Lead Engineer Product Quality

Lead Engineer Product Quality

Kiddel Technologies India Private Limited

Flat 2A, 7th Floor, Maximus Towers 2A

Raheja Mindspace, Huda Techno Enclave

Madhapur, Hyderabad, TS 500081

Company Overview

KiddeFenwal is the global market leader in designing and manufacturing innovative industrial and commercial fire suppression systems and safety controls. Our proprietary, fully certified offerings save lives, protect property, and minimize business interruption.

Our brands—Kidde Fire Systems and Kidde Fire Protection—deliver highly engineered fire suppression, detection, and control systems across industrial, commercial, and marine sectors. Fenwal Controls supports OEMs with gas ignition, temperature control, and overheat detection products.

Headquartered in Ashland, Massachusetts, KiddeFenwal operates globally, with facilities in the U.S., United Kingdom (KFI-UK), and India (KTI-India). Learn more at

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Our Purpose

We protect lives, livelihoods, and icons through innovative solutions, strong partnerships, and exceptional customer experiences. Built on a foundation of integrity and safety, we drive results with speed and excellence while fostering innovation and teamwork.

Job role:

Perform Validation and Verification of Fire domain products-new product Development and/or Sustenance products. Deliver the product with quality. Identify automation opportunities and implement in the program to achieve cost and quality benefits.

Experience:

Lead Engineer years

Key responsibilities:

• Validation and Verification for the fire/controls domain products
• Write and execute test cases that conform to the technical and functional specifications for Embedded firmware and Software applications.
• Write Test Cases as per Agency Standards
• Design, implement, and document tests, and define corrective actions if bugs are identified
• Perform thorough regression testing to close out corrective actions for bug resolution.
• Gain knowledge of process and tools used for Test engineering team and apply them as required
• Review system requirements and technical design documentation and track quality assurance metrics.
• Prepare the reports and present test results as per the QA policies and procedures
• Identify Automation opportunities.
• Own & drive the execution end to end without any schedule slippage
• Take complete ownership of the Quality Assurance for a Product or a module
• Adherence to process and product quality requirements and processes

Primary Skills Required

• Hands on experience in quality assurance & control activities such as test planning, test case preparation, execution, reporting results etc.
• Well versed with Embedded, software QA methodologies, Tools and processes
• Competent in test planning, test execution for functional, Integration and system testing
• Experience in working on Atlassian Suite tools such as JIRA, Confluence, X-RAY, any other quality management tool (ex: HP-ALM)
• Working experience in validating Hardware based products and systems
• Flexible to work on manual testing and automation based on business need.
• Adhere to the Automation Framework for Fire/Control Systems domain products and
• enhancements
• Learn & implement appropriate automation technologies to meet the short- and long-term goals of the company
• Hands on experience on any programming languages (C#) and such as Python
• Basic understanding of communication protocols (ex: serial, I2c, Bluetooth, Modbus)
• Hands on with tools like Oscilloscope, Function generator etc.
• Experience in windows UI automation using C#
• Shall have Quality first mindset
• Innovative mindset to Identify and propose solutions to improve process and products
• Ability to work on both Hardware and Software based products such as Fire Panels and devices, and PC based Applications
• Able to work individually or as a part of a team based on project needs

Secondary (Desired) Skills Required:

• Industrial products / fire systems domain knowledge is preferable
• Self-starting/self-motivating individual, able to plan and achieve goals with minimal supervision
• Team player mentality with strong facilitation/interpersonal skills and a demonstrated commitment to continuous process improvement
• Can handle multiple activities at once to accomplish goals.
• Good to have basic knowledge on LabVIEW (NI applications), Advantech
• Learn and implement appropriate automation technologies to meet the short- and long-term goals of the company.
• Knowledge of any scripting language is added advantage
• Development & maintenance of automation scripts.

General :

• Ethics: Drives ethical business practices in all areas of responsibility / geography
• Communication: Expresses ideas effectively to establish oneself as a credible and impactful leader
• Teamwork: Creates an environment in which people are involved, included, and have a sense of ownership
• Analytical Thinking: Identifies root causes of problems, secures relevant information, and identifies possible solutions
• Adaptability: Adjusts personally to high pressure, rapidly changing business conditions and uncertain business environments, willingness to extend support in business needs

Academic qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering (Electronics/Electrical/Instrumentation/Computer sciences)