QA Lead - Simulation Platform
Caterpillar6 days ago
Irving, TX, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$128k - $209k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead QA strategy, planning, execution, quality standards, test processes, release gates, defect triage, and acceptance criteria for the simulation and rendering platform.
- Build and mentor a QA function, including hiring support, technical interviewing, onboarding, and coaching QA engineers and SDETs.
- Own automated test architecture for UI, API, integration, regression, data validation, simulation scenarios, rendering validation, performance, and reliability testing.
- Partner with engineering, robotics, product, and architecture teams to create testable requirements, validation plans, and quality decisions.
- Improve CI/CD quality practices, pipeline health, flaky-test reduction, testability, release readiness reporting, exploratory testing, risk reviews, and defect prevention.
- Lead test design reviews, QA brainstorming, post-release learning, and continuous improvement for simulation workflows and robotic use cases.
Requirements
- Experience leading QA or SDET efforts for complex web, platform, simulation, rendering, robotics, mapping, or data-intensive software products.
- Ability to define QA/QC processes, engineering quality standards, release criteria, and team operating practices.
- Hands-on test automation experience for modern web applications, APIs, backend services, databases, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Working knowledge of frontend and backend quality concerns, JavaScript/TypeScript applications, service APIs, data contracts, and cross-browser/device behavior.
- Experience validating 3D, graphics, geospatial, or simulation workflows, including visual correctness, scenario behavior, spatial data, or rendering output.
- Experience with tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Jest, pytest, Postman/Newman, GraphQL testing, ESLint, Webpack, or similar technologies.
- Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Firebase, or similar platforms.
- Strong scripting or programming skills, preferably in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or Node.js.
- At least 7 years of experience in software quality, test automation, SDET, or related engineering roles, with at least 3 years leading QA strategy or quality initiatives and at least 5 years building automated tests.
- Experience with rendering, simulation platforms, robotics test environments, Nvidia Omniverse, game engines, GIS/terrain mapping, or digital twin technologies is highly desirable.
- Experience improving CI/CD pipeline quality, release readiness, defect analytics, test-suite maintainability, and production-quality feedback loops.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits; paid time off; 401(k) savings plans; Health Savings Account; Flexible Spending Accounts; health lifestyle programs; Employee Assistance Program; voluntary benefits and employee discounts; career development; incentive bonus; disability benefits; life insurance; parental leave; adoption benefits; and tuition reimbursement.
- This is a full-time position requiring onsite work five days per week at the Irving, Texas office.
- Domestic relocation assistance is not available.
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCypressFirebaseGoogle CloudGraphQLJavaJavaScriptJestNode.jsPostmanpytestPythonSeleniumSQLTypeScriptWebpack
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About Caterpillar
For 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed. With 2024 sales and revenues of $64.8 billion, Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Caterpillar does business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation – and provides financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.