Senior Manager Test Engineering (Onsite / Decatur, GA)

Req ID: 11528

Remote Opportunities: Onsite

Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.

Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at www.acuityinc.com.

Job Summary

Senior Manager Test Engineering with an Automation focus working in our Electronics business. Provide leadership and mentorship to QA/Testing team members, setting clear business and development goals. Conduct regular alignment meetings with direct reports, perform annual reviews, and deliver constructive feedback. Offer technical leadership to the automation team by prioritizing automation initiatives and guiding best practices. Monitor, maintain, and enhance automated continuous integration workflows. Stay current with testing methodologies, frameworks, and automation tools, and recommend improvements where appropriate. Ensure effective resource alignment across agile squads and the automation team to support organizational objectives. Collaborate with design engineers, architects, product managers, and other stakeholders to define and document comprehensive test strategies, including detailed test plans and test cases. Identify, document, and track defects with clear reproduction steps and supporting system information. Assist in analyzing, recreating, and debugging complex customer-reported field issues as needed.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

Provide leadership and mentorship to QA/Testing team members. Set clear business and development goals. Conduct regular alignment meetings with direct reports, perform annual reviews, and deliver constructive feedback (30%)
Collaborate with design engineers, architects, product managers, and other stakeholders to define and document comprehensive test strategies, including detailed test plans and test cases. Identify, document, and track defects with clear reproduction steps and supporting system information (30%)
Offer technical leadership to the automation team by prioritizing automation initiatives and guiding best practices. Monitor, maintain, and enhance automated continuous integration workflows. Stay current with testing methodologies, frameworks, and automation tools, and recommend improvements (10%)
Ensure effective resource alignment across agile squads and the automation team to support organizational objectives (10%)
Design, develop, execute, and maintain automated test scripts to validate software, firmware, and system functionality. Ensure automation scripts verify performance, reliability, and defect-free designs. Monitor, maintain, and enhance automated continuous integration workflows (10%)
Analyze test results and work collaboratively with hardware, firmware, and software engineers to debug embedded designs and identify root causes of failures to resolve issues (5%)
Assist in analyzing, recreating, and debugging complex customer-reported field issues as needed (5%)

Skills

Experience with programming and scripting languages (e.g., Python, LabVIEW, C, JavaScript)
Experience with basic hardware tools and hands-on setup of equipment, including low voltage a line voltage wiring
Experience using command-line and engineering-created tools (e.g., software test tools, automated test scripts, network data loggers)
Experience using standard test equipment: oscilloscopes, DMM, data logger, spectrum analyzer
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical issues to peers and non-technical audiences
Experience with MS Office suite
Ability to read and understand electrical schematics
Experience creating test plans from specifications varying in detail
Preferred experience with Selenium, Appium, Postman/Newman (or other API test tools), test framework development, web, and mobile application testing
Preferred knowledge of software development practices and methodologies (i.e., unit testing, code reviews, test-driven development, automated testing, agile)
Preferred experience using Co-pilot or other AI
Preferred experience with Azure DevOps

Education (minimum education required)

Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent

Preferred Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Computer, or related field)

Experience (minimum experience required)

3 to 5 year's

Preferred Experience

2+ year's experience in technical management, hardware validation, software/firmware QA, or a similar role

Physical Requirements

Medium work – Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and /or up to 20 pounds of forces frequently, and /or 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Travel Requirements

Domestic and/or International up to 25%

We value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regards to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

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Accommodation for Applicants with Disabilities:  As an equal opportunity employer, Acuity Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in its application process for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you have difficulty using our online system due to a disability and need an accommodation, you may contact us at (770) 922-9000.  Please clearly indicate what type of accommodation you are requesting and for what requisition. 

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