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Lead Software QA Specialist (Automation)

Garmin - Olathe, Kansas

Posted Apr 8, 2026

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Lead Software QA Specialist (Automation) Olathe, Kansas Overview We are seeking a full-time Lead Software QA Specialist at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in our Olathe, KS location. In this role, you will apply engineering principles across the software testing process to create automation systems, frameworks, and best practices that enhance and maintain the overall quality of the IT Dealer team's software application systems supporting B2B functions. Ideal candidate has hands on experience with strategic planning including establishing test strategies, plans, test cases, and automation for large, complex initiatives that require coordination efforts across multiple technical and product teams. This role will serve as a leader and a mentor to other quality assurance associates and will be expected to identify and implement improvements to system testing processes and tools. Essential Functions Drive the software quality assurance lifecycle as part of the overall SDLC and team's Agile ways of working Design, build, and maintain automation frameworks from scratch using Java and JavaScript, Playwright (for front-end UI), RESTAssured (for backend API), and Octoperf or JMeter (for load & performance). Other acceptable frameworks include Selenium, Cypress, and Postman Establish and coordinate various test strategies for different business needs with multiple technical and product teams Design and implement test plans, test cases, and validation efforts ensuring accessibility, responsive, cross-browser, and other functional testing are top of mind to meet software quality expectations prior to release Maintain test environments, continuous integration (CI) pipelines, and test assets, reviewing results and reporting issues daily Write and maintain automation utilities

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