-functional testing methodologies including performance, reliability, scalability, and security testing.
- Strong quality and release risk assessment and decision-making capabilities.
About Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc. designs, manufactures, and services construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives for infrastructure, resource, and energy customers. The public company, founded in 1925 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, sells primarily through an independent worldwide dealer network and provides equipment financing. It operates through Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation segments, with shares traded on the NYSE and Euronext Paris.