Head of Quality Engineering
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Head of Quality Engineering leading global quality engineering, DevOps, and continuous testing for ABB’s industrial automation platform. Driving product verification, compliance, and QE transformation across PCP.
Responsibilities:
- Conceptualize, identify, explore and implement world-leading technologies, products and systems within and across product groups, divisions and business areas
- Ensure delivery of results and foster innovation
- Strategically develop and secure R&D capabilities with a cost-effective footprint
- Coordinate at various management levels and with external partners to enhance and secure ABB’s global position and profitability
- Contribute to the Automation Process Control Platform (AUPCP) globally
- Provide reliable and scalable shared capabilities for building, integrating, testing and assessing products and product lines across Solution Trains and Agile Release Trains
- Own shared quality engineering infrastructure and practices
- Lead independent qualification of product and product line deliveries across PCP
- Lead the quality engineering team, including test engineering, DevOps and configuration management
- Drive the shift from release-based system testing to continuous testing integrated into development
Requirements:
- M.Sc. or higher degree in Software Development, Engineering or a related field
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in R&D or a related field
- Proven experience leading a complex, global organization with accountability for verification and validation of products and quality compliance
- Proven experience implementing continuous testing / quality engineering transformations in one or more companies
- Understanding of products, product lifecycle and quality, with the ability to connect technical excellence with business and customer value
- Understanding of software verification methodologies, automated pipelines and infrastructure management
- Financial, stakeholder and people leadership skills, with experience managing resources and developing high-performing teams across cultures and geographical locations
- Hands-on experience with Linux and Kubernetes environments (mandatory)
- Proven experience driving Quality Engineering (QE) transformation, including leading organizational and process change
- Strong communication and cross-cultural collaboration skills
- Fluent written and spoken English
Benefits:
- Compensation details, including salary range, variable compensation and benefits package, shared with candidates who progress to the first interview stage
- Final offer tailored based on role location, experience, skills and qualifications, internal market positioning and ABB internal standards
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