Job Details:Role: Product Owner (Automation Framework)

Location: Portland, Oregon/Onsite only

Employment Type: Fulltime

Description:

• 7 to 10 years relevant mandatory experience.
• Automation Framework (Virtualized Android Environment, Linux/QNX, Qualcomm SOM)
• Team: Automation Scrum Team – In-Flight Entertainment (IFE)
• Work closely with Android platform engineers, QNX/Linux teams, Qualcomm chipset specialists, and virtualization architects.
• Understand the automation framework architecture (hardware abstraction, virtualized interfaces, DUT orchestration, reporting pipelines).
• Write clear, well-structured epics, features, and user stories for automation tooling, framework improvements, APIs, and test execution workflows.
• Refine backlog items with engineering teams to ensure clarity, feasibility, and alignment with the automation strategy.
• Collaborate with Scrum Master and Engineering Lead to drive predictable, sprint-based delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

Product Leadership & Strategy

• Own the vision, roadmap, and backlog for the Automation Framework for virtualized Android- and Linux-based IFE systems.
• Prioritize automation features and capabilities based on business value, technical feasibility, team capacity, and program timelines.
• Define KPIs for automation coverage, stability, efficiency, and adoption across multiple platform teams.

 Guide the team on automation needs for:

• Virtualized Android environments
• Linux and QNX subsystems
• Qualcomm SOM-based hardware
• IFE system integration and certification workflows

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary liaison between automation engineering and product/program stakeholders across PAC.
• Gather requirements from system verification, platform SW teams, airline program teams, and integration labs.
• Communicate roadmap, progress, risks, and dependencies with clarity and frequency.

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