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Senior Software QA Engineer
| Company | PsiQuantum |
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| Location | Palo Alto, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $125000 – $182000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 8+ years in QA experience
- 4+ Years in QA Leadership
- Proven QA Strategy & Automation Track Record
- Mentorship & Collaboration
- Software Engineering Foundations
- Front-End & Back-End Testing
- Complex Systems & R&D
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Lead the testing efforts and design and implementation of QA processes and best practices
- Train and mentor developers and engineers from a quantum background in QA methodologies
- Drive both the tactical and strategic aspects of QA in a rapidly evolving, R&D-focused environment
- Design and implement test automation suites
- Write and maintain automated test scripts
- Work with product, DevOps, and quantum domain experts to develop integration, functional, and system tests
- Develop QA frameworks tailored to hybrid classical-quantum software systems
- Embed QA best practices into automated pipelines
- Serve as the QA subject matter expert, training quantum software developers on testing strategies
- Oversee the gradual formation of a quantum QA group
- Foster a ‘quality-first’ culture by coaching quantum developers on risk assessment, test case design, and defect prioritization
- Define performance benchmarks, stress-testing protocols, and scalability testing strategies
- Implement comprehensive testing frameworks that validate the entire software ecosystem
- Collaborate with developers and product managers in Agile or iterative environments
- Establish feedback loops, collect QA metrics, and conduct root-cause analyses.
Preferred Qualifications
- Quantum Domain Exposure
- AI-Driven QA
- HPC or Large-Scale Testing
- Agile/Scrum Experience
- DevOps Processes: Experience with CI/CD platforms.
