Senior Test Engineer (QA/SDET)

Lucid GCC, Hyderabad, India

Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility

At Lucid, we’re redefining what’s possible in the world of luxury electric vehicles. Our mission is to craft transformative mobility experiences—vehicles that are intuitive, intelligent, and designed with uncompromising engineering excellence. We believe that when freed from convention, we can build technology that elevates the human experience and contributes to a more sustainable future.

Join a team of world-class innovators making an immediate and meaningful impact. Along with competitive compensation, you’ll be part of a community passionate about designing, developing,

and delivering breakthrough products. If you’re driven to build high-quality software and systems that power the future of mobility, this is the right place for you.

Role Overview

Role Overview The Senior Test Engineer plays a pivotal role within the Quality Assurance organization and is responsible for owning the end-to-end QA deliverable from project inception through release.

This role combines strong QA automation expertise with hands-on manual testing, ensuring quality is built into the product lifecycle from the earliest stages of planning and design through implementation, validation, and deployment.

You will be expected to develop a deep understanding of the system architecture, business workflows, feature breakdowns, and technical design to create effective test strategies and provide comprehensive quality coverage. This role requires actively participating in requirement reviews, understanding dependencies across frontend, backend, integrations, and microservices, and translating those into a combination of manual validation and automated regression coverage.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable testing features manually during development,

identifying gaps and edge cases, and simultaneously preparing and implementing automation test cases that can be executed within sprint cycles and integrated into CI/CD pipelines. You will leverage tools such as Playwright, Postman, VS Code, GitHub Copilot, and Jenkins CI/CD to drive scalable and maintainable automation.

You will collaborate closely across engineering, product, architecture, and DevOps teams; contribute to Agile ceremonies; mentor offshore QA engineers; present regular quality updates to management; and champion best practices that minimize regressions and improve release confidence at scale.

Key Responsibilities includes

 Both QA automation and manual QA

 Owning QA from project inception through release

 Architecture and feature breakdown understanding

 Manual testing while preparing automation coverage

 Executing automation within sprint cycles

 Regular management updates

 Identifying and driving best practices to prevent regressions

Role Overview The Senior Test Automation Engineer plays a pivotal role within the Quality Assurance organization and is responsible for owning the end-to-end QA deliverable from project inception through release. This role combines strong QA automation expertise with hands-on manual testing, ensuring quality is built into the product lifecycle from the earliest stages of planning and design through implementation, validation, and deployment.

You will be expected to develop a deep understanding of the system architecture, business workflows, feature breakdowns, and technical design in order to create effective test strategies and provide comprehensive quality coverage. This role requires actively participating in requirement reviews, understanding dependencies across frontend, backend, integrations,



and microservices, and translating those into a combination of manual validation and automated regression coverage.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable testing features manually during development,

identifying gaps and edge cases, and simultaneously preparing and implementing automation test cases that can be executed within sprint cycles and integrated into CI/CD pipelines. You will leverage tools such as Playwright, Postman, VS Code, GitHub Copilot, and Jenkins CI/CD to drive scalable and maintainable automation.

You will collaborate closely across engineering, product, architecture, and DevOps teams; contribute to Agile ceremonies; mentor offshore QA engineers; present regular quality updates to management; and champion best practices that minimize regressions and improve release confidence at scale.

Key Responsibilities

QA Ownership, Test Strategy & Delivery

 Own the QA deliverable end-to-end for assigned projects and features, from project inception, requirement analysis, and design reviews through validation, signoff, and release readiness.

 Develop a strong understanding of application architecture, data flow, integration points, and feature decomposition in order to define robust quality strategies.

 Partner with product managers, architects, developers, and business stakeholders early in the lifecycle to identify risks, clarify requirements, and ensure testability.

 Create comprehensive test strategies, test plans, and detailed test cases with strong emphasis on coverage, traceability, maintainability, and sprint execution readiness.

 Ensure quality is embedded throughout the SDLC and that all deliverables meet the high reliability standards expected of Lucid software products.

Manual QA & Functional Validation

 Perform hands-on manual testing of new features, workflows, integrations, and edge cases during development and sprint cycles.

 Execute black box, exploratory, regression, usability, and end-to-end testing for customer-facing and internal applications.

 Use manual validation to uncover functional gaps, workflow issues, and corner cases before automation is finalized.

 Validate feature behavior across frontend, backend, APIs, and microservices to ensure business requirements and technical expectations are fully met.

Automation & Technical Execution

 Design, implement, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks using tools such as Playwright for UI and API automation.

 Build and execute automated test suites for frontend applications, backend services, APIs,

and cloud-native microservices.

 Prepare automation coverage in parallel with manual testing by converting validated test scenarios into reusable and maintainable automated test cases.

 Execute automation test cases within sprints and ensure timely inclusion in regression suites and release pipelines.

 Develop and execute integration tests, end-to-end scenarios, smoke suites, and reliability test suites.

 Use Postman for advanced API testing, collection management, and automated validation.

 Leverage VS Code and GitHub Copilot to improve test development efficiency, readability,

and maintainability.





 Implement and maintain automation pipelines in Jenkins and integrate testing into CI/CD workflows.

Regression Prevention & Best Practices

 Identify, define, and implement QA best practices that reduce production defects and prevent regressions.

 Continuously improve test coverage strategy by balancing manual validation, automation depth, and risk-based prioritization.

 Drive adoption of standards for reusable test design, stable automation patterns, test data management, and reliable execution practices.

 Proactively identify high-risk areas and recommend preventive quality measures early in the development lifecycle.

Collaboration, Leadership & Communication

 Mentor and guide offshore QA automation engineers by assigning tasks, providing technical direction, and supporting skill development.

 Work cross-functionally with Software Engineering, Product Management, DevOps, and

Architecture teams to align on quality goals and delivery expectations.

 Provide clear, structured documentation for automation frameworks, manual test coverage,

test data, processes, and results.

 Present regular QA progress updates, test execution status, quality metrics, risks, and mitigation plans to engineering managers and leadership.

 Communicate clearly on release readiness, testing progress, defect trends, and quality concerns to both technical and management audiences.

CI/CD & Continuous Improvement

 Drive continuous testing adoption by integrating automated suites into CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows.

 Contribute to evolving qualification processes, including automated reporting and verification documentation.

 Support defect investigation, root cause analysis, retesting, and close collaboration with developers on issue resolution.

 Continuously refine QA processes, automation coverage, and testing methodologies to improve speed, confidence, and product quality.

Required Qualifications

 5 years of relevant experience with Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or a Master’s degree.

 Proven ability to own QA deliverables across the full project lifecycle, from inception and design review through validation and release.

 Strong experience in both test automation and hands-on manual QA.

 Proven ability to design and maintain automation frameworks across UI, API, backend services,

and microservices.

 Hands-on experience with Playwright (required).

 Solid API testing experience using Postman, including scripting and collection automation.

 Experience manually testing complex workflows while preparing those scenarios for automation implementation.

 Strong understanding of system architecture, feature breakdowns, integration dependencies,

and end-to-end business flows.

 Experience designing and executing end-to-end test plans across distributed systems.

 Strong experience working with VS Code and GitHub Copilot to accelerate productivity and improve code quality.

 Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins, Bamboo, or similar.

 Prior experience testing Salesforce, Java Spring Boot, and AWS-based microservices.

 Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, QA processes, regression prevention,

and quality best practices.

 Ability to lead, mentor, and manage offshore QA engineers.

 Strong problem-solving, analytical, debugging, documentation, and presentation skills.

 Demonstrated ability to provide regular project and quality updates to management in a clear and structured manner.

 Ability to work onsite at least three days per week and collaborate effectively with global teams.

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