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Vix Technology USA is looking for an experienced Test Manager to support our automated fare collection projects across North America and around the world.\nWorking with regional and international engineering and QA teams, you will lead testing across integrated hardware and software solutions. This is a role for someone who combines technical understanding with clear communication, confident customer engagement and a practical approach to delivering quality.\nThe role\nYou will develop an end-to-end understanding of our customers’ solutions and translate project requirements into effective test plans, selecting the right test cases for integration testing, user acceptance testing and commissioning. From planning through to completion, you will coordinate testing activities, manage defects and assess risks, helping teams make informed decisions about quality and readiness.\nYou will establish the time, resources and budget needed to deliver testing, securing management support and keeping stakeholders informed as work progresses. Your reporting will provide a clear picture of test execution, requirements coverage, defect status and performance against agreed quality criteria. You will also produce test completion reports that give customers and internal teams confidence in the results.\nCollaboration is central to the position. You will bring together software and hardware engineering, Cloud Operations and Platform teams, commissioning colleagues, product owners and business users. 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