Job Title: Associate Manager, Quality Engineer Job Code: 38753 Job Location: Washington DC Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off Job Description: Working at Trenchant means working alongside the best researchers and engineers from across the security research and intelligence communities. Our tight-knit interdisciplinary teams generate thoughtful capability designs and incremental feature releases that reliably deliver world-class computer security products into operational environments. Our business unit offers an exceptional value-proposition for individuals looking to make an impact. Trenchant’s expertise is the by-product of the L3Harris acquisition of two highly-regarded information security businesses – Azimuth Security and Linchpin Labs. United under Trenchant, we are a key component of L3Harris’ Intelligence and Cyber Sector, now the core of the newly established Cyber division. We are a trusted, discrete partner furnishing security products, consultancy, training and integration services to allied security, defense, and law enforcement agencies. Essential Functions: <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Design and execute testing strategies for Android and iOS applications and firmware across a wide range of devices (phones, tablets, legacy hardware)</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Continuously evolve test profiles to reflect real-world usage across geographies and network conditions</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Design, build, and maintain a curated collection of testing hardware and firmware representing diverse Android devices (phones, tablets, and legacy systems)</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Develop and implement a strategic approach to device selection, prioritizing based on market relevance, customer needs, and risk assessment</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Engineering Teams: Work closely with development teams to establish effective testing methodologies, automation frameworks, and quality gates</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Drive continuous improvement initiatives in testing processes and methodologies</li> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Develop and scale automated testing frameworks for mobile and distributed systems</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines to support rapid, high-confidence releases</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Establish best practices for validation & verification (V&V) across teams</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Create and maintain comprehensive testing profiles that align with modern internet-adjacent services and online connectivity requirements</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Identify, document, and track defects through resolution</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Conduct risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies for device compatibility issues</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Ability to obtain and maintain security clearance </li> </ul> Qualifications: <ul> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Bachelor’s Degree with a 6 years prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience </li> </ul> Preferred Additional Skills: <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Supervised a team of professionals or lower-level supervisors, assigning work, providing direction, and reviewing performance to achieve near-term operational goals</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Contributed to people decisions within the team, including hiring, promotions, performance management, compensation, and other employee-related actions</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Communicated with internal and external stakeholders, including customers or vendors, to explain policies, processes, and practices and gain cooperation</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Drove moderate to substantial process, system, solution, or product improvements, solving complex problems through analysis, investigation, and experience-based judgment</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Set team goals and objectives that directly affected short-term department results, applying technical or professional expertise typically backed by a bachelor’s degree and 6+ years of relevant experience or equivalent</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Establish centralized testing operations with distributed capabilities across multiple geographical regions</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Partner with Customer Engineering to identify and prioritize device testing requirements based on customer deployment environments and use cases</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Collaborate with IT on testing infrastructure needs, improvements, and scalability requirements to support distributed testing operations</li> <li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Develop and manage testing budgets, including hardware procurement, infrastructure costs, and resource allocation with Finance</li> </ul> In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in Washington D.C is $96,500 - $178,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements. #LI-FS1

Associate Manager, Quality Engineer (Washington, DC, US, 20004) @ L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

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