Lead Salesforce QA Automation
Company:
Boeing India Private Limited
Overview
As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing’s team is committed to innovating for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a culture based on the company’s core values of safety, quality and integrity.
Technology for today and tomorrow
The Boeing India Engineering & Technology Center (BIETC) is a 5500+ engineering workforce that contributes to global aerospace growth. Our engineers deliver cutting-edge R&D, innovation, and high-quality engineering work in global markets, and leverage new-age technologies such as AI/ML, IIoT, Cloud, Model-Based Engineering, and Additive Manufacturing, shaping the future of aerospace.
People-driven culture
At Boeing, we believe creativity and innovation thrives when every employee is trusted, empowered, and has the flexibility to choose, grow, learn, and explore. We offer variable arrangements depending upon business and customer needs, and professional pursuits that offer greater flexibility in the way our people work. We also believe that collaboration, frequent team engagements, and face-to-face meetings bring together different perspectives and thoughts – enabling every voice to be heard and every perspective to be respected. No matter where or how our teammates work, we are committed to positively shaping people’s careers and being thoughtful about employee wellbeing.
With us, you can create and contribute to what matters most in your career, community, country, and world. Join us in powering the progress of global aerospace.
Position Overview:
Boeing Global Services IT is hiring a "Lead Salesforce QA Automation" for defining and executing the end-to-end quality assurance strategy for Boeing Global Services Salesforce CRM platforms. This role provides technical leadership, automation strategy, and governance for Salesforce testing with a strong emphasis on Copado Robotic Testing (CRT) and DevSecOps integration.
This role will be based out of Bangalore, India.
Position Responsibilities:
- Lead automation-first testing practices across multiple Salesforce clouds, ensuring releases meet Boeing’s standards for quality, security, compliance, and scalability in a large, regulated enterprise environment.
- This role partners closely with Product Managers, dev Leads, Salesforce Developers, Architects, Release Management, and DevOps teams to embed quality gates into CI/CD pipelines and enable predictable, high-quality releases.
- Own and define the Salesforce testing and quality assurance strategy, covering functional, regression, integration, API, UAT, and end-to-end testing.
- Lead automation-first testing initiatives using Copado Robotic Testing (CRT) as the primary automation platform.
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, resilient automated test suites aligned with Salesforce metadata-driven architecture.
- Embed automated tests and quality gates within Copado CI/CD pipelines to ensure release readiness and defect prevention.
- Drive the transition from manual testing to low-code/no-code automation, leveraging Copado Explorer and AI-assisted capabilities where applicable.
- Partner with Developers and Technical Leads to ensure test coverage for Apex, Flows, Lightning Web Components, integrations, and APIs.
- Oversee regression testing execution, parallel test runs, and environment-specific validation across sandboxes and production.
- Establish and track testing KPIs and quality metrics, providing clear visibility into release risk and readiness.
- Ensure compliance with Boeing security, audit, and regulatory standards throughout the testing lifecycle.
- Lead defect triage, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement of test processes.
- Mentor and coach SF engineers and testers on Salesforce testing best practices and automation standards.
- Support UAT coordination with business stakeholders and validate production deployments.
- Stay current with Salesforce seasonal releases and Copado feature enhancements, proactively adapting test strategies.
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
- Hands-on experience with Copado Robotic Testing (CRT) and Copado CI/CD.
- Strong understanding of Salesforce architecture, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and security models.
- Experience testing Salesforce integrations (REST/SOAP APIs, middleware, event-based integrations).
- Experience working in Agile / SAFe delivery environments.
- Strong knowledge of STLC, test strategy, test planning, and automation frameworks.
- Experience with test management and defect tracking tools (Jira, ADO, or similar).
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience ) :
- Salesforce certifications such as Administrator, Platform App Builder, or Platform Developer I.
- Copado certifications (Copado Fundamentals I & II, Copado Robotic Testing Certification).
- Experience with additional automation tools such as Selenium, Provar, or API automation frameworks.
- Experience in large, regulated enterprise environments (aerospace, manufacturing, defense, or similar).
- Exposure to risk-based testing, data migration validation, and environment management.
- ISTQB Test Manager or equivalent testing certification.
Typical Education & Experience:
- Education/experience typically acquired through advanced education (e.g. Bachelor) and typically 12 Plus years' related work experience or Master’s Degree with 11+ years of experience with an equivalent combination of education and experience preferred but not required.
Relocation:
This position does offer relocation within INDIA.
Language Requirements:
Not Applicable
Education:
Not Applicable
Relocation:
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Security Clearance:
This position does not require a Security Clearance.
Visa Sponsorship:
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Contingent Upon Award Program
This position is not contingent upon program award
Shift:
Not a Shift Worker (India)