Test and Validation Manager ID96112

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About the role

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We are looking for a Test Engineering Manager to lead validation of IoT and computer vision products.
The mandatory requirements are experience with computer vision, 7+ years in product validation or integration testing, experience leading technical teams, embedded systems testing, test automation, hybrid availability in Dallas, TX, and an upper-intermediate English level.

What you will do

• Team Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Test & Validation team, building technical capability, system-level thinking, ownership, and accountability.
• End-to-End Validation: Own product validation across hardware, firmware, software, cloud, connectivity, and customer workflows.
• Validation Strategy: Partner with global R&D teams to define validation plans, test coverage, integration checkpoints, performance targets, and release criteria.
• System Integration Testing: Ensure complete system testing across device onboarding, telemetry, connectivity, data flow, performance, customer workflows, regression, and recovery scenarios.
• Performance & Reliability: Monitor and evaluate product performance against defined quality, reliability, and business-critical metrics, identifying trends and areas for improvement.
• Troubleshooting & Risk Management: Identify integration gaps, dependencies, and failure modes early and drive structured root-cause analysis across R&D, Product, Manufacturing, Field, and customer-facing teams.
• Readiness Reporting: Own validation dashboards and executive reports showing test progress, critical defects, performance trends, open risks, and launch readiness.
• Launch Readiness: Lead final validation reviews and provide Go / Conditional Go / No-Go recommendations for pilot, deployment, and scale readiness.

Must haves

• 7+ years of experience in product validation, systems engineering, integration testing, quality engineering, or product development.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and complex cross-functional validation programs.
• Experience validating complex connected products.
• Strong understanding of system-level integration, reliability, regression, performance, and field validation.
• Experience defining validation strategies, test plans, release criteria, and measurable acceptance metrics.
• Embedded Systems Testing: Experience validating embedded systems, including hardware–firmware integration, device functionality, interfaces, and system-level performance.
• Test Automation: Experience developing and implementing automated testing frameworks to improve test coverage, repeatability, efficiency, and regression testing.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills across multidisciplinary systems.
• Experience with product KPIs, validation dashboards, defect trends, and data-driven readiness decisions.
• Experience with IoT, edge devices, computer vision, retail technology, or large-scale connected-device deployments is highly desirable.
• Ability to lead, coach, mentor, and develop engineers while setting clear priorities and accountability.
• Ability to translate complex technical findings into clear product and business risk recommendations.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced, globally distributed environment.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field.

Nice to haves

• Experience building or scaling test automation and continuous validation frameworks.
• Experience with embedded/IoT systems, cloud platforms, networking, telemetry, and OTA workflows.
• Experience supporting customer pilots, field deployments, manufacturing validation, or large-scale product launches.

About us

AgileEngine is an Inc. 5000 company that creates award-winning software for Fortune 500 brands and trailblazing startups across 17+ industries. We rank among the leaders in areas like application development and AI/ML, and our people-first culture has earned us multiple Best Place to Work awards.

Why join us

If you're looking for a place to grow, make an impact, and work with people who care, we'd love to meet you!

Perks and benefits

• Professional growth: Accelerate your professional journey with mentorship, TechTalks, and personalized growth roadmaps.
• Competitive compensation: We match your ever-growing skills, talent, and contributions with competitive USD-based compensation and budgets for education, fitness, and team activities.
• A selection of exciting projects: Join projects with modern solutions development and top-tier clients that include Fortune 500 enterprises and leading product brands.
• Flextime: Tailor your schedule for an optimal work-life balance, by having the options of working from home and going to the office, whatever makes you the happiest and most productive.