Job Description

Business Unit:

Cubic Transportation Systems

Company Details:

Cubic offers an opportunity to provide innovative technology for government and commercial customers around the globe, helping to solve their future problems today. We\xe2\x80\x99re the leading integrator of payment and information technology and services for intelligent travel solutions worldwide, and the leading provider of realistic combat training systems, secure communications and networking and highly specialized support services for military and security forces of the U.S. and allied nations. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and thrive in an innovative environment, we want to talk to you about your next role at Cubic! We are seeking employees inspired by technology, and motivated by the rewards of hard work, commitment, teamwork, quality, integrity, and respect. We invite you to explore opportunities with Cubic.

Job Details:

Job Summary:

The Test Project Manager will be the customer interface for all Test activities on allocated projects working directly with customers as required. Incumbents in this position will conduct project management related activities within the Test department. This includes understanding all deliverables of the project, ensuring that these deliverables have been identified as tasks in a P6 Project Plan, and that these tasks have been correctly resourced with Test personnel and equipment. The Test Project Manager is responsible for ensuring that each resource understands the tasks they have been assigned to, and that tasks have been successfully completed and timescales are met. In addition, incumbents are responsible for producing accurate and up to date information relating to the progress of the project and test tasks throughout the whole lifecycle of the project. This position typically works under limited supervision and direction. Incumbents of this position will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures that defect reviews and triage (for the relevant project(s)) are conducted regularly.
• Works closely with the Resource Test Manager and SDET Lead to ensure they have the appropriate knowledge on applicable devices/systems and meet the testing requirements determined by the project and customer.
• Attends where required and actively participates in customer meetings and liaises with customers on relevant activity including User Acceptance Testing, as required.
• Carries out management duties for project test team including input and/or conducting performance reviews where relevant as a secondary reviewer.
• Ensures that all outputs from the relevant test teams are on time and of the highest levels of conformance.
• Demonstrates leadership with direct contact with the customer, where applicable, and internally with senior managers, contributing to the success of assigned projects.
• Coordinates and oversees the work of all Testing activities for the relevant project(s) by collating results and reporting defects.
• Prepares and issues test reports, test plans and related strategies.
• Keep senior management fully informed of progress, issues, and any complications.
• Self-sufficiently work with engineering departments and customers around testing of project deliverables.
• Prepare demonstration area for customer visits.
• Maintain key performance indicators for the relevant project(s).
• Maintain the highest level of understanding of relevant project(s) (e.g. Deliverables, Milestones, Requirements, etc.)
• Manage and updates plans with the relevant Project Managers including testing progress, defect summaries, and results.
• May be required to lead a team of Test Engineers.
• Comply with Cubic\xe2\x80\x99s values and adherence to all company policy and procedures. Comply with the code of conduct, quality, security and occupational health, safety and environmental policies and procedures.
• In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, the job holder is required to perform other duties assigned by their manager from time-to-time, as may be reasonably required of them.

Skills knowledge and experience:

Essential:

• Proven track record of working in agile and hybrid projects, as well as authoring test plans and test cases for requirement and user story coverage.
• Working knowledge of Test Case management tools like TestRail and defect tracking tools like JIRA. Ability to compile reports from these tools.
• Test Automation and/or project management background

Desirable:

• Experience in the Transportation or related industry testing
• Experience or knowledge of Project Planning Tools (i.e. MS Project / Primavera P6)
• Supervisory experience

Education and qualifications

Essential:

• Degree in Engineering or similar discipline or equivalent relevant industry experience.

Desirable:

• Project management certification

Personal Qualities

• Must be enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible and able to adapt to different environments and thus develop new approaches to problem solving.
• Good multi-tasking skills, co-ordination, and control under pressure.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to explain system and device defects at all levels of the organization and externally.
• Flexible and able to work out of hours when required
• Ability to travel

The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities and requirements. Duties, responsibilities and requirements may change over time and according to business need.

Worker Type:

Employee

Cubic