AI Quality Assurance Engineering Manager

Drive Innovation as our Next AI Agentic QA Manager!

Are you ready to transform how engineering teams deliver software quality by orchestrating advanced agentic AI directly on the frontlines of product development? Trimble is looking for an innovative QA Manager to lead system architecture standards, harness cutting-edge AI frameworks, and develop a high-performing engineering team to shape connected construction solutions!

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 hold a unique dual position as both a hands-on technical lead for quality and a dedicated people manager. Embedded directly within a product pod, you will shape the future of AI-driven quality engineering by orchestrating multi-agent workflows, protecting core system architecture, and empowering pod members through active mentorship and career development.

Key Exciting Responsibilities:

• Direct the pod's use of AI coding agents by orchestrating agent workflows, reviewing output, and maintaining prompt libraries and evaluation datasets with a continuous quality focus.
• Architect and maintain shared repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and evaluation tooling to accelerate delivery while serving as the technical backstop for code quality and security.
• Test and validate embedded AI components across LLMs, computer vision, and speech recognition to mitigate model bias and operational risk.
• Lead full-lifecycle people management for pod members, including hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance reviews, and career growth planning.
• Bridge cross-functional operations with central data, security, and compliance teams while aligning engineering velocity with business budget and risk goals.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in software quality engineering, test automation, or QA leadership, plus a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Demonstrated experience managing an AI product development life cycle, including directing agentic tools across planning, testing, and delivery stages.
• Proven track record of direct people management and technical team leadership within fast-paced agile environments.
• Strong background in test automation and object-oriented scripting in Python, C#, or Java, alongside hands-on proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, APIs, and relational databases.
• Practical understanding of ethical AI principles, model evaluation concepts, and experience testing embedded AI products.

Bonus Points For:

• Prior engineering leadership experience in a global work environment.
• Hands-on familiarity with performance testing, security assessment tools, MCP servers, or embedded AI chatbot testing techniques.
• Knowledge of construction back-office functions, accounting workflows, Jira, or C#.

Logistics:

Location: Lake Oswego, OR (In-Office 4 days/week)

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.

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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 the ‘Apply Now’ button located in this posting.

Application Deadline: Trimble accepts applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 they make us stronger and more innovative. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic. We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and/or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble. For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics athttps://investor.trimble.com, under “Corporate Governance.”

Our mission to transform the way the world works starts with transforming how we work together. By actively listening, asking questions, and taking intentional actions, we cultivate a culture that provides equitable opportunities for everyone to contribute and grow.

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