Lead Quality Assurance Engineering Specialist

Lead Quality Assurance Engineering Specialist

Would you like to help shape and implement our Digital Solutions strategic direction?
Would you like to be part of a team delivery the latest technology in the Energy Industry?
 

Join our Team

Baker Hughes is the leading energy technology company, who delivers across the energy value chain through our market-leading business segments. Waygate Technologies, a Baker Hughes business, is a global leader in industrial inspection solutions, combining advanced hardware, software, and digital technologies to support asset integrity and reliability across critical industries. InspectionWorks is a modern, cloud‑native inspection data management platform designed to digitize, standardize, and streamline industrial inspections. It enables users to capture inspection data from advanced inspection devices, securely upload it to the cloud, apply measurements and AI‑assisted defect detection, and generate consistent, high‑quality inspection reports.

 

Partner with the best

We are seeking a QA Lead with strong problem‑solving capabilities and deep experience in web/mobile application testing and automation to drive quality excellence across this mission‑critical platform.

As a Digital Technology Professional - Quality Assurance Engineering, you will be responsible for:

• Leading end‑to‑end test activities to ensure high product quality, including defining project timelines and mentoring QA engineers.
• Driving test scope definition, test planning, effort estimation, and identification of quality metrics.
• Managing test execution, review test results, and provide recommendations for product and design improvements.
• Define and implement comprehensive test strategies, standards, and risk‑based test coverage.
• Designing and execute automation strategies across Web, API, and Mobile platforms, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
• Evaluating and adopt modern automation tools and technologies, including AI‑assisted test generation and validation.
• Architecting and maintain reusable automation frameworks, driving automation coverage, efficiency, and reduction of manual effort.
• Leading defect triage, prioritization, and release readiness decisions in collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
• Partnering with engineering, product, and architecture teams to recommend and implement best‑in‑class testing practices.
• Implementing AI‑driven testing strategies, including MCP, Copilot, and RAG (Retrieval‑Augmented Generation), across automation and manual testing to ensure robustness and reliability

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field. Minimum 6+ years of experience in software testing, with demonstrated leadership responsibilities.
• Have a strong problem‑solving skills with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical topics.
• Have an excellent communication skills, with the confidence to interface effectively with senior leadership.
• Have a proven experience defining and implementing manual and automation testing strategies and guiding QA teams.
• Have Hands‑on experience leveraging AI for intelligent test case generation, defect detection, and automation.
• Have a strong understanding of Agile methodologies, testing standards, and automation frameworks such as Modular, Data‑Driven, and Keyword‑Driven.
• Have an experience designing and scaling automation frameworks across UI, functional, API, and Mobile testing.
• Have a hands‑on expertise with Playwright (UI & API automation using TypeScript or similar languages) and Appium or other mobile automation tools.
• Have an experience in Java, Selenium
• Have an experience with defect management tools such as Rally (or equivalent) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Have an excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and quality‑driven mindset.

Work in a way that works for you

 We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Starting early / finishing early
• Starting late / finishing late

Working with us

 Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

 Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input.  Join us, and you can expect: 

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Digital Technology Senior Specialist - Quality Assurance Engineering