QA Lead

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced QA Lead to spearhead our Quality Assurance efforts. The ideal candidate will be responsible for defining our testing strategy, mentoring a growing team, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software across the entire SDLC.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Oversight: Lead and define the strategy for all levels of testing, including Unit, Integration, and End-to-End. Implement testing strategies, methodologies, and best practices to enhance the overall quality assurance process.

• Quality Governance: Establish standards for writing maintainable, well-designed, and efficient tests and maintain it regularly.

• Reporting & Communication: Architect the framework for tracking and communicating test results in an automated and timely manner to stakeholders.

• CI/CD Leadership: Direct the maintenance and optimization of automated tests to ensure they execute reliably and efficiently within CI/CD pipelines.

• Collaboration: Facilitate test coverage review sessions with product and development teams and lead cross-departmental efforts to drive continuous testing improvements throughout the SDLC.

• Problem Solving: Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex issues and gather high-level requirements to build comprehensive testing solutions.

• Accountability: Demonstrate and instill strong ownership and accountability for all quality deliverables within the team.

• Mentorship: Actively mentor and grow the skills of QA Engineers, Juniors, and Interns.

• AI: Utilization of AI in daily workflows and drive AI adoption in your team.

Basic Requirements

Skills & Experience

• Industry Experience: Minimum 10+ years of professional experience in Test Analysis (with at least 4 years in a lead role).

• Technical Proficiency: Some experience in automation is a bonus.

• Methodology: Extensive experience working in and leading teams within Agile and Scrum environments.

• Test Design: Proven experience designing comprehensive test plans for complex existing and new functionalities. Reviewing test cases produced by the QA team members and continuously expanding existing test plans with new test cases as new features are added to products.

• Platform Testing: Advanced experience with manual and automation testing of Browser based applications.

• Advanced Tools: Expertise in implementing complex test cases and managing test records using Azure DevOps for Test Management.

• Technical Stack: Mastery of Git and familiarity with automation solutions such as Playwright, Selenium or RestAssured.

• Specialized Testing: Experience in API testing and Non-functional Testing (Load, Performance, and Security) using tools like k6, JMeter, or Gatling.

• Frameworks: Strong practical application of BDD/TDD methodologies.

• Qualifications: Degree or Diploma in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

Behavioral Competencies

• Self-Sufficient: Ability to work independently and drive team goals without constant supervision.

• Leadership Presence: Positive attitude, loyal, and trustworthy character.

• Attention to Detail: Methodical and diligent approach to complex systems.

• Team Leadership: A strong team player dedicated to fostering a collaborative, people-centric environment.
  

  In return for your expertise, we’ll support you in this new challenge with coaching & development every step of the way. Also, to reward your hard work, you’ll get:

• Guaranteed 13 th Cheque

• Annual Incentive Performance bonus

• Discovery medical aid, 50% of the package for you and your dependents covered by MSI

• Old Mutual pension fund (7,5% deducted from the base salary, MSI contributing with an equivalent of 10.5% of base salary on a monthly basis)

• 20 PTO days, 36 sick leave days in a 3-year cycle (PTO entitlement increasing with the years of service)

• Family responsibility, compassionate and study leaves

• Employee Assistance Program - a confidential and free of charge hotline with professional counselling for our employees and their families

• Educational assistance program

• Free and unlimited access to all courses on LinkedIn Learning

• Fully Remote from any place in South Africa - set you up to work from home - laptop and accessories.

Travel Requirements

Relocation Provided

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Referral Payment Plan

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EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.