Automation Test Manager

HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and implement end-to-end automated test frameworks (functional, regression, performance) using Java or Python or C#.
• Experience with Selenium WebDriver and/or Playwright for web applications.
• Experience with Mobile websites and Native Mobile applications (iOS, Android) using Appium.
• Experience with Oracle based applications or SAS (Statistical Analysis Software) product or Cisco product.
• Expertise in testing RESTful interfaces using tools like REST Assured, Postman/Newman, or custom HTTP clients.
• Apply design patterns (Page Object, Factory, Singleton, others) to ensure modular, maintainable, and extensible frameworks.
• Experience with TDD, BDD, Pytest, Robot framework, Testng (Nice to have one or more).
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts and execute them in CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or equivalent).
• Hands-on experience with JMeter and/or LoadRunner to design, execute, and analyse performance/load tests.
• Embed automated tests into deployment pipelines and ensure seamless execution on every build.
• Containerize test environments with Docker and orchestrate test execution on Kubernetes clusters.
• Build and manage Jenkins (or equivalent) automation jobs, configuring pipelines to trigger tests on commits, merges, or nightly schedules.
• Provision test environments in a public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP) in collaboration with infrastructure teams.
• Participate in code reviews for test code, infrastructure-as-code, and product code to enforce coding standards and minimize technical debt.
• Mentor and upskill junior automation engineers, document best practices, and maintain a repository of reusable components.
• Familiarity with Generative AI concepts and tools (e.g., GPT-based test generation, MCP).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 9 – 14 years of hands-on experience in software testing, including at least 7 years leading automation initiatives.

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.