AI Quality Assurance Engineering Management

Ready to pioneer the future of AI-driven software testing and transform how engineering teams deliver quality at scale? Trimble is looking for an innovative QA Manager to lead our pod quality strategy, leverage cutting-edge AI tools, and hands-on maintain automation frameworks in a modern, collaborative environment!

About Us: Trimble is empowering stakeholders through planning, design, construction and the entire asset lifecycle . The company's innovative and connected ecosystem of solutions improves coordination and collaboration between teams, phases and processes. Automating work and transforming workflows, Trimble is enabling teams to deliver with confidence at every turn. For more information, visit: construction.trimble.com.

What Makes This Role Great: In this role, you will redefine product quality by shifting from traditional testing to an AI-powered, developer-owned quality model. You will act as the master strategist and technical guide for the pod, evaluating advanced AI tools, building automation, and ensuring top-tier software reliability.

• Architect and enforce pod-wide quality strategy while personally authoring test automation using tools like Playwright, Python, C#, or Java.
• Pioneer testing methodologies for embedded AI components, evaluating LLMs, computer vision, and speech recognition while managing AI agents and mitigating bias.
• Evaluate, recommend, and train cross-functional engineering teams on modern AI-driven test tools and automation techniques.
• Orchestrate end-to-end operational workflows, including regressions, release management, and cloud or virtualization test environments.
• Drive data-backed decisions by tracking quality metrics, quantifying coverage gaps, and performing root cause analysis on production incidents to continually improve processes.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, with 10+ years of experience leading software quality strategy and managing global teams.
• Proven ability to write, maintain, and execute test automation scripts personally in Playwright, C#, Python, or Java.
• Strong foundation in core AI concepts (LLM, NLP, ML) with hands-on experience testing AI components, managing AI agents, and using MCP servers.
• Solid background in team-level release management, regression strategy, and virtualization or cloud test environments.
• Outstanding coaching and communication skills to influence quality mindsets and convey technical risk clearly across product and engineering stakeholders.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience in global work environments or construction back-office functions and accounting.
• Familiarity with performance, security, chatbot, and embedded AI testing techniques.
• Hands-on proficiency with Jira and C#.

Logistics:

Location: Lake Oswego, Portland, Oregon (4 Days In Office)

Travel Requirement: 10%

Why You'll Love Working With Us: At Trimble, we're not just a company that "does good"-we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact. We build innovative solutions designed to solve the world's most critical challenges. From construction sites to transportation hubs, our work tangibly improves how people live, build, move, and grow.

• You'll work on projects that truly matter: Our purpose-driven culture means you'll be helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide. Our impact is tangible, from connected machines that save fuel to data-driven insights that reduce waste.
• Collaborate with like-minded people: Our strong internal culture is a "hidden gem." You will work with a collaborative, supportive team that shares your purpose and fosters a genuine sense of belonging. We're a company of "visionary pragmatists" who think boldly and build things that work.
• Be an owner: Trimble thrives on individuals who take initiative and embrace ownership. You'll find an entrepreneurial spirit where success is often "self-authored," empowering proactive "doers."

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Compensation: Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

Hiring Range

$170,600.00-$234,600.00

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Bonus Eligible

Yes

Commission Eligible

No

Benefits: Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.

How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on one of the Apply buttons located in this posting.

At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone
can thrive.
Guided by our core values-Belong, Innovate, and Grow-we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing
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