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Mgr - IT QA Test Engineering

Motion
Birmingham, AL Full Time
POSTED ON 1/28/2026 CLOSED ON 2/25/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mgr - IT QA Test Engineering position at Motion?

Summary

The IT QA Test Engineering Manager oversees the activity of the Quality Assurance department and staff. The role develops, implements, and maintains all test automation for the organization's products and/or development processes.

You must be eligible to work in the US without Visa Sponsorship.

Job Duties

  • Provides hands-on leadership to a team of test automation professionals responsible for the development and maintenance of all automated tests and test pipelines.
  • Works with cross-departmental IT teams to deliver high quality products on schedule and within budget.
  • Provides high-level input as to the direction of manual and automated testing, and develops prioritized action test plans for Motion applications.
  • Participates in interviews, hiring, training and performance evaluation of all QA Analysts.
  • Gathers and presents test automation metrics and testing activities to key stakeholders.
  • Utilizes objective measures to identify improvement opportunities in test processes, team and tester efficiencies, and quality of deliverables.
  • Works with Application Development managers and developers, product owners, and business owners to understand system logic and application behavior.
  • Reviews Agile stories and acceptance criteria to ensure they are clearly defined and testable. Keeps abreast of emerging technology and trends.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience

  • Typically requires a bachelor's degree and at least five (5) years of experience in IT. Master's degree is a plus.
  • Three (3) or more years of proven experience leading a team of SDETs / Test Automation Engineers
  • Three (3) or more years of demonstrated ability using Selenium, webdriver.io, Postman, JaxRS, Appium, Cucumber, Cypress, or other test automation tools and frameworks.
  • Five (5) or more years of demonstrated ability writing code in Java and/or JavaScript

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

  • Good verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, work environment.
  • Experience with multiple SDLC methodologies (waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Hybrid Agile, etc)
  • Knowledge of modern test methodologies and drive to learn.
  • Demonstrated success as a team lead or in a prior IT management role.
  • Excellent knowledge of risk management, risk identification and risk-based testing.
  • Proficiency with VersionOne is desirable Proficiency with VersionOne is desirable
  • Ability to triage problems, prioritize accordingly, and propose a resolution
  • Strong leadership skills; able to empower and mentor engineers with different levels of experience
  • Working knowledge of test automation tools and processes a plus.
  • Detail oriented, analytical, and creative problem solver with passion for quality processes
  • Excellent multi-functional communication and influencing skills
  • Solid contributions as an Individual contributor while also managing people

Physical Demands

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS:

ISTQB Certification Foundation Level (CTFL) certification preferred

Supervisory Responsibility

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY:

Company Information

Motion Industries offers an excellent benefits package which includes options for healthcare coverage, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, vacation, sick, and holiday pay.

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