Senior Manager, QA Engineering – Hardware & Firmware

Role overview

Senior Manager, QA Engineering – Hardware & Firmware at Lattice Semiconductor India

Actively participate in and drive end-to-end solution testing using real hardware/firmware infrastructure, spending hands-on time conducting functional and non-functional testing solutions

Responsibilities

• Personally develop, review, and refine comprehensive QA test plans covering functional, integration, and system-level testing scenarios for both firmware and hardware layers
• Design and execute black-box and grey-box testing to validate functional requirements, uncover edge cases, and perform deep-level debugging of issues
• Develop and contribute to test automation frameworks, scripts, and infrastructure; actively code automation solutions for complex testing scenarios
• Lead and mentor a Solutions QA team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, quality ownership, and continuous improvement
• Establish and enforce quality gates and acceptance criteria aligned with product requirements, risk analysis, and business objectives
• Collaborate daily with engineering and design teams to understand implementation details, identify testability challenges, and coordinate comprehensive testing strategies
• Plan, track, and manage QA tasks and team workload, ensuring realistic timelines and resource optimization while maintaining hands-on involvement
• Conduct regular status reporting to leadership with quality metrics, test coverage analysis, identified risks, and mitigation strategies
• Identify and implement process improvements and enhanced methodologies to strengthen testing effectiveness and efficiency

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on QA engineering experience, with 5+ years specifically in hardware or firmware/embedded systems testing, plus team leadership experience
• Extensive hands-on experience with firmware and embedded systems testing, including driver-level, protocol-level, and system integration testing
• Demonstrated expertise in writing and executing functional and non-functional test cases, test automation scripts, and test frameworks
• Strong practical experience with black-box and grey-box testing methodologies, including hardware debugging and root cause analysis
• Extensive hands-on experience conducting end-to-end solution testing using real hardware infrastructure and test benches (not simulation-only environments)
• Proven track record of successfully leading and growing high-performing QA teams while maintaining strong technical contributions
• Demonstrated experience in building AI tools for creating test-cases from requirements specification, and test execution using orchestration
• Proficiency in test automation languages/tools (e.g., Python, C, Tcl, SystemVerilog) with demonstrated ability to develop sophisticated test frameworks
• Strong project management skills, process ownership mindset, and excellent communication abilities
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent hands-on technical experience

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices in hardware testing environments
• Knowledge of debugging tools and techniques for embedded systems and hardware validation
• Experience with version control systems and test management tools
• Understanding of formal verification and simulation-based validation
• Agile/Scrum methodology experience

Employment details

• Location: Pune [India]

Additional role details

• Lattice Overview
• There is energy here…energy you can feel crackling at any of our international locations.
• It’s an energy generated by enthusiasm for our work, for our teams, for our results, and for our customers.
• Lattice is a worldwide community of engineers, designers, and manufacturing operations specialists in partnership with world-class sales, marketing, and support teams, who are developing programmable logic solutions that are changing the industry.
• Our focus is on R&D, product innovation, and customer service, and to that focus, we bring total commitment and a keenly sharp competitive personality.
• Energy feeds on energy.
• If you flourish in a fast paced, results-oriented environment, if you want to achieve individual success within a “team first” organization, and if you believe you can contribute and succeed in a demanding yet collegial atmosphere, then Lattice may well be just what you’re looking for.
• This position requires a successful background and reference checks and satisfactory proof of your right to work in:
• India
• Lattice recognizes that employees are its greatest asset and the driving force behind success in a highly competitive, global industry.
• Lattice continually strives to provide a comprehensive compensation and benefits program to attract, retain, motivate, reward and celebrate the highest caliber employees in the industry.
• Lattice is an international, service-driven developer of innovative low cost, low power programmable design solutions.
• Our global workforce, some 1,000 strong, shares a total commitment to customer success and an unbending will to win.
• For more information about how our FPGA, CPLD and programmable power management devices help our customers unlock their innovation, visit www.latticesemi.com .
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• Applications are welcome from all qualified candidates.