Head of Quality Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India, +6 more countries.

📋 Description

• Conceive, identify, investigate, and implement cutting-edge technologies, products, and systems across various product groups, divisions, and business sectors.

• Ensure results are achieved while promoting a culture of innovation.

• Strategically enhance and secure research and development capabilities with a focus on cost-effectiveness.

• Collaborate with various management levels and external partners to strengthen and maintain ABB’s global standing and profitability.

• Contribute to the global Automation Process Control Platform (AUPCP).

• Deliver reliable and scalable shared capabilities for building, integrating, testing, and evaluating products and product lines across Solution Trains and Agile Release Trains.

• Oversee shared quality engineering infrastructure and practices.

• Lead the independent qualification process for product and product line deliveries across PCP.

• Manage the quality engineering team, which includes test engineering, DevOps, and configuration management.

• Facilitate the transition from release-based system testing to continuous testing integrated into the development process.

⛳️ Requirements

• M.Sc. or a higher degree in Software Development, Engineering, or a closely related discipline.

• Over 15 years of progressive leadership experience in R&D or a related area.

• Demonstrated experience leading a complex, global organization with responsibility for product verification, validation, and quality compliance.

• Proven track record in implementing continuous testing and quality engineering transformations in one or more organizations.

• In-depth understanding of products, product lifecycles, and quality, with the capability to link technical excellence to business and customer value.

• Familiarity with software verification methodologies, automated pipelines, and infrastructure management.

• Strong financial, stakeholder, and people leadership skills, with experience in resource management and developing high-performing teams across diverse cultures and geographic locations.

• Practical experience with Linux and Kubernetes environments (mandatory).

• Proven ability to drive Quality Engineering (QE) transformation, including leading organizational and process change.

• Excellent communication and cross-cultural collaboration skills.

• Proficient in written and spoken English.

🏝️ Benefits

• Compensation details, including salary range, variable compensation, and benefits package, will be shared with candidates who advance to the first interview stage.

• The final offer will be customized based on role location, experience, skills, qualifications, internal market positioning, and ABB internal standards.